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Coronavirus: 101 prison inmates test positive in Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry says that 101 inmates have tested positive for coronavirus in the N'dolo military prison.Only three infected inmates...
BBC to close small regional offices to save money
The BBC is to close a number of its small regional satellite offices as part of cost-cutting measures.Up to 20 locations will be shut...
Amazon vice-president quits over virus firings
A vice-president at Amazon has quit “in dismay” at the internet giant’s crackdown on workers who criticised it over coronavirus safety measures.Tim Bray described...
Millions stolen by Abacha returned to Nigeria
Nigeria has received more than $300m (£241m) that were stolen by the former military ruler, Sani Abacha.The money was returned from the US and...
Coronavirus: Piers Morgan develops “Mild” symptoms
British journalist, Piers Morgan has announced that he will temporarily step back from presenting ITV’s flagship morning show, Good Morning Britain after developing a...
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 is ravaging India’s newsrooms
Last fortnight, a camera operator working in the studio of a news network in the western city of Mumbai joined some of his colleagues...
Coronavirus vaccine must be shared worldwide – Pope Francis
Pope Francis on Sunday called for international scientific cooperation to discover a vaccine for the coronavirus and said any successful vaccine should be made...
Coronavirus: Nurse dies 2 years to her retirement
A mother-of-three nurse has died of coronavirus just two years before retirement after spending nearly 40 years on the job.Indian-born Philomina Cherian, 63, died...
Inside lives of world’s richest royal family worth more than £1trillion
The British monarchy might be one of the richest royal families on the planet with an estimated combined fortune of £68billion - but it...
How we gang-raped female student, killed her and two others – Suspected abductor
“We were five in number and we slept with the girl before we killed her. We killed the boy first, killed the second and...
Zamfara emir dies while awaiting result of coronavirus test
The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, is dead. He died while waiting for his result of COVID-19 test.The monarch’s death...
Coronavirus: Nigeria eyes 2 million tests in 3 months
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is looking to test two million Nigerians over the space of three months.This was revealed by the Director-General of...
Imam flogged for holding prayers, defying social distancing order
An Imam (Muslim CLeric) in Bauchi state has been publicly flogged for defying social distancing order to hold prayers with over 10 people.The President,...
Kim Jong-un appears in public – North Korean state media reports
Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says.KCNA news agency reports that the North...
Coronavirus: Mass graves dug in Brazil as deaths surge (video+photos)
Harrowing footage from a Brazilian city hit by the Coronavirus pandemic shows mass graves being dug as authorities struggle with the pandemic.ALSO READ:Woman causes stir...
Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation
Sudan has criminalised carrying out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail.Some 87% of Sudanese women aged between 14...
READ: Popular gospel musician shares dream about coronavirus
Gospel musician, Nathaniel Bassey, has advised people to seek God for help in this coronavirus pandemic and not the government.ALSO READ:Covid-19: Akufo-Addo speaks on...
Coronavirus: Russian PM tests positive
Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, has gone to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.ALSO READ:Coronavirus kills child at Korle-BuNumber of Ghanaians tested for...
Coronavirus: People are having less sex in lockdown – Durex boss
The boss of Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Durex condoms, has said people are having less sex because of the coronavirus crisis.Laxman Narasimhan said condom...
Bill Gates: What you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine
One of the questions I get to ask most these days is will the world be able to go back to the way things...
Coronavirus: New York funeral home puts corpses in lorries
Dozens of bodies have been found stored in moving lorries in New York, authorities say, after passersby complained of the smell.The Andrew T Cleckley...
They must be sued – Man says as foreigners imitate Ghana’s viral pallbearers
A group of foreigners whose nationalities are yet to be known has come out with their own version of the viral Ghanaian pallbearers in...
Remdesivir: Drug has ‘clear cut’ power to fight coronavirus – US officials
There is “clear-cut” evidence that a drug can help people recover from the coronavirus, say US officials.Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms from 15...
Top Manhattan ER doctor commits suicide, shaken by coronavirus onslaught
The head of the emergency department at a Manhattan hospital committed suicide after spending days on the front lines of the coronavirus battle, her family said...
Coronavirus: Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, 3 ministers test positive for Covid-19
ALSO READ:Y’asem Nie: Man shares how galamsey money was wasted on alcohol and women You can’t bring me down, you’re not God – Lil...
Coronavirus: Life in Wuhan after pandemic; Ghanaian shares experience[audio]
Residents in Wuhan, the city in Central China where the novel coronavirus began are struggling to adjust to their new kind of living.ALSO READ:Coronavirus:...
Boris Johnson, fiancee announce birth of son
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a son.A spokeswoman for the PM and his partner said...
False belief that methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran
The false belief that toxic methanol cures Coronavirus has killed over 700 people in Iran.ALSO READ:Beware of carjackers – Police to publicCoronavirus: Doctors strip...
Horror tales of children with COVID-19-linked inflammatory disease
More 'petrified' parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that has hospitalised...
Bill Gates throws weight behind WHO, has a message for Trump
Billionaire Bill Gates’s will focus all of its resources on fighting the coronavirus, according to the Financial Times.The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Corp. said that...
Obituary: Irrfan Khan, star of Slumdog Millionaire and Indian films
Irrfan Khan was one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and among its most successful exports to Hollywood.A veteran of nearly 80 films, he almost gave...
Coronavirus spread frees prisoners in Cameroon
Thousands of Cameroonian prisoners have effectively regained their freedom, as ordered by the central African state’s President Paul Biya, after his government reported that...
Iran: Over 700 dead after drinking alcohol to cure coronavirus
More than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The National Coroner's Authority said that alcohol poisoning...
Coronavirus: Jack Ma’s third medical supplies arrive in Africa
The third round of medical equipment donated by the Founder of Ali Baba Group, Jack Ma, to African Union member states to assist their...
WHO warns on supply disruptions in coronavirus crisis, seeks more air capacity
The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed for more flight capacity on Tuesday to step up shipments of diagnostic tests and protective equipment to areas...
Man returns more than GH¢157,590 he found in second-hand drawers
A man has been praised after finding 25 000 euros (about R512 000|GH¢157,590 ) in a second-hand chest of drawers and returning the cash...
Trump ‘promises to send ventilators to Nigeria’
Nigerian officials say United States (US) President, Donald Trump, has promised to send the West African nation ventilators to help it tackle the coronavirus...
Court says no lockdown for Malawi
For the second time in a fortnight, the Malawi High Court, has stopped the government from implementing a lockdown as one way of preventing...
Coronavirus: Witches to pay $1,000 to popular pastor if…
The Advocacy for Alleged Witches has challenged Apostle Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries to go ahead with his promise to heal COVID-19 patients.ALSO READ:I...
Another Ghanaian nurse dies of coronavirus in the US
Another Ghanaian nurse in the United States (UN) has died from coronavirus after she contracted the disease while on admission at the hospital.Doreen Tay,...