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Nigeria: Prolonged Covid-19 Related Lockdowns Divert Pupils and Students from Schools, Creates Scare of Illiterate Generation

Following the discovery that just too many children were dropping out of school during the lockdown,.

Jan 24, 2021, 06:05 AM

Zambia’s Health Minister Fired Over Leaking Condoms, Defective Personal Protective Gear, and Fake Medicine

Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has with immediate effect fired the country’s Minister of Health, .

Jan 11, 2021, 03:30 AM

Second National Lockdown Anticipated in Nigeria as Covid-19 Deaths Hit Record Highs, Three Varsity Dons Die in Quick Succession

When a nation of over 200 million people can boast of only one million tests of novel Coronavirus in.

Jan 08, 2021, 09:41 AM

Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving Amidst Hunger, Covid-19 Surge, and an Uncertain Future

As food pantries in the US dry up, more than 50 million Americans face food insecurity because of th.

Nov 26, 2020, 03:36 AM

World’s GDP, Jobs on the Line as Second Wave of Covid-19 Surges in Europe, America

The Covid-19 pandemic seems to be roaring back to what health specialists have described as the seco.

Oct 29, 2020, 09:15 AM

Zambia: National Solidarity Building Around Former President, Bwezani Banda after he is Diagnosed with Cancer

Zambia’s Fourth Republican President, Rupiah Bwezani Banda has disclosed that he has been diagnose.

Oct 18, 2020, 05:01 AM

Cameroon: Advocate Decries Systemic Neglect of Persons Living with Disability, Condemns absence of Inclusive Accommodation

Persons living with disabilities have been decrying the systemic neglect they are experiencing from .

Oct 15, 2020, 01:43 AM

Zambia: Tempers Flare over Inclusion of Comprehensive Sexual Education in School Curriculum with Church and Laity at Each Other’s Throat

Zambia like many other countries in the world and Africa continues to grapple with issues of teenage.

Sep 25, 2020, 06:04 AM

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Says Covid-19 has Worsened Inequalities between Poor and Rich Nations

New data has revealed that by the end of the year 2020, 13 to 50 million Africans are expected to fa.

Sep 16, 2020, 12:27 PM

29-year-old Covid-19 Survivor Narrates Epic Ordeal as IHME Predicts Dark Clouds over Four African Countries

As cases on the Covid-19 pandemic continue to swell in Zambia, citizens also continue to censure the.

Aug 13, 2020, 01:57 AM

Cameroon: Of Dr Kinge, Mrs. Njuakom, the Finex Douala Incident, and the Urgent Need for Public Toilets

This reflection is inspired by the fact that when in the 90s, renowned University don, Godfred Tangw.

Aug 09, 2020, 03:47 AM

Lagos Gov't Shuts down Isolation Centres as Nigeria Scores Major Victories against Covid-19

Measures put in place by the Nigerian government to flatten the curve of the novel Coronavirus may h.

Aug 03, 2020, 04:15 AM

Cameroon: Bamenda Regional Hospital Authorities Decry Frequent Stray Bullets from Live Gun Battles

The 64-year-old Regional Hospital in Bamenda, one of the major cities in the Once Independent State .

Jul 31, 2020, 11:33 AM

Infected Lawmaker Accuses Zambian Authorities of Lack of Leadership in Fight against Covid-19 Pandemic

Zambia is seeing a new surge in Covid-19 patients, after recording 472 new cases in the 24 hours lea.

Jul 26, 2020, 08:21 AM

Covid-19-Related Deaths Force Zambia’s Parliament to Indefinitely Adjourn Ongoing Session

Zambia’s National Assembly has recently come under check, following reported positive cases of Cov.

Jul 22, 2020, 03:24 AM

Cameroon: Former MP Challenges Parliament to Pressure President Biya for Ceasefire in War-torn Southern Cameroons

Social Democratic Front Party's four-mandate Member of Parliament for Nkambe Central, Hon Cyprain Aw.

Jul 05, 2020, 06:43 AM

Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo on 14-Day Self-Isolation

Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is, on the advice of doctors, on a 14-day self-isola.

Jul 05, 2020, 01:40 AM

USA: Youth Organize Get Infected, Get Paid Covid-19 Party

Disturbing reports from Alabama in the United States of America indicate that some youths are throwi.

Jul 03, 2020, 01:23 AM

Fear, Shock Grip Nigerians as Authorities Report 2, 683 Covid-19 Positive Persons on the Run

The daily increase in the number of positive cases to the novel Coronavirus in Nigeria has been a so.

Jul 01, 2020, 01:46 AM

Cameroon: Panic Grips Bamenda as Coronavirus Sweeps through Catholic Mission School

“This child was previously not exposed to Coronavirus; she fell sick in school and was taken to th.

Jun 30, 2020, 03:12 AM

United States Beats Own One-Day Coronavirus Record, Second Lockdown Looms

Officials in the United States are expressing fears of a second spike in the Coronavirus pandemic in.

Jun 26, 2020, 06:12 AM

Presidential Staffers in Kenya Test Positive to Covid-19

Four State House staff have tested positive for Covid-19 according to results obtained from mass tes.

Jun 17, 2020, 05:10 AM

Ghana’s Health Minister Tests Positive to Rampant Covid-19

Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has tested positive to Covid-19. The news about th.

Jun 15, 2020, 06:32 AM

Kenyans in Disarray as President Uhuru Maintains Covid-19 Restrictions

Kenya’s June 6 Presidential speech will go down in history as one of the most awaited speeches of .

Jun 07, 2020, 03:48 AM

African Artistes Raise Health Workers to the Stars, See Future in Roses

Lusaka, June 4: All countries across Africa, like elsewhere in the world, have recorded at least.

Jun 05, 2020, 03:37 AM

Cameroon: Traditional Healers Invade Market with Covid-19 ‘Remedies’

The floodgate of research by traditional medicine practitioners to find a cure for the Covid-19 .

Jun 02, 2020, 09:57 AM

Cameroon: Catholic Mission Rejects June 1 School Reopening, Teachers Pose Tough Conditions

The Archbishop of the Metropolitan Arch Diocese of Douala, Mgr. Samuel Kleda has dared authoriti.

May 29, 2020, 05:13 AM

Zambian Minister Tests Positive for Covid-19, Opposition Leader Says it’s a Decoy

May 23, 2020 changed the perspective of fighting the spread of the novel coronavirus in Zambia. .

May 26, 2020, 02:42 AM

Nigeria Braces for the Worst as Covid-19 Cases Skyrocket amid Low Testing Capacity, Shortage of Beds

Despite daily reassuring that the federal government is on top of the situation regarding the mana.

May 23, 2020, 07:02 AM

Cameroon: Traditional Ruler Dethroned for Rejecting Biya's Covid-19 Gift

The Divisional Officer of Mvengue Subdivision, in the South Region of Cameroon has reportedly instig.

May 21, 2020, 10:45 AM

In the Shadow of a Pandemic: Cameroonian Women say Covid-19 Opens them up to Domestic Violence

Jane points to a deep opening on her forehead and shakes her head, tears rolling down her cheeks.

May 21, 2020, 11:48 AM

Biya Ignores Killings in Southern Cameroons in National Unity Address, Kamto Rises to the Occasion

The Cameroon National Day that comes up every May 20 is historically a celebration of the fusion of .

May 20, 2020, 04:27 AM

Zimbabwean Gov’t Mirrors Covid-19 Money, US Holds the Sails

In a direct message to the Zimbabwean government, the US Embassy in Harare has said the recently a.

May 20, 2020, 03:35 AM

Ghanaian Political Guru Seeks Silver Lining in Covid-19, Maintains 2020 Elections not at Risk

Ghana’s second Deputy Speaker and longest serving sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Hon Alban K.

May 20, 2020, 02:10 AM

Diplomatic Row brewing Between Kenya & Tanzania over Covid-19 Containment Measures

A diplomatic row is brewing between Kenya and Tanzania over the positive Covid-19 status of some Tan.

May 19, 2020, 04:04 AM

Gov’t Sets up More Treatment Centers as Covid-19 Spreads to Troubled Southern Cameroons

As the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic rapidly spreads through the troubled once independent state of Sout.

May 19, 2020, 03:10 AM

Zimbabwe: Fever tree hype grips the People as Covid-19 Spreads On

There is growing excitement in Zimbabwe over a local herb, Zumbane which is also referred to as lipp.

May 19, 2020, 12:48 PM

Congolese President’s Fiercest Critic to Coordinate Anti-Covid-19 fund

As the Democratic Republic of Congo like other countries around the world battles the Covid-19 pande.

May 19, 2020, 12:03 PM

Cameroonian Bishop Challenges Modern Medics to Disprove his Herbal Covid-19 Cure

The Archbishop of Douala, Mgr. Samuel Kleda has called on doubting modern medical practitioners to r.

May 18, 2020, 05:54 AM