Tag: May 19
Ensure free, fair and peaceful primaries – President
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged aspirants and delegates in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) parliamentary primaries to help ensure that the elections...
Kenyan working mothers prove their mettle amid COVID-19 outbreak
The moment Lila Bitengo's employer informed her of the shift to working from home after Kenya confirmed its first positive COVID-19 case on March...
Nigeria’s apex bank chief seeks support to boost economy amid COVID-19
Nigeria's apex bank chief Godwin Emefiele on Tuesday called on industrial conglomerates operating in the country to support efforts aimed at growing the country's...
Stakeholders oppose reopening of schools in Ghana amid COVID-19
Two major stakeholder organizations in Ghana on Tuesday expressed their opposition to the intention by the Ghanaian government to reopen schools amid the novel...
Tanzanian firms face deregistration over government project delay
A Tanzanian government senior official on Tuesday warned four construction companies which delay completing irrigation projects, saying they risked to be deregistered.
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Scores of Boko Haram militants killed in Nigerian military airstrike
Scores of Boko Haram militants were killed following an airstrike by the Nigerian military while repelling an attack in the northeastern town of Dapchi,...
Joint efforts against COVID-19 to benefit Kenya, Tanzania
Dan Kazungu, the Kenyan ambassador to Tanzania, said Kenya and Tanzania should unite in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic which the diplomat termed as their...
Separatists impose lockdown to disrupt national day in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone regions
Armed separatist on Tuesday began imposing a 3-day lockdown in Cameroon's two troubled English-speaking regions to disrupt national day on May 20.
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Namibian schools to reopen for 2020 academic year in phases
Namibia's Ministry of Education, Arts, and Culture on Tuesday announced that the reopening of schools and subsequent resumption of face to face teaching and...
South Africa’s COVID-19 epicenter pushes for further easing of restrictions
The Western Cape province, South Africa's COVID-19 epicenter, on Tuesday reiterated its call for further easing of lockdown restrictions so as to avoid a...
Aid group raises alarm as COVID-19 spreads to congested South Sudan camps
International medical charity, Medicines Sans Frontiers(MSF), has expressed concern about the spread of COVID-19 in densely populated camps hosting over 180,000 internally displaced persons...
Zambian official says Chinese community helpful in COVID-19 fight
The Chinese community in Zambia is committed to working with the Zambian government to fight COVID-19, a local authority official said here on Tuesday.
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Zambia government condemns video of COVID-19 patients dancing
Health authorities in Zambia on Tuesday condemned a video that has gone viral showing patients at a COVID-19 isolation facility dancing.
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Zambian civic leader thanks Chinese firm for provision of clean water to rural community
A civic leader in Chongwe, a town in Lusaka Province of Zambia on Tuesday described AVIC International Engineering Corporation as a true saviour by...
Reducing oil dependence is urgent for Angola amid oil price
The production of goods and services may be the way to reduce the impact of COVID-19 and the drop in the price of oil...
Namibia reports 32 malaria deaths since January amid COVID-19 pandemic
Namibia has been hit by a sharp increase in malaria cases and deaths in the north during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of Health...
Okyenhene orders removal of all alien shrines in Akyem Abuakwa
Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa, has ordered the removal of alien shrines linked with ritual murders, fake currency racketeering, and other...
Rwanda to deploy robots in fight against COVID-19
Rwanda on Tuesday said the country will put five high-tech robots into use to fight COVID-19 in its treatment centers.
"The use of robots...
COVID-19 pandemic to double hungry population in Horn of Africa
The population of hungry citizens in east and horn of African region could double in the next three months as COVID-19 pandemic combined with...
Zimbabwean president calls for joint efforts to fight terrorism in SADC
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defense and Security, on Tuesday...
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria top 6,000
Nigeria confirmed 216 new cases of COVID-19 late Monday, bringing the total number to 6,175, including 191 deaths and 1,644 recoveries.
According to the Nigeria...
Kenya’s containment measures to sustain as COVID-19 cases rise
Kenya's COVID-19 cases are creeping towards the 1,000 mark, with the rising infections jolting citizens into a reality that they have to sustain containment...
Africa’s COVID-19 cases rise to 88,172
The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across Africa rose from 84,634 Monday afternoon to 88,172 as of Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centers for...
IT and Communications Organisation names new Executive Committee Members
The Collaboration for IT and Communications Excellence, a Non-Profit Organisation has announced its new Executive Committee, board members and key staff members for its...
Traders and drivers at Sekondi lorry station unhappy with closure of urinal
The closure of a four room chamber serving as a urinal for traders, passengers and drivers at the Sekondi Lorry station has made it...
Scientists testing possible benefits of Wiamoase “wonder” tree
Research Scientists from the Crop Research Institute (CRI) are conducting studies to determine if the high-yielded fig tree at Wiamoase, in the Sekyere South...
Coalition raises concern over children dying of COVID-19
The Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) has raised concern over the increasing number of children infected by the COVID-19...
Bishop Obinim arrested over publication of false news, forgery
Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder of the International God's way church, was Tuesday arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana...
COVID-19: FDA to clamp down on illegal nose masks producers
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned that it will descend heavily on people and organisations producing nose masks for sale without duly...
Concerned citizens appeal to President to remove Tarkwa-Nsuaem MCE
The Concerned Citizens Association of Tarkwa-Nsuaem in the Western Region has appealed to the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to reconsider his decision to...