The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says the number of COVID-19 cases in the WHO African Region has increased to over 30,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Sunday. “Over 30,000 COVID-19 cases reported on the African continent with over 9,000 […]

By Arogbonlo Israel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has since been ravaging the World with over 2.8 million cases recorded as of the time of filing this report. Health experts warned of the devastation the deadly virus could cause in Africa, where most hospitals are desperately short of equipment and trained staff. However, some fear as purported by […]

By Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR This year 2020 begins a new decade that promises to be one of dreadful disruptions, with Africa holding the weakest end of the stick. In 2008/09, the global “great recession” was triggered by financial crisis in the US (world’s largest economy). Then, much of Africa was said to be decoupled […]

Just four months into 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the planet, obliterating sports events and forcing suspensions, postponements and outright cancellations.

In Nigeria’s Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across the nation, but she already has mounds of paddy rice that are going nowhere amid the COVID-19 lockdown. “I can’t mill because the marketers are not coming,” Yialase said, referring to […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been confirmed in more than 180 countries across the globe. The virus has however been reported in more than 40 African countries ever since the first case was confirmed in Egypt. As at the time of publication, the data by the Africa Centre for Disease Control […]

As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe. Not ventilators, but oxygen itself. Medical oxygen is a core component of the life-saving therapies hospitals are giving patients with severe cases […]

By Sunny Ikhioya I HAVE just read through a policy document from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, titled: “Turning the COVID-19 tragedy into an opportunity for a new Nigeria”. Written by the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, in a compellingly concise, simple and easy to read language, it touched on almost every part of our lives […]

By Olayinka Latona “The inhumane treatment being meted out to Nigerians especially Africans at large in China is nothing to write home about and if quick actions are not taken things will definitely go out of hands as black residents in China will be rendered homeless. “Video evidence of these mistreatments has sparked international outrage. […]

 Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identified fragile contexts and building a more resilient African economic sector. However, social and economic issues that were already highly challenging have […]

Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, while Nigeria said the president’s chief of staff had died. A total of 52 of the continent’s 54 countries have reported the coronavirus, with the overall number of cases surpassing 20,000 on Saturday. Nigeria’s government said […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 44 countries in Africa can now test for COVID-19. The UN’s health agency disclosed this on Friday in its official twitter account @WHOAFRO. The WHO said at the start of the outbreak only two could do so. “As COVID-19 spreads beyond capital cities in Africa, there must also be […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has risen to over 16,800. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Thursday. “Number of COVID-19 cases on the African continent rise to over 16,800, with 3,271 […]

More than 1 million coronavirus tests will be rolled out starting next week in Africa to address the “big gap” in assessing the true number of cases on the continent, the head of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, while one projection estimates more than 10 million severe cases of the […]