Elite Ladies Club USA today has fulfilled their yearlong commitment to the Nwamasi Community Clinic in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. At their inauguration in the USA last year, the group raised funds for the Nwamasi Community Clinic to support them with hospital beds and other lifesaving medical equipment’s. With overwhelming support from their members […]
Christiana Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin was in a joyous mood when she arrived at the Government Secondary School of Gandu, in the northern Nigerian state of Gombe on March 21, 2007, where she teaches government. The married mother of two had already served state authorities notice of her resignation to join her husband, Femi, in their hometown of Abeokuta […]
France has returned a saber belonging to a 19th Century Senegalese Islamic scholar and ruler. The move is part of the French government’s commitment to give back key items of cultural heritage it stole from its former West African colonies. A report commissioned by the French President last year recommended the country amend its strict […]
American actress, Halle Berry, has revealed she almost died while shooting a scene for one of the 007 James Bond films – ‘Die Another Day’. The 53-year-old, who was playing the role of Jinx Johnson, made the disclosure on the Tuesday edition of “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon. Berry said the incident gave her a second […]
Protesters in Ivory Coast have razed down a half-built coronavirus testing centre. Over 100 angry residents in Yopougon, a neighborhood of the commercial capital, Abidjan started pulling apart the uncompleted structure on Sunday. They expressed their disapproval to the hospital being built “right in the heart” of the Ivorian population. Images cited on social media show protesters ripping the […]
Could herbal treatment be the answer to the deadly coronavirus? The government of Zimbabwe believes so. In recent years, the treatments and remedies used in traditional African medicine have gained more appreciation from researchers in science. In Zimbabwe, the government has authorized herbalists to treat coronavirus patients. However, medical experts have urged the government to stick to WHO […]
Africa could become the next epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. UN officials also say it is likely the pandemic will kill at least 300,000 people in Africa and push nearly 30 million into poverty. The past week in Africa has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. There […]
World Health Organization (Geneva) A new case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed today in the city of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).“While not welcome news, this is an event we anticipated. We kept response teams in Beni and other high risk areas for precisely this reason,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom […]
By Justus Ochieng’ Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has dabbled in Jubilee Party wars pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto, saying the fights are linked to the March 2018 truce. Mr Odinga said while on the face of it the issue is about the change of the Jubilee National Management […]
Concord Times (Freetown) Sierra Leone is among 25 countries including Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, D.R., The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Togo, and Yemen that have benefitted from an IMF debt relief for poorest countries. […]