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Ghana: 10k cops who enforced lockdown rules to test for covid-19

Ghana has ordered that some 10,000 police officers who took part in enforcing recent lockdown regulations over coronavirus test for the virus. The Inspector-General of...

Ghana: CSM kills 40 as health officials focus on COVID-19

At least some forty people have been confirmed dead from over 400 infections of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis in Ghana. The disease is an acute inflammation...

Sierra Leone’s president self-isolates after staffer catches covid-19

The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio is self-isolating for the next 14 days after one of his bodyguards tested positive for coronavirus. President...

Nigerian couple waited for 43 years to have babies

The Nigerian couple that had their twin babies delivered this month in Lagos state hospital revealed that they had to wait for 43 years. 68-year...

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...

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