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Ghana deploys drones to deliver covid-19 test samples

Ghana has deployed drones to deliver coronavirus test samples to health facilities across the country. Zipline, the world's only national scale on-demand drone delivery service,...

Ghana lifts covid-19 lockdown on cities despite recording 1,042 cases

Ghana has announced a suspension of its three week lockdown on major cities in the country despite the tally of coronavirus cases hitting 1042. The...

Nigeria: Policemen arrested for brutalizing woman during lockdown

Nigerian police have arrested two policemen in Osun State for brutalizing a woman in the open for allegedly violating lockdown rules. A video capturing the...

44 Boko Haram militants held in Chad jail die of poisoning

Chadian officials have said that 44 Boko Haram militants who were captured together with 14 others have died of poisoning while in detention in...

Nigeria: President Buhari’s chief of staff dies of coronavirus

The chief of staff of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has died after contracting the deadly coronavirus. The death of Mallam Abba Kyari was announced by...

Ken Ofori-Atta: ‘What does an African finance minister do now?’

Economic activity has been massively disrupted; hotels are closing, industry is tottering, airlines are grounded, and our toast-of-the-region airport lies asleep. The Bank of...

Nigerian doctor dies of covid-19 after attending to patient

A Nigerian doctor who got infected with Covid-19 while attending to an infected patient has died. Health officials say he died on Wednesday after he...

Morgues in Ghana congested as families shun private burials

Emmanuel Akorh's 85-year-old mother passed away months ago. But her body still lies in the morgue. Like many families in Ghana, Akorh refuses to carry...

COVID-19: The vulnerable in Ghana offered food in exchange for sex

Some sex predators in Ghana are reportedly targeting vulnerable people including the disabled who are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak. They are reportedly...

Ghanaian-born pregnant nurse dies of Covid-19 after childbirth

28-year old Ghanaian-born nurse who was heavily pregnant and got infected with covid-19 in the UK has died. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, according to British health...

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