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Coronavirus: Zimbabwean Doctors, Nurses Begin Strike Over Lack Of Equipments
Doctors and Nurses in Zimbabwe have gone on strike over unavailability of equipments to help in treating Coronavirus Patients. Thousand of nurses had earlier left their wards last…
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Lawmakers In Trouble As President Of National Assembly Tests Positive For Coronavirus
There is a strong indication that lawmakers in Cameroon may be at a great risk of having contacted the dreaded Coronavirus. This follows the confirmation that their 80 years old…
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Coronavirus: 4 Ministers In Burkina Faso Test Positive
Burkina Faso has joined the countries in Africa that is experiencing an increase in the cases of COVID-19 as four of its ministers have tested positive to the dreaded virus. Among…
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Coronavirus: Pastor Arrested For Defying Government Order By Holding Church Service
A Pastor has been nabbed for defying Government's order by holding a church service with about hundreds of members present. Among measures put in place by the Ghanaian government…
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17 Die Of Coronavirus In Africa Within 24 Hours
African countries have recorded 17 deaths within 24 hours from the Coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organisation made this known on Thursday. This was contained in a…
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JUST IN: Three Ghanaians Die Of Coronavirus
Ghana's Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwag says that the Coronavirus pandemic has claimed the life of three Ghanaian citizens. Speaking a a news conference,…
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Burkina Faso Confirms First Coronavirus Death In Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso has recorded the first death from the novel Coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa. The deceased, a 62 year old woman, suffered from diabetes and was in intensive care in…
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South Africa Coronavirus Cases Rise To 116
South Africa recorded a sharp increase in the cases of Coronavirus in the country in a day- with the number of confirmed cases now 116. The South African Government has also…
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Chinese Billionaire, Jack Ma, Donates Coronavirus Test Kits To Africa
Co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, has pledged to donate test kits to Africa to aid its fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese billionaire pledged to donate 20,000…
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Togo, Niger, Benin Owe Nigeria N30bn For Electricity
The Republics of Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a total of N29.97bn for the electricity supplied to them from January to September last year, according to the Nigerian Electricity…
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BREAKING: Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo, Reportedly Tests Positive For Coronavirus
There have been media reports in Ghana that the President, Nana Akufo Ado, has been infected with the novel Coronavirus. Kelvin Taylor, a Ghanaian broadcast journalist, stated…
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Kenya Confirms First Coronavirus Case, Bans All Public Gathering
Kenya has confirmed that a woman has tested positive for Coronavirus. The Country's Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said she had arrived from the US on 5 March and tested positive…
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Atiku, Jonathan, Others React As Okonjo-Iweala Is Appointed To Bring South Africa Out Of Recession
Two Former Vice Presidents, Atiku Abubakar and Goodluck Jonathan have hailed Nigeria’s ex-Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her new appointment. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in his…
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Second Coronavirus Case Confirmed In South Africa
South Africa has confirmed its second case of coronavirus on Saturday, March 7, 2020. A 39-year-old woman who had embarked on a trip to Italy as part of a group is the second…
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Coronavirus: South Africa Confirms First Case, Alegria Records 17 Cases
South Africa's health ministry confirmed its first case of coronavirus in the country while Algeria also recorded nine new cases bringing the total cases confirmed in the country to 17.…
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Algeria Confirms New Cases Of Coronavirus
Algeria has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus infections, a woman and her daughter aged 53 and 24 years respectively, the health ministry said on Monday. The cases brought…
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Guinea Bissau President Resigns After A Day In Office, Gives Reason
Mr Cipriano Cassamá, one of the two men who had been declared president of Guinea Bissau resigned his office on Sunday-after just one full day in office. He said “I have no security,…
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Guinea President Snubs Buhari, Others
Guinea's President, Alpha Condé has refused to meet a delegation of West African Leaders which includes Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, as the African country heads towards a…
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Africa Records First Case Of Coronavirus In Algeria
Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country’s first case of the novel coronavirus, in an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17. “One case was…
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Coronavirus: Nigeria Observes Two As Egypt Confirms One
There are concerns as the Federal Government disclosed that two cases of coronavirus are undergoing tests in the country. This came after Egypt confirmed a case of the killer…
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