Africa

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  • Nigeria seeks around 7 billion dollars in loans to face coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-12 11:01:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:26 - ID:8392247

    ABUJA, April 12 (MENA) - Nigeria plans to raise as much as $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders to help fund efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and counter its impact on Africa’s largest economy. The government will seek $3.4 billion ....

  • 7.6 million people in Sudan received humanitarian assistance in 2019

    Date: 2020-04-10 15:59:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:8390520

    KHARTOUM, April 10 (MENA) - In 2019, 7.6 million people across Sudan received humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations and partners under the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), according to the 2019 HRP Monitoring Report (January - ....

  • 5 soldiers killed, wounded in roadside bomb blast north Mali

    Date: 2020-04-09 22:42:36 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:92 - ID:8389575

    BAMAKO, April 9 (MENA) – Three personnel of the Malian army were killed Thursday in a roadside bomb attack in the north of Mali. Another two soldiers were wounded after the roadside bomb targeted the vehicle carrying the military personnel, the ....

  • AFDB: Coronavirus provides further incentive to invest in health workers

    Date: 2020-04-09 18:26:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:73 - ID:8389338

    CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AFDB) has said that the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic provides further incentive to prioritize investments in health workers. The AFDB call comes as the global community celebrates and ....

  • WFP warns of hunger crisis in Zimbabwe

    Date: 2020-04-09 07:30:20 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8388330

    HARARE, April 9 (MENA) - According to the World Food Programme (WFP), as COVID-19 takes hold, Zimbabwe's already severe climate- and recession-induced hunger crisis is becoming even more profound. “With most Zimbabweans already struggling to put ....

  • AfDB unveils $10 billion response facility to curb COVID-19

    Date: 2020-04-08 19:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:8388104

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The facility is the latest measure taken by the ....

  • AU Commission probes efforts to fight Covid-19 in Africa

    Date: 2020-04-08 13:48:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8387671

    ADDIS ABABA, April 8 (MENA) - The African Union Commission under Chairperson Moussa Faki held on Wednesday a meeting via video-conference to follow up measures of fighting the coronavirus in Africa. Ambassador Namira Negm, the legal adviser to ....

  • Sudan: Coronavirus suspected cases soar to 189

    Date: 2020-04-06 15:19:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:8385034

    KHARTOUM, April 6 (MENA) - Sudan's Ministry of Health has registered 24 new suspected coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 suspected cases placed in the country quarantines to 189. In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry ....

  • ‘Complete collapse of economies’ ahead as Africa battles COVID-19: UN

    Date: 2020-04-05 17:07:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:65 - ID:8383879

    LONDON, April 5 (MENA) - Countries across Africa face a “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be controlled, a UN official has warned. “We’ve been through a lot on the continent," The Independent ....

  • First Covid-19 case in South Sudan

    Date: 2020-04-05 11:37:24 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:34 - ID:8383394

    JUBA, April 5 (MENA) - South Sudan's authorities announced on Sunday the first case of Coronavirus contracted in the country. South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar said the first case was for a 29-year-old woman who tested positive for the ....

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