Let us wake up, COVID-19 is real and deadly – JJ Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has been chronicling the shocking death of NPP stalwart, Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, alias Sir John, and the hospitalization of others as a reminder of the deadly risk the society faces in underestimating the new coronavirus disease. In a Tweet yesterday, Mr., Rawlings said “it does not appear that people can […]
Nigeria ‘still testing Covid-19 herbal cure’
Nigeria’s health minister says Covid-Organics – a herbal tonic produced in Madagascar and touted as a cure for coronavirus – has ingredients used for malaria treatment, but the government is still probing its effectiveness for Covid-19. Osagie Ehanire said that preliminary results of analysis by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) confirmed […]
Tanzania becomes a middle-income country
Tanzania is now officially a middle-income country after the World Bank published a reviewed classification of world economies. The East African nation enters into that bracket of middle-income countries with a GNI per capita of between $1,006 (£806) and $3,955 – a rough measure of each person’s annual national income. Last year, Tanzania’s economy grew […]
Ethiopia closes TV station ‘for fanning tensions’
The authorities in Ethiopia have closed the main office of local TV station – the Oromo Media Network (OMN) – accusing it of fanning ethnic and religious tensions in the country. Two others – Asrat, which broadcasts in Amharic, and Dimtsi Weyane, which mainly has programmes in Tigrinya – are being investigated over the same […]
