5 billion Naira special intervention fund had also been released to NCDC to equip, expand and provide personnel to its facilities and laboratories across the country
The Federal Government has released 10billion Naira grant to Lagos Sta…
The two Asian economic giants are the main suppliers of raw materials to the country's manufacturing industries
The coronavirus outbreak has impacted many investments, but mainly local manufacturers who depend on raw materials from Chin…
“An equal world is an enabled world.”
This bold statement forms part of 2020’s International Women’s Day theme. Now more than ever, with COVID-19 running rampant, nations across the globe require an enabled world.
According to …
On behalf of President Magufuli, Prime Minister Majaliwa thanked the contributors, asking others wishing to offer contributions to visit his office or the Health Ministry
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa received contributions in cash a…
Coronavirus – Africa: 46 African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases (4,760), deaths (146), and recoveries (335)
African Union Member States (46) reporting COVID-19 cases (4,760), deaths (146), and recoveries (335) by region:
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One virus has disrupted the whole world in a manner never seen before in history
By Dr Victor Oladokun, outgoing Director of Communication & External Relations at the African Development Bank Group
Africa urgently needs a glo…
Coronavirus - Africa: Peacekeeping radio stations provide COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in conflict-affected countries
UN Peacekeeping currently has large, popular and trusted radio stations in four African countries
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Additional medical supplies to be donated to Azerbaijan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
Total recipient countries in Asia increased to 23
The Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation today anno…
The Minister of Public Health invites people who arrived to Cameroon by air since March 10, all flights combined, to urgently call the following numbers, to be tested for COVID-19:
- 1510
- 677 89 93 69
- 677 89 43 64
- 677…
A new report by Economist Corporate Network, supported by Baker McKenzie and Silk Road Associates, BRI Beyond 2020 (report), shows that the ripple effects of COVID-19 are affecting the nature, pace and scope of China’s Belt and Road Initia…
COVID-19 - Africa: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) response to the coronavirus in Africa
The African region has not been so severely affected so far, but if action is not taken immediately to contain the virus, it could …
XPRIZE Responds to COVID-19 by Uniting a Global Alliance of Innovators to Find Unconventional Solutions to Pandemic Threats
XPRIZE launches COVID-19 response platform, in collaboration with Anthem, and calls on the global community to u…
Mary Kay Inc. announced the company will dedicate part of its global supply chain and manufacturing capabilities to producing much-needed hand sanitizer. The first products off the line will be for donation to those on the front lines addr…
THE CONTINENT'S RELATIVELY YOUNG POPULATION IS LIKELY TO BE A MITIGATING FACTOR, BUT CONSTRAINED HEALTH SYSTEMS AND A HIGH INCIDENCE OF MALNUTRITION AND SUCH CONDITIONS AS HIV AND TUBERCULOSIS WILL MAGNIFY THE IMPACT
The impact of the C…
A false message has been shared by social media users in the UK saying alcohol has been banned.
It shows an announcement with the UK government and the National Health Service logos at the top, claiming that under “emergency legislation…
Police in western Kenya clashed with residents who defied a curfew order on Sunday night.
The residents of Langas estate in Eldoret town said they needed to work longer to be able to fend for their families. They stood outside their hou…
Rwanda is curbing the spread of the virus through temporary hand washing points.Image caption: Rwanda is curbing the spread of the virus through temporary hand washing points.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases have increased in …
President Donald Trump has said federal coronavirus guidelines such as social distancing will be extended across the US until at least 30 April.
He had previously suggested that they could be relaxed as early as Easter, which falls in m…
The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has announced a lockdown in the cities of Lagos and Abuja in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The restrictions, which will start from 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT) on Monday, will a…
A breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in under a week.
University College London engineers worked with clinicians at UCLH and Mercedes Formula One to build the device, which deliv…
After our earlier update from India, here's the latest from the rest of the region:
Cases continue to soar in Pakistan, the region's worst-affected country, as authorities confirm more than 1,500 infections. But the country's top hea…
President Donald Trump says the US will not foot the bill for Prince Harry and Meghan's security amid reports that the pair have moved to the US from Canada.
Mr Trump tweeted he was "a great friend and admirer of the Queen and the Unite…
A parliamentary aspirant hopeful of the Bortianor/Ngleshie/Amanfrom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Fred Abban, has pleaded with delegates of his constituents to vote for him and reject the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) and…
The Upper East Regional Minister, Ms Paulina Tangoba Abayage, has tasked all the 15 Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs) in the region to hold emergency meetings with traditional and religious leaders to help fight coronavirus…
They also pledged support for less industrialised nations against coronavirusImage caption: They also pledged support for less industrialised nations against coronavirus
Leaders of the G20 countries have promised they'll do whateve…
"The EU is finished," gloat the nay-sayers. "Even faced with the coronavirus, its members can't stick together."
Certainly EU leaders meeting on Thursday - by socially-distant video conference - glaringly failed to agree to share the de…
Germany has proposed using big data and location tracking to isolate people with coronavirus once social distancing measures now in force have slowed its spread, media reported on Friday.
The Interior Ministry’s strategy paper recommend…
The outbreak of the coronavirus, which has brought the world to a standstill, should serve as a wake-up call to Ghanaians to invest in the local economy.
Odeneho Kwaku Appiah, Chairman of the Afigya-Kwabre South Constituency of the New …
Zimbabwe has reported five cases of coronavirus including one death
Zimbabwe has reintroduced the use of foreign currencies for domestic transactions, which it had banned last June, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The move a…
The Council of Elders of the Adaklu Constituency of the Volta Region of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given the assurance that the growing reports of malfeasance surrounding the selection of Raybon Evans Anyadi as the party’s parliam…
The United Kingdom will use firefighters to help deliver food, retrieve dead bodies and drive ambulances as it braces for the looming peak of the coronavirus outbreak that has already claimed the lives of more than 22,000 people across the…
Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose to 2,378 on Friday, with 144 people dying in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.
The total number of confirmed cases of the disease increased by 2,92…
The Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, has admonished the citizenry to cooperate with their leaders as they implement pragmatic public policies and measures aimed at reducing the impact of covid-19…
The Government has reiterated the call on political parties to put politics on hold and come together to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that has hit Ghana.
It said given the effect and impact of the infection, it would b…
Ghana chose for herself a unique 'lockdown' suited to her circumstances as the country announces stricter measures to contain and halt the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic across her cities.
President Akufo-Addo who announced the impo…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Friday night imposed a partial lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi, effective 1am on Monday, 30th March, in a further bid to contain and halt the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The impo…
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to convene an emergency teleconference to coordinate a sub-region wide response to the COVID-19 disease.
Such a telecon…
President John Magufuli says people must continue to work despite the coronavirus threat
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has said the general elections planned for October, in which he is expected to seek re-election, will go on despi…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival has reportedly agreed to join a unity government, ending a year of political deadlock.
Benny Gantz's surprise election as speaker of parliament on Thursday paved the way for the dea…
China has announced a temporary ban on all foreign visitors, even if they have visas or residence permits.
The country is also limiting Chinese and foreign airlines to one flight per week, and flights must not be more than 75% full.
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I am not God, not even a Nostradamus, but in all things, I try to see tomorrow. Unless the election of a President and members of parliament (MPs) is so critical to our existence that we can afford to put the health of the people on hold, …
The Crime Check Foundation (CCF) believes that the granting of amnesty to 808 prisoners by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, was woefully inadequate in the fight against the spread of the deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in priso…
Philanthropist, Oscar Yao Doe, is asking President Nana Akufo-Addo to institute measures to cushion Ghanaians, especially the vulnerable, in the event of a shutdown due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
In an open letter to …
Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held a virtual meeting with the COVID-19 Ministerial Committee
The Federal government has been taking heightened precautions to ensure that enough preventative measures have been taken
…
Coronavirus – Sierra Leone: Ethiopian Airlines just shipped in to Sierra Leone Jack Ma's promise of essential medical supplies for COVID-19
Ethiopian Airlines just shipped in to Sierra Leone Jack Ma's promise of essential medical suppli…
Coronavirus - Nigeria: APM Terminals Nigeria donates towards the UN in Nigeria basket fund in support of government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
APM Terminals support will enhance the UN support to the country's preparedne…
Speech by Godwin, I. Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, March 26, 2020:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon.
As a follow up to the series of engagements and releases from the Central Bank of Nigeria in respon…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls for increased support for displaced amidst deteriorating humanitarian crisis, emergence of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso has reported 152 cases of COVID-19 and four deaths…
From the Global markets, on March 9 all the major stock indices plunged by 5 to 11 percent, due to the combined effect of coronavirus panic and crashing oil prices
South Sudan heavily depends on export of oil, the reopening of some dama…
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