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Coronavirus death toll and infections are rising sharply in China after Chinese authorities adopted a new method of case detection. 242 new deaths and nearly 15,000 contaminations are by far the highest figures recorded in 24 hours since the crisis began in December. Most of the deaths occurred in Hubei province. Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic is still cut… Read More

Nigeria’s Supreme court has overturned results of a gubernatorial election in the southern Bayelsa State. At the heart of the ruling is the fact that the governor-elect’s deputy had presented forged documents in the application process. The decision means the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate loses his seat to the opposition candidate. This was the third stage of a… Read More

The coronavirus epidemic is threatening African airlines, figures show a considerable decrease in the number of flights to China. African airlines are being cautious in the face of the coronavirus outbreak classified by the WHO as a “public health emergency of international concern”. Six airlines from the continent that serve China have suspended their various routes. And for the time… Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and… Read More

The port of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo will inaugurate its new quay on February 18. Following the completion of this structure, several others on the continent are developing their ports in a sustainable manner. In 2014, over 3 million twenty-foot equivalent containers will have been routed to the ports of the West African coast. This development, coupled with… Read More

There’s an increase of birth defects in South Sudan. An investigation of oil fields by the Associated Press in the Upper Nile and Unity States found rampant pollution, birth defects and unexplained illnesses Like most children born in the region, Ping Mayak Geer suffers from birth defects. He was born with six fingers on each hand, a stunted leg, a… Read More

The Libyan National Army (LNA) on Wednesday denied blocking United Nations planes from landing in the country: It follows claims that forces loyal to eastern commander, Khalifa Haftar were hampering the UN’s aid and peace efforts. “We do not give permission to land at a base controlled by a colonizer (Turkey), as this may cause any operation against these aircrafts… Read More

A senior member of the Malawi Electoral Commission, MEC, has made damning disclosures over the conduct of the body in the annulled election results. According to commissioner Mary Nkosi, MEC “made a mistake” in declaring Peter Mutharika the winner of the election. According to her the elections had glaring irregularities and anomalies. She also revealed that some members were even… Read More

If you are on messaging app WhatsApp, you are officially part of a family that has 2 billion users, Facebook said on Wednesday. The WhatsApp has thus become the second social media platform to hit that figure. Facebook was first to hit that figure with its current population pegged at about 2.50 billion monthly active users as of Dec. 31,… Read More

Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by the president Peter Mutharika to suspend the enforcement of a historic annulment of the last presidential elections. The privately-run Nation Newspaper reported that the court dismissed the president and the elections body, both of whom had moved to challenge the outcome of an opposition poll petition. The court ruled that… Read More