The UK government has been urged to keep trade with Africa flowing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that experts say is threatening to destroy 20 years of economic progress on the continent. The call comes from Erastus Mwencha, the former Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Tony […]
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID 19, the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said. The impact of lost tourism revenues, falling remittances and travel and other restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to leave […]
Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is to undergo 14-day self-isolation after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19, reports from the West African country indicated as of Monday evening. The president’s spokesperson confirmed the development to journalists and said the president was going to be working from home during the period. No one in […]
President Donald Trump has said he will halt applications of foreign nationals seeking permanent residence in the US because of the coronavirus crisis. A day after he announced the move in an ambiguous tweet, Mr Trump said the measure would protect American jobs. It is not clear how effective it will be as most visa […]
Ghana has since its first two recorded cases of COVID-19 infections, traced a total of 86,000 contacts, out of which the test results of 68,591 had been received. Out of the number 1,042 persons, representing 1.5 per cent have been confirmed positive, with 67,549 (89.5 per cent), testing negative, and 99 persons have so far […]
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he is encouraged that several countries are now starting to plan how to ease social restrictions that restricted the movement of their citizens in the phase of COVID-19. He, however, has cautioned that the lifting of the “lockdown restrictions is not the […]
Official Spokesperson to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Garba Shehu announced the death of the Chief of Staff to the President. The late retired Brig.-Gen. Mallam Abba Kyari tested positive of COVID-19 following a trip to Germany and Egypt and was receiving treatment but unfortunately passed away on Friday, April 17, 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences […]
Rwanda, through the Ministry of Health on Saturday, April 18, introduced an additional COVID-19 precautionary directive that urges citizens to wear face masks when at home and going out for essential services or activities. Dr. Daniel Ngamije, Minister of Health said this during an interview with the public broadcaster, Rwanda Television. The Ministry had previously called on citizens to […]
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana has supported the Office of the National Chief Imam with relief items worth about GH¢110,000. The items, which comprised 2,000 bags of rice, 3,000 litres of cooking oil and 6,000 face masks, are to be distributed to residents of deprived Muslim communities in Accra to aid them during the restriction […]
Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections across Africa so far, although these rates are far lower than those seen in parts of […]
