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Guinea-Bissau extends state of emergency till June 25

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2020 0

 President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo has extended state of emergency throughout the national territory again for 15 days until June 25. In his message to the country, President Embalo said that “in the past 15 days, the country has experienced the first phase of … the gradual

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Tanzania is Coronavirus free due to ‘powers of God’- President Magufuli

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Tanzania is coronavirus free due to the power of prayer, according to the country’s president, six weeks after officials stopped updating statistics on the virus. The number of infected people in Tanzania has stood at 509 for the past six weeks, even while opposition leaders and neighboring countries voiced concerns of a mounting health crisis […]

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Tanzania’s President, Magufuli declares country free of Coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 9 June 2020 0

President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Monday June 8, declared the East African country “coronavirus-free”.  The President who attributed the claimed success over the worldwide pandemic to prayers and fasting that the people of Tanzania offered to God,  also commended the priest and worshippers for not wearing gloves and masks to protect themselves from the

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Namibia to provide laptops, internet access to help college students learn amid COVID-19 pandemic

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2020 0

Namibia says it will roll out a programme that will provide laptops and internet access to 32,000 students in tertiary institutions to enable them to learn remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation, Itah Kandji-Murangi, disclosed this on Monday. Tanzanian president says economy is more important than threat posed by […]

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Slow Covid-19 economic recovery compels African companies to adapt fast to new consumption and trade patterns

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

In Africa, reactions to the onset of Covid 19 have been varied, from full lockdowns in most of Southern Africa, regional lockdowns in some West African countries and just social distancing and night time curfews in some countries. Official statistics suggest that most of Africa has managed to keep infections levels relatively low, so far. […]

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Tanzanian president says economy is more important than threat posed by coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2020 0

Tanzania’s divisive president John Magufuli has said the economy is “more important than the threat posed by coronavirus”, adding that he wants to reopen the country for tourism despite warnings that Africa could face the next wave of the disease. The comments by Magufuli, who has modelled his populist response on that of Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro […]

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Somalia’s governor killed in suicide bombing claimed by al-Shabab

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

The governor of the Mudug region in Somalia’s Puntland has been killed along with three of his bodyguards in a suicide car bombing claimed by armed group al-Shabab, according to the police and a security official. “A suicide car bomb hit the governor’s car. Governor Ahmed Muse Nur and three of his bodyguards died,” police […]

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Angola to produce less than 2m carats of diamonds in 2020 due to COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2020 0

Angola will produce less than two million carats, rather than the eight million previously expected for 2020, Ganga Junior, CEO of the National Diamond Company Endiama, has said. The official told press that the drop in production “is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’’. But the company continues to work on its restructuring to increase […]

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Namibia’s President orders five-year ban on buying cars for politicians

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

Namibia’s president Hage Geingob on Thursday slapped a five-year ban on buying new cars for top politicians and government officials in order to channel funds into fighting coronavirus, his office said. President Hage Geingob “has directed that the vehicle fleet of the Namibian government will not be renewed for the period 2020-2025,” presidential spokesperson Alfredo […]

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“Madness” to hold Uganda vote if virus persists – Museveni

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has said it would be wrong to hold a presidential election due early next year if the coronavirus persists, signalling for the first time a possible postponement. “To have elections when the virus is still there… It will be madness,” Protests against lockdown in several U.S. states The 75-year-old Museveni, […]

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Guinea Bissau accepts shipment of Madagascar’s herbal Covid-19 cure

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2020 0

Guinea Bissau has become the third African nation with leaders expressing interest in the Tambavy Covid Organics product for their own citizens. Madagascar’s President Rajoelina announced a shipment of the herbal remedy was on its way Thursday to Guinea Bissau, after President Umaro Sissoco Embalo sent a deputy health minister to Madagascar to seal the […]

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Protests against lockdown in several U.S. states

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2020 0

Washington – Protests erupted in several states across the U.S. this week, demanding that stay-at-home orders to stem the spread of the new coronavirus be eased. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and Utah are among the states that saw rallies in recent days as concerns mount over the economic fallout of the measures. U.S. President Donald […]

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Rwandan officials forfeit April salary amid COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2020 0

Rwandan cabinet members and other senior government officials have resolved to forfeit their April salary to show solidarity with their fellow Rwandans under COVID-19 lockdown in the country, the Prime Minister’s Office said Sunday. A statement from the office also commended all Rwandans for their continued support and adherence to government measures against the spread

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Former President dies of Coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2020 0

Coronavirus has claimed the life of another prominent African leader, a former president of the Republic of Congo, Jacques Joachim Yhombi Opango. Opango had been ill before contracting the deadly virus in France. Buhari signs quarantine regulations on lockdown The former president died on Monday, March 30, at the age of 81 Jacques Joachim Yhombi […]

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Zimbabwean doctors, nurses strike due to lack of protective clothing

Ihesiulo Grace 25 March 2020 0

Tawanda Zvakada of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association said on Wednesday that Zimbabwean doctors and nurses had embarked on strike. According to him, the strike was due to lack of protective clothing in dealing with suspected coronavirus cases was the main reason for their action. “Our members are being exposed to the virus in their […]

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Cameroon’s Speaker of Parliament test positive for coronavirus

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2020 0

The President of the National Assembly of Cameroon, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril has tested positive for Coronavirus. Indeed, the latter was part of an Air France flight declared to be high risk by the medical authorities of the Yaoundé Nsimalen international airport. Just In: COvid19: NCDC announces five new confirmed cases The Minister of Health therefore immediately […]

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Coronavirus: Africa records another outbreak as Togo confirms first case

Ihesiulo Grace 7 March 2020 0

Togo, one of the West African countries has registered its first case of coronavirus, its government said on Friday. The patient is a 42-year old female resident of the capital Lome who had visited Benin, Germany, France and Turkey in late February and early March. Coronavirus: Facebook closes down London offices after employee tested positive […]

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Zambia suspends collection of blood for HIV survey assessment after resistance from citizens

Ihesiulo Grace 22 February 2020 0

The Zambian government on Friday suspended an exercise to collect blood samples from citizens for an HIV assessment project after it received resistance from citizens. The Ministry of Health sent out its staff around some residential areas for a pilot phase assessment of the Zambia population-based HIV Impact Assessment Survey. Doctor reveals what Late Kenyan […]

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ECOWAS Court advocates legal system to guarantee Ivoirians of rights protection

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

Justice Edward Asante, President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, has underscored need for establishment of legal system to assist Ivoirians approach court for protection of their human right. Information Officer of the Court, Elohor Ovadje, in a statement said the president made the call at the opening ceremony of special court forum for Lawyers […]

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UN report finds massive graft, deliberate starvation in South Sudan

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2020 0

UN investigators on Thursday  said South Sudan’s population is suffering as massive corruption, starvation and local violence are being used to prolong the country’s conflict. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued its latest report in Geneva. The report came two days before Saturday’s deadline for forming a unity government that is […]