African News
African countries urged to increase response to Covid-19 pandemic − WHO
By: Simone Liedtke 9th April 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti has urged countries across Africa to increase their response to... →
Nigerians to enjoy two months of free electricity
By: African News Agency 9th April 2020 Electricity consumers in Nigeria will be supplied with two months of free electricity during the coronavirus outbreak, reported Ripples Nigeria on... →
Egypt’s Covid-19 cases surge to 1 560
By: African News Agency 9th April 2020 Egypt has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases, with 110 people testing positive in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the north... →
Covid-19 confirmed cases rise to 276 in Nigeria
By: African News Agency 9th April 2020 Nigeria has recorded 22 new confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), bringing the total to 276, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)... →
IMF completes talks with Chad over $115m in emergency funding
By: Reuters 9th April 2020 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed talks with Chad aimed at granting access to $115-million from its Rapid Credit Facility to help... →
World Bank warns of big South Africa GDP slump and first SSA recession in 25 years as Covid-19 bites 
By: Terence Creamer 9th April 2020 The World Bank is forecasting that gross domestic product in South Africa could slump by between 6.9 percentage points and 8 percentage points in... →
Cats can catch coronavirus, study finds, prompting WHO probe
By: News24Wire 9th April 2020 Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a new study in the journal Science, prompting... →
Coronavirus could push half a billion people into poverty: Oxfam
By: News24Wire 9th April 2020 The coronavirus pandemic could push an additional half a billion people into poverty, aid charity Oxfam has warned, demanding that world leaders... →
