Mali voters scared off voting by jihadists and coronavirus
Fear of militant groups and COVID19 kept Malians away from the polls in yesterday’s long-delayed parliamentary elections. Voting began after the country announced its first coronavirus death. The country has 18 confirmed cases of COVID 19 ends intro By noon, the voter turnout in Mali’s parliamentary election was still in single figures. President Ibrahim Boubacar […]
Libya releases prisoners to curb spread of COVID19
Libya’s joined Ethiopia and Egypt in releasing short-term prisoners from overcrowded jails to curb the spread of COVID 19. Warring parties in the oil-rich North Africa state have also called a ceasefire to enable medical teams to deal with the pandemic. Countries the world over, including South Africa, are pondering at this time of pandemic […]
Africa’s first elected woman president is confident COVID 19 can be defeated
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who led Liberia through the EBOLA virus that killed 5 000 of her compatriots, says the COVID 19 pandemic calls for another show of international solidarity. Africa’s first elected woman president, who stepped down four years ago, recognizes the errors in the initial response to coronavirus because they replicate the mistakes made […]
Oxfam calls on rich countries to pay $1.6 billion to fight COVID19
OXFAM’s making a $1,6 billion appeal to help fight the COVD19 pandemic in poor and war-torn countries.The British-based humanitarian organisation says it’s asking for less than 10% of the financial stimulus the rich countries will pay their citizens.ends intro Oxfam fears COVID 19 is outpacing the global response to the pandemic.The countries torn by conflict, poverty […]
Donald Trump says US COVID 19 deaths will peace around Easter
Having predicted that the United States would re-open by Easter, President Donald Trump now says restrictive measures will remain in force until the end of April at least. The U.S. has recorded 2 489 COVID19 death and passed both China and Italy with the number of infections. US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci says the […]