AEC supports re-election of AfDB’s president
The African Energy Chamber has supported the re-election of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina for a second term as President of the...
Africa
Former Kotoko coach joins Ghana rugby lockdown challenge
Former Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak Coach, Ernest Middendorp, has joined the Ghana 'Rugby COVID-19 Stay safe, healthy and...
Lockdown: WSC plans virtual meeting on water provision in South Africa
South Africa’s Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has planned to hold a virtual meeting with the Portfolio Committee...
Covid-19: ECA, GPSDD reveal initiative to strengthen Africa’s data ecosystems
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data have revealed an initiative to...
IMF approves $886.2 million disbursement to Côte d’Ivoire to tackle Covid-19
The International Money Fund has approved the disbursement of $886.2 million to Côte d’Ivoire to be drawn under the Rapid...
Groups partner government to fight Covid-19 in South Sudan
In a concerted effort to fight and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in South Sudan, UNDP Access to Justice and...
Guinea’s energy players collaborate to mitigate impacts of Covid-19
The country is projected to be one of the hardest hit African economies by the global pandemic. Equatorial Guinea’s energy...
Ghana releases situation updates on COVID-19 outbreak
As of Saturday 18 April 2020, the total samples tested in Ghana so far were 60, 916 with 1.37% testing...
Covid-19: South African leaders meet, discuss measures to strengthen response
The council further received an update from Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, on health interventions undertaken to manage the spread...
Niger strengthens health system capacities to fight covid-19
Source: UNICEF Health personnel were also trained on sorting and treatment protocols and are equipped with personal protective equipment As...
Covid-19: South Africa postpones May/June exam rewrites, picks new date
This is the matric examination which was to be written by more than 350,000 part-time candidates who include those who...
Nigeria records 49 new cases of coronavirus
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 49 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing the total number...
44 Boko Haram Members die in Chad’s prison
Not less than 44 suspected members of the Boko Haram group have been found dead in a prison cell in...
Nigerian Muslim leader donates N45M to federal, state governments
The Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Dawud Akinola, has donated the sum of N25 million to the federal government and...
Northern Nigerian politician celebrates Kyari’s death, says Nigeria is free
The Kano State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, has celebrated the death of the Chief of Staff to...
World Bank Group, IMF mobilize partner against COVID-19 in Africa
The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund have convened African leaders, bilateral partners, and multilateral institutions to spur faster...
WHO predicts 10 million coronavirus cases in Africa
The World Health Organization has predicted a worst-case scenario cornovirus infections in Africa. In a provisional modeling released on Friday...
Nigerian president loses chief of staff to coronavirus
The Nigerian president’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has died after contracting Covid-19. This was disclosed on Saturday April 18,...
COVID-19: FMN redeems 1bn pledge to support Nigeria
Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC has redeemed its pledge of about $2.8 million to the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against...
Covid-19: African Migrant returnees lead awareness campaign
In response to the growing Covid-19 pandemic, migrant returnees from African countries have volunteered to embark on awareness campaign launched...
Coronavirus: FAO, AU shift focus on food security in Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the African Union have declared commitment to improving access to...
Coronavirus threatens Africa, ECA estimates over 300,000 deaths
The Economic Commission for Africa has warned that if proper and adequate measures are left at large, African countries could...
COVID-19 : WHO partners other groups, delivers supplies to Africa
The World Health Organization has worked closely with the World Food Programme, the African Union, national governments and the Jack...
COVID-19: Gambian government receives $21.3M from IMF
International Monetary Fund Executive Board has approved the sum of $21.3 million disbursement to The Gambia to fight COVID-19. The...
Nigeria records 35 new cases of COVID-19
Nigeria has recorded 35 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 442. The Nigeria...
UN procures ventilators, PPEs to fight coronavirus in Nigeria
A shipment of ventilators and other essential medical supplies has been procured by the UN system in Nigeria to support...
UN agency donates COVID-19 PPE to shelter houses in South Africa
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC in South Africa has donated over personal protective equipment to shelter...
Covid-19: Ecobank supports Kenya, donates KES 10 million
Ecobank Kenya has donated KES 10 million to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The donation follows the appeals from...
US partners Ghana to fight Covid-19
The U.S ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, has disclosed her country's readiness to assist Ghana in the fight against...
Covid-19: African cities likely to face acute economic crises- ECA
Economic Commission for Africa has predicted that African citizens will likely face acute economic crises and a sharp decline in...
COVID-19: IMF approves $115M to support Chad
The International Monetary Fund executive board has approved the disbursement of US$115.1 million to Chad. The monetary support, according to...
GP Global acquires lubricants assets of Nigeria’s Grand Petroleum
GP Global has acquired the lubricants assets of Nigeria’s Grand Petroleum. According to the Nosak Group, the acquisition of the...
Chinese, AU leaders meet over xenophobic attacks on Africans in China
Following the reported incidents of brutalities and related injuries allegedly inflicted on Africans in Guangdong province in the People Republic...
Djibouti reduces 82.5% port tariff for Ethiopia’s exports
Djibouti has announced 82.5% reduction in port tariffs for Ethiopia exports. The reduction, which was announced on Wednesday 15 April,...
COVID-19: EU releases €50 million to Nigeria
As part of its efforts to assist African countries in the fight against coronavirus, the European Union has released €50...
COVID-19: Somaliland records three new cases, total rises to 5
Three more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Somaliland bringing the total cases in the country to five. Somaliland’s...
Coronavirus: Somali minister dies day after testing positive
Justice Minister of Hirshabelle State, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died of coronavirus after testing positive to the virus. The minister...
Covid-19: Nigeria records 10 deaths, 13 new cases emerge
Nigeria has recorded ten deaths from the deadly coronavirus which has spread to 19 states in the country. This was...
Covid-19: Nigeria confirms 17 new cases, total rises to 305
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC has confirmed 17 new cases of coronavirus. The new cases were recorded in...
Benin launches digital offensive against COVID-19
Benin republic has set up a range of digital platforms to help combat the spread of coronavirus and prevent the...
NSCIA recommends prophetic medicine for COVID-19 cure
The Nigerian Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has recommended the use of black seed and honey as a cure for...
Kagame counters AU leader, describes support for Tedro misplaced priority
Following the global call for the resignation of the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the...
COVID-19: Ethiopian Airlines loses $550 million, crew test positive
The Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopia Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, has announced in a press conference the result of the crew...
Libyan rebel leader dies of Covid-19
The former head of rebel government, Mahmud Jibril, who overthrew former Libyan head of state, Muammar Ghaddafi in 2011, has...
WHO blasts French doctors for racist remarks
World Health Organization’s Chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has angrily blasted the French doctors who suggested that Africa could be perfectly...
French doctor apologizes for making racist remarks
One of the two French doctors who suggested that a possible treatment for COVID-19 should begin in Africa has apologized...
COVID-19: Malawi records three cases
Malawi has announced the cases of three persons who recently tested positive. This was announced during the Malawian president’s address,...
African football legends condemn racist remarks by French doctors
Didier Drogba has joined Samuel Eto’o and Demba Ba to condemn the remarks credited to two French doctors who announced...
COVID-19: Nigerian medical technicians offer hospital free services
Two Nigerians have joined other people around the world to engage in various acts of philanthropism to fight Covid-19. The...
ADB approves GETF, Risk-Sharing Fund for women’s empowerment
The Board of Directors of African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has approved a new Gender Equality Trust Fund aimed at...
UNAMID supports Sudan to combat desert locusts amid pandemic
African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has contributed 10 off-road vehicles to the Ministry of Agriculture and...
COVID-19: UN announces emergency response for displaced, vulnerable in Nigeria
The United Nations in Nigeria has declared emergency response measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. While announcing this on...
Equatorial Guinea shortlists companies for Key Energy Projects
The Equatorial Guinea has shortlisted companies fir energy projects in its country. The was disclosed at a meeting held at...
Nigeria: Central Bank seeks approval to provide services amid lockdown
The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele...
Coronavirus: African organizations collaborate to spread awareness
Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has declared its readiness to collaborate with Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation...
Africa Oil & Power supports Energy Industry, offers free services
Africa Oil & Power has pledged full support for Energy Industry through provision of free services. According to AOP Acting...
ECA contributes materials to aid Ethiopia’s fight against COVID-19
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Communications Group have provided awareness materials to the government of Ethiopia....
COVID-19: South African opposition party distributes free hand sanitizers
The leader of the South African Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) Party, Julius Malela, has disclosed plan to distribute free hand...
Covid 19: Over 4,000 prisoners pardoned in Ethiopia
In a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, the Ethiopian President, Sahle-Work Zewde, has pardoned over 4000 prisoners in...
Islamic Council orders closure of mosques in Gambia
As part of the preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus in the country, mosques in Gambia have been directed...
