Coronavirus: CACOVID orders supplies for 400,000 COVID-19 tests to increase Nigeria’s testing capacity
Plans food relief package for 1.7million households
The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has ordered for 25…
UN Goodwill Ambassadors Idris and Sabrina Elba launch appeal for International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) $200 million coronavirus relief fund for rural communities
The Goodwill Ambassadors to the UN agency IFAD call for…
Sometimes chaos isn't noise and destruction but rather opportunity shrouded in transformation
Transformational chaos can be the unplanned by-product of digital transformation. The unwanted mayhem that arises when the business moves from…
Coronavirus - Africa: World leaders call on World Food Programme (WFP) to lead COVID-19 fight in Africa
Merkel and Macron join African leaders in urging countries, NGOs and World Bank to join forces to tackle the virus
African and Eu…
With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today committed US$40 million, and launched an ur…
A gunman disguised as a policeman killed at least 16 people, including a female police officer, in the worst mass shooting in Canada's modern history.
The 12-hour rampage started late on Saturday and ended with a car chase.
Police sa…
Leading off-grid utilities provider, WINCH ENERGY, has unveiled the WINCH CLINIC, a mobile health facility fully powered by renewable energy. The new clinic has been designed to overcome the barriers of time, affordability and reliability,…
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic will be extended by two weeks.
But mining and manufacturing operations will be exempted - to keep the economy runn…
Across the UK, 16,060 people have died with coronavirus in hospitals, as of 5pm on 18 April - the latest official UK-wide figures available.
This figure, and the numbers below, are expected to be higher when non-hospital deaths are take…
Nigeria has been conducting nationwide mass testing of coronavirus
Nigeria has confirmed 86 new coronavirus cases and 21 deaths – it highest daily figure so far.
Officials say they have scaled up testing and so expect figures to incr…
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has debunked claims by the Member of Parliament for Klottey Korley, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings that food and other relief items are being distributed on partisan lines to head porters…
Former President John Dramani?Mahama yesterday presented food items to the Manhyia Palace to support the Asantehene’s efforts at providing for the needy in society in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The items were made up of 300 b…
A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Edward Van Gyampo, has called for broader consultation among the government, political parties and other stakeholders to build consensus on whether to hold the D…
Burundi's foreign ministry says the electoral commission is unable to organise for Burundians living abroad to vote in next month's polls because of the coronavirus pandemic.
"It is not be possible for the electoral commission to reach …
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva urged governments and the private sector to step up their efforts to help African countries and other emerging markets weather the economic and health impacts of the coronavirus pandem…
Health personnel were also trained on sorting and treatment protocols and are equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE)
HE Mr. Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister, Head of Government, visited on April 17, 2020 the Covid-19 treatment sy…
Coronavirus - Ivory Coast: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board approves a US$886.2 million disbursement to Côte d’Ivoire to address the COVID-19 Pandemic
The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be substan…
Coronavirus - Nigeria: Implementation of New Case Strategy Leads to Increase in Cases - Dr. Osagie Ehanire
Dr. Ehanire emphasized that citizens disclose complete and accurate information to health workers about their travel history or c…
Coronavirus - Morocco: Foreign ministers from 13 countries agree on key principles to keep transportation links and supply chains open
The ministers committed to work together to coordinate their countries’ public health, travel, trade,…
Coronavirus - South Africa: Presidency declines Gauteng Liquor Forums request to sell alcohol during COVID-19 Coronavirus lockdown
Ban on sale of alcohol to remain in force
The Presidency has declined the request of the Gauteng Liquo…
Coronavirus - Africa: World Bank Group and IMF mobilize partners in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa
Official creditors have mobilized up to $57 billion for Africa in 2020 alone including upwards of $18 billion from the IMF and the …
An image from last year's popular uprising in Sudan has won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award.
The photo, titled "Straight Voice", was taken by AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba.
It shows a demonstrator reciting prot…
Traders in Malawi's Limbe area in Blantyre District are protesting against a lockdown that will begin on Saturday.
The traders have lit bonfires and police are on the ground dispersing them.
Local media reports say the traders do not…
It's been just over two months since the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Africa.
South Africa currently has the most severe outbreak in the region, with more than 2,500 cases. Major outbreaks have also hit Egypt and Algeria.
…
Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn has said the country's coronavirus outbreak is "again under control" following lockdown measures.
"The infection numbers have sunk significantly, especially the relative day-by-day number," AFP quote…
A group calling itself Oti Women for New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Oti Region, has commended "notable women" leading the fight against the novel corona virus pandemic in the country.
The group said it had noted that the pandemic was …
Renewable energy solutions will provide fast response to the global coronavirus pandemic and build more resilient energy systems
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have agreed to wor…
humanitarian emergencies; IRC calls for support to help mitigate spread of the disease
Today, Cameroon has surpassed 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, signalling a need for urgent support in a country already tackling multiple humanitaria…
The supplies will also support the Government of Nigeria, through the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), to prevent and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in affected states
The United Nations today received delivery of vital hea…
The Malawi COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness project will provide funding towards detection, surveillance, response and system strengthening activities
The World Bank approved today $7 million in immediate fund…
Coronavirus - West and Central Africa: UNHCR steps up efforts as combined challenges of conflict and coronavirus threaten millions of people
So far, all the 21 countries of the region have reported a total of over 5,000 COVID-19 cases a…
These volunteers have produced over 70 Covid-19 awareness raising products on multimedia platforms that are specific to individual cultural contexts
In response to the growing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Organization for Migrat…
The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems
We are facing great uncertainty on the African c…
This response will target 119 000 people in COVID-19 hotspots and potential hotspots in 25 counties
The EU together with Sweden, Finland and Denmark are mobilising a total of Ksh 211 million (EUR 1.8 million) of support to enha…
Coronavirus - Africa: Global ceasefire would be a gamechanger for 250 million children living in conflict-affected areas
Violent conflict continues to be waged in parts of Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen…
Coronavirus - Democratic Republic of Congo: Ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC could derail coronavirus containment
More than five million people have been uprooted by conflict within the DRC’s borders, the single-largest internally disp…
Coronavirus - Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis
Regional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on continent wh…
African Union Member States (52) reporting COVID-19 cases (18,333) deaths (961), and recoveries (4,352) by region:
Central (1,453 cases; 47 deaths; 218 recoveries): Burundi (5; 1; 0), Cameroon (855; 17; 165), Central African Rep…
Oil Industry, Finance and Petroleum Ministers debate Coronavirus and Oil Industry Relief and Rebound in Equatorial Guinea
Panelists agree economic diversification is the best solution in Equatorial Guinea ensuring stability
Equatoria…
Dr. Ehanire emphasized that there will be more community testing and social mobilization at the grassroots to ensure physical distancing and advisories on the use of masks
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that its next phase o…
Ade* was given until midnight to vacate his apartment.
Five months earlier, the Nigerian student had moved to Guangzhou, southern China, to study computing at Guangdong university. He had just paid his university fees for the new semest…
The interior ministry in Tunisia says that two men, including a suspected jihadist, have been arrested over an alleged plot to infect members of the security forces with coronavirus.
The ministry says that the suspected jihadist - recen…
The organisation warns that provision of immunisation in many countries will be affectedImage caption: The organisation warns that provision of immunisation in many countries will be affected
Programmes on polio eradication, the fight a…
The Sudanese prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, has sacked the governor of the capital Khartoum after he opposed a ban on religious gatherings imposed to try to curb the spread of Covid-19.
General Ahmed Abdun Hammad Mohammed refused to im…
French President Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to growing sceptism of China's handling of the outbreak of coronavirus.
Asked if China's authoritarian response to bring the outbreak under control had exposed the weakness of Western…
As we reported earlier China's economy has shrunk for the first time in decades. New data show it contracted 6.8% in the first quarter of the year, amid coronavirus-related business and factory closures
On Friday the country also …
China has denied there has been a cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The comments by Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian came hours after the death toll in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, was revised upwards b…
The Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korley constituency in Accra, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has called on President “Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to institute credible investigations into the seeming politicization of food distributio…
Pulling funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous and nonsensical move when the world is facing the health crisis brought by the COVID-19 disease pandemic, Melinda Gates said on Wednesday.
Announcing an extra $150 …
Britain extended its nationwide lockdown on Thursday as stand-in leader Dominic Raab ordered Britons to stay at home for at least another three weeks to prevent the spread of a coronavirus outbreak which has already claimed over 138,000 li…