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The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in over 80 countries across the globe. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and control, his outfit remained concerned about ...

Sudan head coach Hubert Velud has named a 26-man squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifications doubleheader against Ghana. The Frenchman will be marking his debut as head coach of the Falcons of Jediane after replacing Zdravko Logarusic in January 2020. Velud handed a call-up to 15 players from the two biggest clubs in Sudan Al Hilal ...

Ethiopia and Egypt have differed bitterly on the status of the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), threatening the attainment of an ultimate solution. It began last Thursday after the Arab League endorsed Egypt’s position that negotiations had been finalised and that what remained was signatures on a draft that had suggested Egypt’s rightful water share would be ...

Zimbabwe is headed toward the tipping point as the economy continues to implode in the wake of government clampdown against dissent. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is struggling to put brakes on a multi-layered crisis with the International Monetary Fund predicting stagnant economic growth this year after an 8 per cent decline last year. The country is also battling the worst ...

Morocco’s health ministry on Tuesday said the country had recorded its first death linked to the new coronavirus, an 89-year-old woman who suffered from chronic health problems. The woman, a Moroccan citizen who had been living in Italy, “suffered from chronic illnesses affecting the respiratory and cardiovascular system”, the ministry said in a statement. She returned to Morocco in late ...

Nigeria’s Football Federation (NFF) says medical facilities at all clubs must be checked before matches can go ahead, following the death of a player on Sunday. Nigerian footballer Chineme Martins, 22, died after collapsing during a game for his club Nasarawa United. Martins fell unconscious, unopposed, during the second half of Nasarawa’s league match against Katsina United. “The player was ...

Burkina Faso on Monday reported its first two cases of coronavirus, the health minister said, becoming the sixth country in sub-Saharan Africa affected by the virus. Health Minister Claudine Lougue told reporters that the two patients, a husband and wife, had recently returned to Burkina Faso from a trip to France and were now in isolation. The man is 73-years-old ...

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) on Tuesday pledged a sum of N200 million [$550,000] to support current effort of the Nigerian government towards curbing the spread of Corona Virus or Covid-19 in the country. ADF’s intervention is considered the largest single donation by a corporate organization in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus since Nigeria recorded its first ...

Senegal’s health minister on Monday announced the first case of coronavirus in the country, the second case in sub-Saharan Africa after one was confirmed in Nigeria last week. The patient is a French man who lives in Senegal and flew back from France on Feb. 26, Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr told reporters. The patient had since been in contact ...

Egypt’s health ministry on Sunday announced that one foreigner, whose nationality was not announced, had tested positive for coronavirus. The ministry said that the patient was being treated in an isolation facility. This is the second confirmed case in the country. The first coronavirus patient, who was announced last month, has reportedly recovered. Egyptian health authorities are quoted by Reuters ...