Australian officials announced a raft of plans on Wednesday to speed up the resumption of public life to boost the ailing economy amid a diplomatic spat with major trading partner China.
The government is also talking with Australian un…
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Five humanoid robots have been delivered to Rwanda where they will assist in coronavirus screening, deliver food and drugs to patients, as well as act as video-conferencing links b…
Moeketsi Majoro was sworn in as Lesotho’s new prime minister on Wednesday, a day after his predecessor resigned under pressure over a scandal involving the killing of his wife.
Majoro, who was previously finance minister, took the oath …
The Rwandan businessman alleged to have been the main financier of the 1994 genocide has appeared before a public prosecutor in Paris.
Félicien Kabuga, 84, arrived at the court under heavy police protection.
He was arrested in a Pari…
Summer holidays could be on the cards after all and Spain makes face masks compulsory for everyone over six years old. Here’s the latest from Europe:
Greece is expected to announce plans later that would allow in visitors from other E…
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland was challenged on BBC Breakfast about trust in the government after his ministerial colleague Therese Coffey wrongly claimed that more than 100,000 people had been tested for coronavirus on some days.
P…
The Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council (NPC), Mr George Amoh, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to ensure that nearly all eligible Ghanaians register for the elections.
With barely six months to the elections, Mr …
Major (Rtd) Kwadwo Boakye-Djan was on Tuesday questioned by officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in relation to comments he made about the Electoral Commission (EC) on a radio programme.
The comments were made in a…
George Amoh, the General Secretary of the National Peace Council, has affirmed the independence of the Electoral Commission (EC) and appealed to all stakeholders especially political parties to allow the state body to execute its constitut…
The Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has advised the citizenry to report politicians and other stakeholders who make utterances that threatens the stability of …
Both the Majority and Minority in Parliament agree that this year’s elections must be held in spite of COVID-19.
According to the Majority, the Constitution was ambivalent about what should happen in the absence of a general election an…
Coronavirus - Nigeria: Infection Prevention and Control Trainings by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Team
As part of efforts to reduce the risk of health workers' infection, the NCDC Team continues to conduct infection prevent…
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has condemned the murder of television reporter Said Yusuf Ali in Mogadiscio, Somalia, on 4 May.
“I condemn the killing of Said Yusuf Ali,” said the Director-General. “I call on the author…
Regional UN forum concludes with call for multi-stakeholder partnerships to preserve development gains, build back better post COVID-19
The 7th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) concluded today with a resounding cal…
Members of Parliament (MPs) resumed their legislative functions Tuesday when the legislative body commenced the second meeting of the fourth session of the seventh Parliament.
Ahead of the resumption, the leadership of Parliament has …
Up to 60m people will be pushed into "extreme poverty" by the coronavirus warns the president of the World Bank.
David Malpass said the bank expects global economic growth to shrink by 5% this year as nations deal with the pandemic.
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India recorded more than 5,200 new infections on Tuesday - its biggest spike so far in a single day. Its tally of confirmed cases is now over 106,000, with 61,149 active infections.
The spike comes as the country begins to ease one of t…
China on Wednesday reported four new confirmed cases in the northeastern province of Jilin and one imported case - bringing the total number of cases to 82,965.
Earlier this month, an infected laundry worker in Shulan city was found to …
South Africans have lashed out at the education minister following Tuesday's announcement that schools will reopen on 1 June.
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced that the National Command Council (NCC) and cabinet had app…
Social media platforms have become inaccessible in Burundi as voting kicked off across the east African country on Wednesday.
The BBC has confirmed that access to Twitter, Whatsapp and Facebook has been blocked.
Only those using Virt…
THE HOUSE OF LORDS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DEFENCE COMMITTEE WILL THIS WEEK HAVE ITS FINAL ORAL EVIDENCE SESSION AS PART OF ITS INQUIRY INTO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.
The session will explore the Government’s role in supporting the region…
Coronavirus - Mali: Belgium supports FAO in the rapid recovery of vulnerable households’ livelihoods in Mali during COVID-19
The project aims to improve social cohesion in a context of increased competition for limited resources
In M…
Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) study on satellite navigation services provision in the Africa and Indian Ocean region takes a major step forward
Thales Alenia Space and ASECNA confirms their unique ex…
Coronavirus: Africa’s Finance Ministers and Private Sector Group seek to rapidly resolve commercial debt service obligations together
The meeting aimed at finding new financing solutions to provide additional resources for countries to …
Taiwan will strive to actively participate in global bodies despite its failure to attend this week’s key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting, and will not accept being belittled by China, President Tsai Ing-wen will say on Wednesday.
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As schools in South Africa remain closed, JAM SA has already provided 1 061 000 JAM porridge take-home rations to children and their families across the country.
“Our highly nutritious “super cereal” provides the children at our JAM-sup…
As Kenya continues to report more cases of Covid-19, the government nonetheless says it is making progress in containing further spread of the virus.
In a virtual address in the 73rd World Health Assembly, Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe s…
The prime minister of Lesotho has formally resigned following a scandal in which he was accused of involvement in the killing of his estranged wife.
Thomas Thabane told a national television audience that although he had not completed h…
Brazil has become the country with the third-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the world, after registering a total of more than 250,000 cases.
Only the US and Russia have recorded more infections.
Experts say ins…
Petronella Mabhena, a domestic worker in South Africa, has been paying bus drivers to ferry food to her relatives in Zimbabwe for over a decade.
As with many other families from Zimbabwe whose members depend on food from South Africa, t…
India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions of people from coastal areas ahead of a super cyclone which is approaching from the Bay of Bengal.
Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall in an area near the border of the two countries …
An independent presidential aspirant for the 2020 elections, Mr Jacob Osei Yeboah, has urged Ghanaians not to allow the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to destroy Ghana’s 2020 elections with the debat…
Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the Director of Elections for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) is going back on some decisions it took earlier creating conditions that will make it unfavourable fo…
A TV channel in the UK owned by one of Nigeria's most flamboyant evangelical pastors has been sanctioned by Ofcom, the broadcasting authority in London.
The authority punished Chris Oyakhilome's Loveworld Limited, which runs the Lovewor…
Nigeria's government has said it is still risky to further relax restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The head of the country's task force on the pandemic, Boss Mustapha, told a daily media briefing t…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said the government will distribute free masks to all citizens aged above six-years-old before lifting coronavirus containment measures.
The wearing of masks in public was made mandatory early May.…
Delirium and confusion may be common among some seriously-ill hospital patients with Covid-19, a study in The Lancet suggests.
Long stays in intensive care and being ventilated are thought to increase the risk, the researchers say.
D…
South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has tested positive for coronavirus.
He said he had no symptoms, but would self- isolate for 14 days.
His wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, some bodyguards and other staff have also tested…
Coronavirus - Egypt: UK company delivers over 40,000 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kits to Egypt
Leading UK company, Primer Design Ltd, a subsidiary of Novacyt SA has exported over 40,000 PCR test kits to Egypt to support its res…
Foreigners visiting Tanzania will no longer be subjected to a mandatory 14-day quarantine, the health ministry has said.
Quarantine requirement for foreigners was introduced last month to help prevent importation of coronavirus to the c…
It would be "grossly irresponsible" for the US to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
It comes after President Donald Trump gave WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus a 3…
The leader of the Forum for Former Members of Parliament (FFMP), Mr David Apasera has been explaining why he thinks some former Members of Parliament (MPs) should be paid their salary arrears of over GH¢29.7 million.
He said the former …
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has disagreed with the Auditor-General's position that a conflict of interest situation arises in the request to pay some 200 former Members of Parliament (MPs) salary arrear…
Kenya's bureau of standards has recalled eight brands of instant hand sanitisers from the market for failing to comply with approved standards
It has suspended the permits of the manufacturers and ordered them to "recall the substandard…
A pastor in Nigeria's southern city of Calabar has been arrested for breaching lockdown rules by conducting a wedding in his church.
In a video, guests can be seen fleeing as officials entered the building.
The pastor, from the Apost…
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has been caught on video joking about breaking social distancing rules as he posed for a photo with two women he met while taking morning exercise.
On a clip that has been widely shared it appear…
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech at the World Health Assembly later, the country's foreign ministry has said any investigation into the origins of the coronavirus would be premature.
Xi will deliver a speech via video link…
Seven schools have closed as a precaution in the north-eastern French city of Roubaix after a child tested positive for coronavirus.
Officials say they will tell the families of those who came in contact with the child. Meanwhile, the s…
Many European countries are gradually easing their lockdown measures. The decision comes as number of new infections and daily deaths are on the decline.
The table below shows you the worst-hit countries - the darker the colour the high…
Heads of State, senior government officials and other stakeholders from 62 countries will convene this week to coordinate stronger regional responses in addressing the significant socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has …