Africa Encouraged By Covid-19 Assistance

Wakanda News Details

Africa Encouraged By Covid-19 Assistance

[SAnews.gov.za] African countries are encouraged by moves by international financial institutions to provide relief to indebted countries at a time when the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Source: allAfrica.com

You may also like

Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants

Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local

fave

Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Uganda: COVID-19 Cases Spike to 203 After 43 Truckers Test Positive

Uganda has announced its biggest coronavirus cases spike in a day after 43 truck drivers tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, May

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Rwanda: Kabuga Arrest Reignites Calls for UK to Rein in Genocidaires

Andrew Mitchell, a British Conservative Party politician and former secretary of state for international development, is among the voices now again urging legal authorities in his country to act on five genocide perpetrators living in the UK, "not in hiding but in plain

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of Benins agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy. By

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Mar

13

2011

Is African Wildlife Headed for Extinction?

Dear EarthTalk: What is the population status of Africa’s large mammals, such as elephants, lions, rhinos, and hippos? Are they all headed for

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Anti-government demonstrations gripped several countries in the Middle East in early 2011, and protests in Libya followed those in Egypt, Tunisia, and Bahrain. The crackdown by the government in Libya, however, was the most vicious. The protesters took to the streets on Feb. 16 in Benghazi, the

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

South Africa: Lockdown Level 3 - President's Coordinating Council Meets to Discuss Preparations

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to co-chair a meeting of the President's Coordinating Council (PCC) on Saturday to discuss preparations to move most of the country to Level 3 of the

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

African Countries Get New Tool to Predict Climate-Related Disasters

Most African countries have lacked good forecasting methods as weather becomes increasingly extreme

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Facebook-backed Africa mega cable will cost R18-billion

Facebook and some of the world’s largest telecommunications carriers, including China Mobile, Vodafone Group and MTN Group, are joining forces to build a giant subsea cable to help bring more reliable and faster Internet across

fave

Source: TechCentral

Uganda: Civil Society to Kampala - We Want Transparency, Not Graft-Laced Debts

The civil society in Uganda is demanding transparency in the spending of Covid-19 loans to avoid loading taxpayers with corruption-fuelled

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Burundi: An Essential Primer On Burundi's Elections

With popular frustrations running high, and opposition leader Agathon Rwasa warning that he will not accept a "stolen" election, fears are mounting that a contested poll could lead to violence along the lines of what the country saw in 2015, when Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Chad takes delivery of Madagascar virus cure, COVID-Organics

May 10: Chad sends official jet to collect ‘virus

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

South Africa schools to re-open on June 1

South Africa’s schools will re-open on June 1, even though many are not equipped to do so without high risk of new Covid-19

fave

Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Nigeria: Amidst Lockdown Ease, Nigeria's Weekly COVID-19 Cases Reduce, Recoveries Double

As Nigerians continue to experience the nationwide ease in lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, the country recorded a 16 per cent drop in coronavirus cases last week compared to the previous week, an analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Black and African Muslims around the world celebrate Eid

Covid-19 has changed the way that Muslims around the world are celebrating this weekend with the end of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting and

fave

Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression

Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: 31 New COVID-19 Cases in Kenya Raise Total Infections to 1,192

Nairobi — Kenya's COVID-19 infections rose to 1,192 Saturday after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced 31 new

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Poaching in Africa

There has been poaching in Africa since antiquity. People hunted in areas claimed by other states or reserved for royalty or killed protected animals. Some of the European big game hunters who came to Africa in the 1800s were guilty of poaching and some were actually tried and found guilty by the

fave

Source: ThoughtCo

Somalia: Govt Starts Aerial Spraying to Stop Desert Locust Invasion

Young desert locusts that have not yet grown wings jump in the air as they are approached, as a visiting delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) observes them, in the desert near Garowe, in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

'We can get it done here': Africa's tech scene tackles coronavirus

LIVE | All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updates

fave

Source: https://www.news24.com

U.S. Department of State Background Note

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

South Africa: President to Participate in Virtual Libya Meeting

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to participate in today's virtual meeting of the African Union (AU) Contact Group of the High-Level Committee on

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Africa coronavirus cases top 100 000

Countries in northern Africa have the highest death tolls, led by Egypt (696 deaths from 15 003 cases) and Algeria (575 deaths from 7 728

fave

Source: https://www.news24.com

Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries

There are now more than over 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

fave

Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Cameroon: Govt Efforts On Bringing Back Trapped Citizens - Some 139 Cameroonians Return From Dubai

Within the framework of the operation to repatriate Cameroonians blocked abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, 139 of them got to the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport on Saturday, May 9, 2020 on board a special Ethiopian Airlines plane from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, information

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

The white minority finally consented to hold multiracial elections in 1980, and Robert Mugabe won a landslide victory. The country achieved independence on April 17, 1980, under the name Zimbabwe. Mugabe eventually established a one-party socialist state, but by 1990 he had instituted multiparty

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Apr

17

1980

Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Want Kabuga Tried in Rwanda

The umbrella organization of Genocide survivors associations, Ibuka, on Saturday, March 16 said that Genocide architect Félicien Kabuga should be tried from

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya Unveils First Video Conferencing System, Gumzo

Nairobi — Kenya's Gaming tech start-up, Usiku Games, has launched the first made-in-Africa video conferencing system that will enable users enjoy better quality calls with unlimited attendees, at more affordable

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Africa records over 88,000 virus cases

The number of confirmed Covid-19 positive cases across Africa rose from 84,634 Monday afternoon to 88,172 by Tuesday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on

fave

Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

More from allAfrica.com

Malawi: Minister Kambala Says Hellen Buluma Is Against Supervision At Nocma

Zimbabwe: Mthuli Sets Aside U.S.$150 Million for Currency Reform Losses

Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Complicates People Living With Disabilities' Access ARVs

Southern Africa: Young Warriors Finally Granted Permission to Travel to South Africa

Zimbabwe: How Moana United Christians and Muslims, Blow-By-Blow Account - allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Warriors Move Three Spots Up in Latest FIFA Rankings

Zimbabwe: Boreholes for Mvurwi, Concession

Malawi: Expert Warns Chakwera Against Unilateral Decision to Send Malawi Soldiers to Battle Islamist Insurgents

Malawi: LWB Customer Branded Heroine for Speaking-Out

Malawi: Mwenifumbo Concedes Defeat, Withdraws Poll Case - Utm's Kabwila Says 'Not Wasting Time in Battles, Focus 2025'

Nigeria: Buhari Can't Address South-South Demands Under Threat - Amaechi

Nigeria: Borno Killings - Farmers Didn't Get Military Clearance to Farm - Garba Shehu

Nigeria: Senate President Begins Training, Empowerment Program for 300 Less Privileged Couples

Nigeria: Gospel Act, Revelation Highway Announces New Music Release Date

Ghanaian Environmentalist Wins the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize

Gambia: Regional Children Calls for Government Liberation

Rwanda: New Broadband Provision Model to Be Tested in Rwanda

Rwandan Agricultural Scientists Undertake Research to Grow Crops Among Rocks

Rwanda: Matthew Rugamba Featured On Under 40 CEOs

Rwanda: World Aids Day - Rwanda to Focus on Gaps in Diagnosis

Congo-Kinshasa: Seven Years After Death, Tabu Ley's Fans Relive Musical Legacy

Rwanda: Ex-Combatants Screened to Pave Way for Future Medical Support

Kenya: New Cases of Covid-19 as 17 Patients Succumb

Kenya: Hold Your Horses, Sonko Tells MCAs on Ouster Bid

Kenya: Police Accused of Teargasing Sleeping Mukuru Slum Dwellers

Kenya: D-Day for Health Workers' Pay Rise, Medical Cover Push

Kenya: Governor Muthomi Njuki, Kindiki Split Over BBI

Kenya: Court Reinstate Embattled Prof Mwonya as Egerton VC

Kenya: Former Nairobi Mayors Support City Plan Under BBI

Kenya: State to Pay Karua Sh2.8 Million for Violations in Waiguru Election Case

Kenya: Vaccine and Cure Remain Elusive, 39 Years After First Aids Diagnosis

Kenya: Kemri Yet to Hire More Staff to Boost Covid-19 Testing Capacity

Kenya: GBV - Children Tipped on How to Report Cases

Kenya: Why Kenya Won't Cooperate With ICC in Paul Gicheru's Case

Kenya: Lobby Group Says There's No Legal Crisis to Warrant BBI Constitutional Reforms

Kenya: Eight Governors From Ruto Backyard Back Law Change

Kenya: Uproar Greets Use of Chiefs in BBI Signature Collection Drive

Kenya: Odinga Confident of BBI Success

Kenya: Anxiety in Bandit-Prone North Rift as Festive Season Approaches

Kenya: FIA President Todt's Kenya Visit Seals Significant Approval of Country's Organisational Acumen

Kenya: Counties Splash Billions on Wages

Sudan: UN Refugee Agency Appeals for $147 Million to Support Thousands of Ethiopians Fleeing to Sudan

South Africa: Push to Have Ramaphosa Testify in Zuma State Capture Probe

Nigeria: World Aids Day - Why Nigeria Missed 2020 HIV/Aids Target

South Africa: What History Teaches Us About Shaping South Africa's New Cannabis Laws

Africa: Fences Have Big Effects On Land and Wildlife Around the World That Are Rarely Measured

Congo-Kinshasa: The Country's Shady Political Alliance Unravels

Zimbabwe: All Set for Reopening of Border Posts Today

Kenya: WW1 History Endangered as Historical Site Falls Into Ruins

Rwanda: Electoral Body to Go Ahead With Grassroots Polls Despite Covid-19

Sports Facts

Cuisine Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)