Mon 20 July 2020: The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 720,622 on Monday, the Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention said on Monday. At least 15,155 patients have died across 54 countries in the continent, it said, adding 382,857 patients have so far recovered. The Southern Africa has so far registered […]
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Mon 20 July 2020: Country has highest COVID-19 infections on continent with over 364,000 cases and 5,000-plus deaths South Africa Sunday became the fifth worst-affected country globally in terms of coronavirus cases as infections topped 364,000 in the country. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that 13,449 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing […]
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Mon 20 July 2020: ‘Analysis does not show any proof that Covid-Organics can cure COVID-19,’ says Nigerian official ANKARA (AA) – Madagascar’s coronavirus herbal concoction is not as potent as claimed to cure the coronavirus, said Nigeria’s state-run pharmaceutical research institute. In a reported presented to the Health Ministry on Sunday, National Institute of Pharmaceutical […]
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Sun 19 July 2020: ANKARA (AA) – Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced on Sunday. Onyeama is also a member of the coronavirus Presidential Task Force in Nigeria. ”Did my fourth Covid-19 test yesterday at the first sign of a throat irritation and unfortunately this time it came back […]
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Sun 19 July 2020: Large number of military vehicles reached Abugrein as part of Operation Paths to Victory, army says TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The Libyan army dispatched several military vehicles Saturday to the west of Sirte province. A large number of military vehicles reached Abugrein as part of Operation Paths to Victory, that was launched to liberate […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Tension is mounting between Egypt and Ethiopia over their failure so far to reach agreement on a mechanism to fill and operate the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam, or GERD. Egypt opposes the $5 billion hydropower project that Ethiopia began in 2011 on the Blue Nile, a tributary of the Nile […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Thousands of Sudanese Islamic groups and supporters of ousted president Omer Al-Bashir staged a protest on Friday in the capital Khartoum against a new set of laws that have scrapped various Islamic laws, Anadolu Agency reports. The anti-government protests, which erupted from numerous mosques following Friday prayers, accused the government of apostasy and urged people to […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday that Turkey “will not allow our Libyan brothers to stand alone,” heralding a new deal with the Libyan government, this time with United Nations involvement. “Our ties with Libya have a long history spanning over 500 years,” the president told reporters following Friday prayers […]
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Fri 17 July 2020: This comes after al-Sisi’s latest threat to arm some of Libyan tribes against internationally recognized government BERLIN (AA) – Germany on Friday stressed the need to uphold the Libyan arms embargo in the wake of the latest threats by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to arm some of the Libyan tribes […]
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Fri 17 July 2020: 250,000 people to be employed as Nigeria set to make $500M in annual revenue through gold mining President Muhammadu Buhari said Thursday that the government is set to reform gold mining that will produce a revenue of $500 million annually. Buhari said 250,000 people would be employed with new steps to […]
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