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WHO Africa’s Director General, Matshidiso Moeti Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more likely to succumb to maternal complications due to limited access to reproductive services since the pandemic started, the UN said Thursday citing reports. A study of 28 African countries including …

File Photo: COVID-19 will push an additional 5 to 29 million below the extreme poverty line The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has warned the COVID-19 pandemic could further exacerbate Africa’s extreme poverty as a total of 514 million Africans are projected to fall below the extreme poverty …

The 2021 Grammy Awards is almost here and Afrobeats heavyweight Burna Boy has been announced as one of the superstars listed to perform at the Premiere Ceremony. The event which was formerly set to take place in January will now hold on the 14th of March with three-time nominee Jhené Aiko hosting …

The Faithful Servant Awards scheme is aimed at rewarding national and state officers who show exemplary, bravely and sheer bravado in their duties, to bring protection and safety to the citizenry in America and other parts of the world. Officers from the police, sheriff’s department,fire fighters and other categories whose …

The released girls at government house in the state capital Gusau Gunmen have freed all 279 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, the governor in Zamfara state said on Tuesday. According to earlier reports, 317 girls from the Government Girls Science Secondary (GGSS) School in the town …

Sierra Leone is the latest African country to receive coronavirus vaccine donation from the Chinese government. A consignment of vaccines from manufacturer, Sinopharm, arrived at the Lungi Airport today, Thursday 25th February and was received by a high-powered government delegation. Spokesman for the COVID-19 Task Force (NaCOVERC), Solomon Jamiru, had confirmed …

Portugal will send 5% of its COVID-19 vaccine shots to a group of Portuguese-speaking African countries and to the tiny nation of East Timor in the second half of the year, Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Wednesday. With a population of just over 10 million people, Portugal is entitled to …

A young Nigerian lady, Oluwafumilayo Omolara Makinde, has taken a long shot at popular Nigerian Musician Davido, asking to be his private pilot. On Monday, February 22, the young lady quoted a photo of the musician beside his jet were said that he is off to have a better time …

Breaking the rules could see people charged fines of up to €11,5 The UK has issued new travel measures to visitors from 17 African nations intending to travel to the island. Travelers will need to quarantine for 10 days in government-approved hotels and will have to pay for themselves during …

Sudan PM, Abdalla Hamdok Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok appointed Darfur rebel leader Gibril Ibrahim as finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Hamdok announced his new cabinet, which includes ministers from the Sudan Revolutionary Front, an alliance of armed groups, in a televised news conference in the capital, …