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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...

China to build Africa’s CDC headquarters ahead of schedule

China says it will start ahead of schedule the construction of the Africa Centres for Disease Control headquarters this year. In June last year the...

Kenyans upset over alleged theft of Covid-19 donation

Kenyans have reacted angrily to a reported theft of items donated for the fight against COVID -19. The items include Personal Protective Equipment (PPP), thermometer...

Ghanaian officials accused of ‘manipulating’ Covid-19 data

Ghanaian authorities are coming under scrutiny as civil society groups and other citizens accuse them of massaging some aspects of the country's Covid-19 data. The...

Nigerian doctors go on strike, demand better ‘Covid-19 benefits’

Doctors in Nigeria's public hospitals have embarked on strike as they demand better benefits for their efforts at fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The union representing...

South Africa, Algeria, Cameroon are Covid-19 ‘hotspots’ in Africa

The World Health Organization has said that South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon are becoming hotspots of the coronavirus pandemic in Africa. According to the WHO...

WHO says Covid-19 spread by those without symptoms ‘appears to be rare’

The World Health Organization has revealed that the spread of Coronavirus by people not showing symptoms appears to be rare. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World...

DR Congo: New Ebola epidemic declared amid Covid-19

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared a new Ebola epidemic in the western city of Mbandaka. Just east of the Mbandaka officials are...

Madagascar undecided on anti-coronavirus injections

Madagascar is reportedly undecided on producing a coronavirus remedy that would be in the form of injections. The country has already been touting its herbal...

Africa ‘defies’ WHO’s warning on Chloroquine for Covid-19 treatment

Many African countries are defying a warning from the World Health Organization on the safety of the anti-Malarial drug called hydroxychloroquine for treatment of...

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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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