EFF rounds on Donald Trump for threatening the WHO
The Economic Freedom Fight have hit out at what they call the imperialist conquest attitude of the Trump Administration in the United States for attacking the World Health Organisation and threatening to withdraw funding from the United Nations body. Their statement follows on the expression of support for WHO director general Tedros Ghebryesus by a […]
African leaders rally to support WHO against Donald Trump’s attack
AFRICAN leaders, headed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, have rallied to support World Health Organisation director general Tedros Ghebreyesus who has been attacked by US President Donald Trump. Ramaphosa calls for international solidarity against COVID 19 and says Ghebreyesus has shown exceptional leadership from the earliest stages of the pandemic. President Donald Trump is threatening to […]
World Bank predicts COVID 19 will plunge Sub-Saharan Africa into first recession in 25 years
The World Bank forecasts that Sub-Sahara Africa will be pushed into its first recession in a quarter of a century by the COVID 19 pandemic. The bank and the International Monetary fund are racing to provide emergency fund for Africa and other developing regions to combat the virus. The World Bank’s bank’s Africa Pulse Report […]
EU unveils R308-billion COVID 19 rescue package for Africa
The European Union has unveiled a R308-billion support package for African and other partner countries hit by COVID 19. The groupings foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says there’s no new money involved. Development Ministers say the programme entitled Global EU Response to COVID 19 is designed to combat the worst international crisis in decades. It […]