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COVID-19: Tanzania restricts travellers through Isongole Border to and from Chitipa

April 15, 2020

By Bishop Witmos, MANA Tanzania government has restricted travellers entering its Ileje District through the Isongole Border post from Malawi’s Chitipa District. A letter dated April 9 from Ileje District Commissioner (DC), Joseph Mkude informs his neighbouring counterpart, DC for Chitipa Humphreys Gondwe that travellers into Tanzania through the said border will not be allowed unless they are quarantined for 14 days. Mkude says in the letter that only those with “grave reasons of coming to Isongole, communication…

Bush, Obama once called for pandemic preparedness

April 15, 2020

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By Adbur Rahman Alfa Shaban, africanews.com The outbreak of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), at its current pace of movement and impact exposes the fact that the world was not ready for a pandemic. Almost the same measures are being applied across the world – be it in the developed, developing or underdeveloped nations. A typical example is the widely propagated measure of lockdowns and forcing people to stay at home as medics treat patients and as scientists race…

Sunday Oliseh says doesn’t have intention of ever coaching Nigeria again

April 15, 2020

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By Uche Dozie, kick442.com Former Nigeria coach, Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh — who led the Super Eagles from 2015 to 2016, has stated that he will not coach the national team again if given the second chance. The former versatile midfielder, spoke with The Punch on Instagram live video chat where he said he loved coaching his country and working with the players but will not sacrifice his wellbeing in line for the job. ”No, I don’t have the…

COVID-19: France international Dembélé pays £180,000 to build hospital in Mali

April 15, 2020

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By Uche Dozie, kick442.com As the effect of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rages on, the need to assist the health sector to combat the deadly disease is paramount that has seen professional footballers keyed into this since the pandemic started. France international Moussa Dembélé has jumped on the bandwagon of players who have showed kind gestures at this time and taken his help to his fatherland in Mali where he is has pumped in paid in…

Drogba offers hospital in Abidjan for Covid-19 screening

April 14, 2020

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By Muambo Edward & Angu Lesley, kick442.com African football great Didier Drogba has offered his hospital in his native Côte d’Ivoire to serve as a Coronavirus treatment facility. Drogba opened the doors of the Abidjan based hospital in 2016 and he named it after after former Côte d’Ivoire forward Laurent Pokou. The hospital is part of Drogba’s Foundation that was launched by the former Marseille and Chelsea forward to provide support in education and health across the continent by…

Malawi amongst 25 countries set for immediate IMF debt relief

April 14, 2020

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Maravi Express Malawi is amongst 25 countries that have been earmarked by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for immediate debt relief. A statement from the IMF posted on www.imf.org on Monday, April 13 from Washington, DC quotes IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva as saying the Executive Board approved the immediate debt service relief to the 25 of the its member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund’s response to…

Ramaphosa appoints special AU envoys to secure economic support for Africa

April 13, 2020

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By Alex Mitchley, News24Wire President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU), has appointed special envoys to garner international support to address the economic challenges that Africa faces because of Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement on Sunday, Ramaphosa announced the special envoy of the AU would be tasked with soliciting rapid and concrete support as pledged by the G20, European Union and other international financial institutions. He said the special envoys would expedite…

WHO warns African States against lifting COVID-19 restrictions

April 13, 2020

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By Leopold Munhende, New Zimbabwe World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has warned African countries that lifting existing restrictions in the fight against COVID-19 could result in a deadly resurgence of the virus on the continent. Speaking at his daily press briefing on Friday, Ghebreyesus said low infection figures in Africa did not mean it was now safe to lift measures put in place to contain the virus as indications were that infection was accelerating in rural…

New Ebola cases dim hope of end to pandemic in DRC

April 13, 2020

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By Aggrey Mutambo, The Nation of Kenya Hopes for an end to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo were dashed on Friday evening after the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed a new case. The case found in a patient in North Kivu means the WHO will not declare the epidemic over by April 12 as earlier planned, despite the DRC going for nearly eight weeks without a case. In a statement on Thursday,…

Thousands flee as Liberia President Weah’s state of emergency goes into effect

April 13, 2020

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By Darlington Porkpa, Radio France Internationale Thousands of people were fleeing Liberian capital Monrovia as a state of emergency was about to go into effect on Saturday. With 37 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five deaths reported, President George Weah declared a total countrywide lockdown in order to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. “As a further measure under this state of emergency, all Liberians and residents within the borders of Montserrado County, Margibi County, Nimba County, and…