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Facebook expands COVID-19 information centre to Nigeria, 16 others in Africa

Facebook says it will be expanding its Coronavirus Information Centre to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan African, including Nigeria Kojo Boakye, Facebook’s Head of Public...

Armed conflicts, state repression fuel human rights violations in Africa

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International...

AfDB unveils $10bn response facility to curb COVID-19

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries...

Enugu to shut down over 200 hotels for defacing master plan

The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA) says it will shut down over 200 hotels in the state for flouting the master plan of...

UN defends WHO against allegation of being China-centric on COVID-19

The United Nations (UN) has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO) against criticisms that it gave bad advice during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in...

COVID-19 cases top 10,000 in Africa – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Congo says there are so far 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in 52...

Lagos records third COVID-19 death

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 announced the death of a 66-year-old Briton, making him the third COVID-19 related...

Black Americans face higher rates of coronavirus deaths

At first, COVID-19 did not seem to discriminate. The patients who walked into Dr Uche Blackstock’s urgent-care clinics in Brooklyn, New York, with coughs and fevers were white,...

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