618T6OFhcQL. AC SL1500 1587101819379

South Africa: Ribbons to remember Coronavirus victims

A church in South Africa is honouring the country’s coronavirus victims by putting out white ribbons to mark each and every death from the disease. The fence outside St. James Presbyterian church in Johannesburg is a stark reminder of the suffering caused by the pandemic in South Africa. “We feel honoured, because we honour the […]

images 1 1596224139756

Muslim faithfuls celebrate Eid amid COVID-19

The streets of Abidjan were almost empty on Friday for the Eid al-Adha celebrations that have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic. Few faithfuls went to the mosque in Abidjan. “The situation is really complicated by the coronavirus,” explained Oumar Maiga, an Ivorian livestock trader. “It’s a tough market, people are not coming in the […]

images 1 1596178821533

Business: Oil edges higher as fears about sliding demand rise

Oil prices recovered in addition floor on Friday, after touching three-week lows in the previous session, responding to a document decline in US growth as the coronavirus ravaged the world’s largest economic system and oil consumer. Brent crude was once up via 14c, or 0.3%, at $43.08 a barrel by using 3.58am GMT. On Thursday, […]

download 4

Coronavirus: Kenya turns a stadium in a makeshift hospital

Hospital body of workers gears up, for some other day treating COVID 19 patients. These past few days the quantity of coronavirus contaminations have spiked in Kenya, accomplishing as an awful lot as 960 contaminations for July twenty sixth alone. Alcohol sale was banned and a curfew used to be extended in order to end the […]

images 1 1596070808810

IMF loan payback: It’s a stupid economy

The current R70-billion loan by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to South Africa has been acquired with combined critiques via more than a few segments of the country. National Treasury Director-General Dondo Mogajane has welcomed the decision, indicating that the authorities will ensure that it meets the mortgage conditions and that it has in no […]

images 1 1596068717631

The World: Coronavirus surge slowing U.S. economic recovery – Fed chief

The surge in U.S. coronavirus cases is commencing to weigh on economic activity, the head of the Federal Reserve stated on Wednesday, and he promised the U.S. central bank would “do what we can, and for as long as it takes,” to restriction harm and boost growth. “It appears like the data are pointing to […]

shutterstock 179853023 1589895006391

Tourists flying to Seychelles after Aug. 1 re-opening must have recent COVID-19 test

All passengers coming to Seychelles from Aug. 1 when the airport opens for scheduled passenger flights ought to have proof of a poor COVID-19 PCR take a look at no longer greater than 72 hours ancient earlier than boarding their flight to the island nation, said a top reliable on Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, […]

HEALTH CORONAVIRUS USA CASUALTIES 1596009798797

The World: Five states in USA report one-day records for Covid-19 deaths

Five U.S. states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health officials said Latinos made up more than half its cases. Arkansas, Florida, Montana and Oregon each stated file spikes in fatalities. In California deaths rose by using 171, […]

382 people repatriated from Saudi Arabia to Uganda

A complete of 382 Ugandans who have been stranded in Riyadh Saudi Arabia seeing that the closure of airports due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak have been remaining nighttime repatriated thru Entebbe International airport. The team which is the second batch of Ugandans to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia commonly consisting of migrant employees and […]

images 1 1595863747480

NEWS: Former president of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa suffered from malaria, not Covid-19 -family

Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa was suffering from malaria and died of a heart attack, his family said Sunday, scotching rumours that he succumbed to coronavirus. “Mkapa was found with malaria and he was admitted for treatment since Wednesday,” family member William Erio revealed during a funeral mass broadcast on state television TBC1. Mkapa, who […]

RTX2RSGV scaled e1590054099626 1595835735466

Nigeria: Muslims will Hold Eid Prayers in Open Spaces – El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that Eid prayers can preserve in open areas in Kaduna State but there will be no celebrations during the impending Eid Al-Adha Muslim festival. The governor who made this known in a media chat, warned that the prayers ought to no longer be held interior mosques due to the fact […]

morocco 1591974636829

NEWS: Morocco shuts down major cities after surge in Covid-19 cases

Morocco will quit people entering and leaving some of its biggest cities from nighttime to incorporate a surge in COVID-19 cases, the indoors and fitness Ministries stated on Sunday. The cities to be locked down include the monetary powerhouse of Casablanca as properly as Tangier, Marrakech, Fez and Meknes. The u . s . eased […]

coronavirus 05 brazil ap jc

NEWS: Covid-19 treatment center opens in Madagascar

Madagascar has launched a new coronavirus treatment center amid rising infections and hospitals being overwhelmed, the president said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Andre Rajoelina said the Mahamasina treatment center in the capital Antananarivo can accommodate 250 COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms. “In these difficult times, I call on the nation to show […]

coronavirus2 1590458378185 1

COVID-19 cases in Africa top 828,000

The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 828,214 on Sunday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 17,509 more people died of the virus across 54 countries in the continent, the Africa CDC said in its daily update. Recoveries in the continent have reached 484,038. Southern Africa is […]

IN27NORTHKOREAKIM 1595755580556 1595755593891

The World: North Korea’s Kim says COVID-19 ‘could be said to have entered the country’: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo assembly after a person suspected of having COVID-19 returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border this month, nation media stated on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the first case formally mentioned by North Korean authorities, who have so far stated the us […]

thumbs b c 2bf090d8c9964b76bc5712eb4c47bc76 1591423199102 1

Breaking: Africa’s coronavirus cases surpass 800,000, rising in Kenya

Africa’s complete range of confirmed coronavirus cases has surpassed 800,000. That’s according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. South Africa has well over 1/2 the suggested instances on the 54-nation continent, however infections are now mountaineering swiftly in other countries including Kenya, East Africa’s financial hub, with greater than 16,000. Africa used […]

3P6BIBD6JRFPFI2VEN62Y4L354 1593592666427 1

Coronavirus kills 38 people in Egypt

Another 38 human beings died from the novel coronavirus in Egypt throughout the past 24 hours, health officials there stated Friday.  The death toll reached 4,518 and the quantity of cases climbed to 91,072 with 659 new infections. A whole of 31,970 humans have recovered from the virus. Since originating in China last December, COVID-19 […]