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Ghana to reopen its airports to domestic flights

Ghana has announced plans to reopen its airports to domestic flights after closing it over three weeks ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. Currently Ghana...

Namibia: African swine fever kills 61 pigs

At least 61 pigs have died from the outbreak of African swine fever while nearly 200 animals have also been infected in Northern Namibia. A...

Facebook takes on Zoom with new video features

Facebook has a long history of expanding its features to emulate major competitors. Now it's taking on platform-of-the-moment Zoom (ZM). The tech giant is creating a new video...

Mozambique secures $309 million funding from IMF for Covid-19

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday it has approved a disbursement of $309 million to help Mozambique meet urgent balance of payment...

265 million people globally facing looming hunger due to covid-19

The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has said that 265 million people are facing acute food insecurity this year due to COVID-19 pandemic. WFP...

Kagame warns Africa’s recovering from ‘Covid-19 shock’ could take generations

The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has said that Africa might require a generation or more to fully recover from the shocks of the...

G20 freezes debt for world’s poorest countries

Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the world’s poorest countries from May...

19 African countries secure debt relief from the IMF

The International Monetary Fund has granted immediate debt relief to 19 African countries and six other nations to help deal with the coronavirus pandemic. The...

AU appoints envoys for covid-19 economic support mobilization

The Chairperson of the African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed four persons tasked with mobilizing international support for Africa's efforts at addressing economic challenges...

Sudan says it needs $120 million to fight coronavirus

Sudan urgently needs $120 million to fight the new coronavirus, the country’s health minister told Reuters on Saturday, amid a shortage of the equipment...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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