Tags GENERAL Human Rights Watch to Nigeria: death sentences ‘cruel and inhumane’ Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the sentencing to death of a Nigerian man on Monday in the nation’s first-ever virtual
Tags GENERAL IMF approves $739 mln in emergency pandemic relief funds for Kenya The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said its executive board has approved $739 million in emergency financing to help Kenya
Tags GENERAL Algeria’s COVID-19 infections near 5,000 An Algerian health official said on Wednesday that the country’s COVID-19 cases surged to 4,997 after 159 new ones were
Tags GENERAL Nigerian military kills 343 Boko Haram militants in 6-week operations At least 343 Boko Haram militants were killed during various military operations held within six weeks in Nigeria’s northeast region,
Tags GENERAL Nigeria extends flight ban amid COVID-19 pandemic Airports in Nigeria will remain closed for an additional four weeks as part of the measures to control the spread
Tags GENERAL AU, UN welcome probe into plane crash in Somalia The African Union and the UN have welcomed the decision by leaders from Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia to investigate Monday’s
Tags GENERAL Rwandan police arrest 1,400 people for violating COVID-19 curfew A total of 1,400 people have been arrested in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali for violating a curfew aimed at
Tags GENERAL Nigeria’s booming local oil sector under siege Nigeria’s economy is expected to contract by 3.4% this year, government officials said on Tuesday (May 5) as dwindling oil
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe gets $7 million World Bank grant to fight coronavirus The World Bank will grant $7 million to Zimbabwe to help it fight the new coronavirus outbreak that is
Tags GENERAL China to join WHO collaboration initiative against COVID-19 pandemic China has decided to join the international collaboration initiative launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat COVID-19, a