“Nigeria is not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority,” said Boss Mustapha, the chairman of Nigeria’s presidential task force for COVID-19.
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The Bank of Ghana is keeping its interest rate unchanged at 14.5%. This comes after it concluded a $1 billion repo facility with the U.S. Federal…
Algeria is increasing its fuel price. This OPEC member wants to reduce local consumption and imports as the economy battles from the effects lockdown on businesses. …
News Central’s Poloum David reports on the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown in Abuja. Violators of the stay-at-home order are arrested for failure to wear face masks in suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
Madagascar had previously recorded no death for two months due to what it claimed was the effectiveness of its herbal remedy, Covid Organics. President Andry Rajoelina had previously donated the herbal remedy to ECOWAS countries and Nigeria received its consignment from the Guinea Bissau President on Saturday in Abuja.
Zimbabwe imposed its lockdown on March 30 and has recorded 44 confirmed coronavirus cases and four related deaths.
By March 2020, it had become very clear that COVID-19 was a global pandemic. The news media was awash with a shock announcement by the Central…
African countries face a combined $44 billion debt-servicing bill this year alone. The Africa Private Creditor Working Group (AfricaPCWG) on Friday said it will coordinate the views of over 25 asset managers and financial institutions representing total assets under management in excess of $9 trillion.
The announcement comes just days before Burundians go to the polls on May 20 to choose a new president, parliamentarians and local officials.
“We will immediately begin a process of consultation with relevant stakeholders on the proposal that, by the end of May, most of the country should be placed on alert level three,” Ramaphosa said in a televised address.