Study projects up to 190,000 Africans could die from Covid-19 Scientists at the World Health Organization say nearly a quarter of a billion people in Africa could catch coronavirus in a year. Their study, published in BMJ Global Health, says between 150,000 and and 190,000 Africans could die from Covid-19.
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The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has overturned Covid-19 test results on a Kenyan long-distance truck driver who was tested positive in Uganda while on transit a fortnight ago. According to Taita-Taveta health officials, the victim was tested at the Malaba border along the Kenya-Uganda border on May 3 while on his
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There are more than 100 potential vaccines currently in development The coronavirus "may never go away", the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear. He added that even if
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Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested two Chinese nationals for allegedly offering a $250,000 (£203,000) bribe in local currency to one of its senior officials. Meng Wei Kun and Xu Koi were arrested on Tuesday inside in their office in the northern city of Sokoto
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The EU said there was a need to put an end to dirty money infiltrating its financial system. The European Union has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny. They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe. Others are Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama,
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Uganda’s president has called on rich countries to cancel all of Africa’s debt to help the continent free up enough cash to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Yoweri Museveni (pictured) told United Nations delegates that only total debt forgiveness would prove that the world was interested in helping Africa fight a
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Ethiopian Airlines Group has almost doubled its cargo capacity and deferred two months of plane-lease payments to help navigate the aviation crisis caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Africa’s biggest airline has converted 11 passenger planes to transport goods, adding to an existing fleet of 10 Boeing Co. 777 and two
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday approved the disbursement of SDR542.8 million (100 percent of quota, about US$739 million) to be drawn under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). This will help to meet Kenya’s urgent balance of payments need stemming from the outbreak of the COVID-19
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Wednesday a disbursement of SDR361 million (about US$491.5 million or Shs1.86 trillion) for Uganda under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). It will help finance the health, social protection and macroeconomic stabilization measures meet the urgent balance-of-payments and fiscal needs arising
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African Union official and former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga (pictured) is the latest politician to deploy the language of war when it comes to talking about coronavirus. Mr Odinga, who is the AU's high representative on infrastructure, said the pandemic was like "a third world war without the bombs".
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