Tags GENERAL Kenya confirms fourth COVID-19 case: a recent arrival from UK Kenyan health officials have announced the country’s fourth confirmed case of COVID-19. Cabinet Secretary for Health Mutahi Kagwe revealed the
Tags GENERAL New Africa coronavirus crisis looms with internal spread The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, officials said Monday, and regional power
Tags GENERAL Japan says G7 backs ‘complete Olympics’, citizens want games postponed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that Group of Seven leaders had agreed to support a “complete” Olympics,
Tags GENERAL South Africa gov’t pushed to use $11 billion unemployment fund to fight COVID-19 South Africa’s biggest labor organization and the nation’s main business lobby are pushing the government to find a way to
Tags GENERAL Niger army says it killed 50 Boko Haram militants Niger says its army has killed at least 50 Boko Haram extremists after an attack on a military post. The
Tags GENERAL Sweden offers troops to Mali to help fight militants Sweden’s government on Monday said it had decided to send troops to Mali to join French-led special forces that are
Tags GENERAL Libyan oil output down to less than 100,000 barrels per day Libya’s daily oil production has dropped from more than 1.2 million barrels to less than 100,000 barrels, due to the
Tags GENERAL Tunisian herbalists cash in on coronavirus fear There is no known cure for the new coronavirus, but in the medicinal herbs souq in Tunis, anxious Tunisians are
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe inflation soars to 540% in February Zimbabwe has suspended the transfer of local shares in dual-listed companies to foreign bourses, one of the main ways citizens
Tags GENERAL World Bank offers $60mn to Kenya to fight coronavirus pandemic The World Bank said on Monday it had committed $60 million to Kenya to help the East African nation