Tanzania’s President John Magufuli (pictured) has appealed to Tanzanians to use the weekend for prayer against the coronavirus outbreak. It is unclear if he wants people to congregate in places of worship since the country has not yet banned religious gatherings. A devout Catholic, Mr Magufuli tweeted: “My fellow Tanzanians,
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So far, there have been relatively few coronavirus deaths in Africa Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. There was a sharp rise in cases in the past week. There have been almost 1,000 deaths and more than 18,000 infections
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The Ugandan government has cleared shipment of 250 kilogrammes of marijuana to Tel Aviv after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government agreed to pay $375,000 (about Shs1.5b) for dry cannabis flowers, Marijuana. A Kasese-based medical marijuana dealer- the Industrial Hemp (U) Ltd, used Turkish Airlines on Monday night to deliver
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China has been sending face masks and medical equipment to African nations Teams of Chinese doctors have set off to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to support efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic, state-owned China Global Television Network reports. Their exact number unspecified, but they are drawn from Sichuan Province and Tianjin
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The governor of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, has sparked controversy after announcing that he will distribute alcohol as part of food packs for poor families who are missing work because of coronavirus pandemic. Governor Mike Sonko (pictured) made the announcement at a media briefing on Tuesday and has been trending on
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US President Donald Trump has said he is going to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) because it has "failed in its basic duty" in its response to the coronavirus outbreak. He accused the UN agency of mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus after it
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended the nationwide coronavirus controls for 21 days. In his address to the nation at the end of an initial 14-day lockdown, the president said that all control guidelines previously announced will remain in place. The measures include closure of national borders, including Entebbe International
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The global economy will contract by 3% this year as countries around the world shrink at the fastest pace in decades, the International Monetary Fund says. The IMF described the global decline as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It said the pandemic had plunged the world
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Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi (pictured), popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he has partnered with an American businessman to airlift Africans being mistreated in China. This is after reports emerged of hundreds of Africans evicted from their homes and hotels in the Chinese city of Guangzhou over fears the
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board on Monday approved immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries. In a statement dated April 13, 2020, Kristalina Georgieva (pictured), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said: “Today, I am pleased to say that our Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief
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