April 2020

Coronavirus - Mitigating Africa’s Imminent Food Crisis

Coronavirus: Mitigating Africa’s Imminent Food Crisis

April 17, 2020 7:50 am

We are facing great uncertainty on the African continent. The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus cases in Africa are fueling anxiety about negative economic growth, failing healthcare and collapsing food systems. We are already grappling with a locust outbreak in the Horn of Africa, drought and flood extremes due to climate change and increasing food importation costs of more than $47 billion in 2019. The convergence of all these sets the stage for an imminent food crisis – unless measures are taken to mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

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Niger Government Lifts Suspension On Juma’at Prayers

Niger Government Lifts Suspension On Juma’at Prayers

April 17, 2020 7:49 am
Niger State Government has lifted the suspension of congregational Friday Prayer (Juma’at) for today.

Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government and Chairman of Task Force on COVID-19 said the Juma’at Prayer will hold between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. under strict observance of all the precautionary measures.

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He urged Muslim faithful to adhere to using hand sanitisers, face masks, hand washing facilities with soap and water, maintaining social distancing and avoiding contact base greetings before, during and after the prayer session.

Matane explained that the sermon and prayers would …

Germany Records Significant Drop In Coronavirus Cases

Germany Records Significant Drop In Coronavirus Cases

April 17, 2020 7:49 am
Germany has recorded a significant drop in coronavirus infections, the government’s agency for disease control and prevention said.

The drop shows that every patient is now infecting less than one other person on an average.

After this so-called reproduction number drops below one, an epidemic usually will slowly subside.

Germany is currently at 0.7, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. This means that 10 coronavirus patients will only end up infecting seven other people – leading to a drop in the number of daily new infections.

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But the RKI also cautioned …

mental health COVID-19 To Have 'Profound' Mental Health Fallout

COVID-19 To Have ‘Profound’ Mental Health Fallout

April 16, 2020 6:04 pm

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday.

In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the impacts COVID-19 may have on society’s mental well-being.

Two accompanying surveys of the British public showed that most people questioned had experienced heightened anxiety and fear of becoming mentally unwell since the pandemic struck.

“We are all dealing with unprecedented uncertainty and major changes to the way we live our …

Sports Can Come Back But Without Fans - Fauci

Sports Can Come Back But Without Fans: Fauci

April 16, 2020 6:03 pm

The top US health and infectious disease specialist says the key to reopening professional sports leagues in America is to have the athletes play games in front of empty stadiums.

Anthony Fauci, who is helping coordinate the US response to the global coronavirus pandemic, said reliable antibody testing and fast results are also crucial to the return of sports.

“There’s a way of doing that,” Fauci told US Snapchat show “Good Luck America.” “Nobody comes to the stadiums. Put (athletes) in big hotels, wherever you want to play.

“Keep them very well-surveilled, but have them tested like every week and …

South Korea Ruling Party Wins Big Parliamentary Majority

South Korea Ruling Party Wins Big Parliamentary Majority

April 16, 2020 6:02 pm

South Korea’s left-leaning ruling party won a landslide election victory, results showed Thursday, after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in’s favour.

His Democratic party secured the largest absolute majority in the National Assembly since the advent of democracy in 1987, on a turnout of 66.2 percent — the highest at a parliamentary election for 28 years.

Just a few months ago Moon was threatened by scandals over power abuse and sluggish economic growth, while critics called his dovish approach towards North Korea unrealistic.

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But the South’s

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US Virus Job Losses Hit 22m As Trump Eyes Restart

US Virus Job Losses Hit 22m As Trump Eyes Restart

April 16, 2020 6:02 pm

Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States reached 22 million on Thursday, government data said, as President Donald Trump vowed to unveil plans to re-open the world’s largest economy.

The new weekly unemployment claims data from the Labor Department indicates US employers purged 5.2 million jobs last week, a massive number brought about by business shutdowns and movement restrictions ordered to stop the virus’s spread.

And separate Census Bureau data detailed the virus’s damage to the housing market, with homebuilding sinking by more than 22 percent in March, while a Federal Reserve report showed plunging manufacturing activity …

China Reacts To Trump, US Accusation Of Creating COVID-19

China Reacts To Trump, US Accusation Of Creating COVID-19

April 16, 2020 1:54 pm
China on Thursday insisted that the country did not create COVID-19.

China pointed out that the World Health Organization (WHO) has cleared it of any wrongdoing.

Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Spokesman, Zhao Lijian, stated that the WHO, “has said multiple times that there is no evidence that the new Coronavirus was created in a laboratory.”

The reaction followed repeated accusations by the United States Government that Coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan.

President Donald Trump had, at press conferences and on Twitter, referred to Coronavirus as, “Chinese virus.”

He only stopped in late March in a move that seemed to

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China 'Come Clean' - US Presses China On Coronavirus

‘Come Clean’: US Presses China On Coronavirus

April 16, 2020 1:33 pm

The United States stepped up its pressure on China over the coronavirus pandemic with President Donald Trump saying his administration was trying to determine where the deadly disease originated from.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also called on Beijing “to come clean” on what it knows.

At a White House news conference on Wednesday, Trump was asked about reports of the virus escaping from a laboratory in Wuhan, where the coronavirus first appeared.

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“We are doing a very thorough examination of this horrible situation that happened,” he said.

Asked if …

We Smuggled Our Leader To Cameroon For Treatment – BNYL

We Smuggled Our Leader To Cameroon For Treatment – BNYL

April 16, 2020 1:32 pm

Biafra Nations Youth League, BNYL, has revealed that its National Leader, Princewill Chimezie Richard who recovered from the Coronavirus disease was smuggled into Cameroon where he received treatment.

The group, which yesterday boasted that it has access to Cameroon despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s lockdown order, said its leader was not treated in a Nigerian hospital.

Africa Daily News reported earlier that Richard had tested positive for COVID-19.

BNYL later announced that its national leader has recovered from the dreaded ailment

The group, through its Chief Press Secretary, Richard Dianabasi Odung said that Princewill was handled by medical experts in the

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Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr Dies Of Stroke In The UK

Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr Dies Of Stroke In The UK

April 16, 2020 1:32 pm
Ken Saro-wiwa Jr has died after suffering a stroke.

The BBC reports that the son of the late environmental activist, Ken Saro wiwa, died in the UK.
His sister Noo Saro-Wiwa while confirming his death to journalists said Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr passed away after suffering a stroke.

She said “It is with great sadness that we announce that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr passed away suddenly.


” His family are devastated and request privacy at this difficult time.”

”Funeral arrangements are yet to be worked out.”
The 47-year-old journalist was a former aide to Goodluck Jonathan, he was appointed in 2006 as

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Trump Vows To Reopen US Despite Huge Death Tolls

Trump Vows To Reopen US Despite Huge Death Tolls

April 16, 2020 1:31 pm
US President, Donald Trump has vowed to unveil plans to reopen the country’s economy.

Trump claimed that the US had “passed the peak” of the Coronavirus crisis despite rise in death toll.

The pandemic which started in China late 2019 has since spread to all corners of the world, turning the global economy upside down.

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Currently, the death toll from the dreaded virus has topped 133,000 with more than two million people infected.

US alone has recorded nearly 2,600 deaths in the past 24 hours.

Despite this, Trump told

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