The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 36-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Uganda in an amount equivalent to US$1 billion (about…
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The Nigerian government is set to receive over 23 ventilators worth $1 million from Saudi Arabia to combat COVID-19. This is the first batch as other…
The Liberian government has announced a ban on travellers coming from the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Liberian Health Minister Wilhelmina Jallah disclosed this…
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni has re-imposed a strict lockdown that includes the suspension of inter-district travel. Kenyans who frequently travel to Kampala for business by road…
Burundi is reopening its Gatumba border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the town of Uvira following a long period of closure due to…
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has published names of 90 returning travellers who evaded the mandatory seven-day quarantine for persons arriving from restricted countries. The PSC…
South Africa launched its second phase of COVID-19 vaccinations scheme this week targeting people aged 60 years and above. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said late Sunday…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that all returning foreign passengers who fled the quarantine facilities and violated the compulsory requirement will not go unpunished.…
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has expanded the national vaccination campaign to cover citizens and residents aged 50 to 55. The Ministry called on all citizens of…
Tunisia has declared a partial lockdown from Sunday for the week-long Eid al-Fitr holidays, warning that any further increase in coronavirus infections could overwhelm specialist care…