Covid-19: Sierra Leone’s president quarantines after guard tests positive

Julius Maada Bio FREETOWN, April 22 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is to undergo 14-day self-isolation after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19. The president’s spokesperson confirmed the development to journalists and said the president was going to be working from home during the period.…

Chad repays US$100m Angola debt with 75,000 cows

Angola agreed to take 75,000 cattle in place of the money LUANDA, April 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said, the latest shipment of an unusual debt repayment deal.The landlocked central African country, impoverished despite its oil revenues,…

Covid-19: Africa record 23,500 infections, 1,160 deaths – John Hopkins, CDC

ABUJA, April 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Latest total confirmed coronavirus cases across the African continent now stands at 23,517 cases, with 6,116 recoveries. Africa has recorded some 1,160 related deaths, according to the latest data from the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa. According…

Covid-19: Business as usual in Iran as malls, bazaars reopen

A volunteer sprays disinfectant on the streets in Tehran TEHRAN, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shopping malls and bazaars reopened in Iran despite warnings by some health officials that a new wave of coronavirus infections could ripple through the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the pandemic. Iran has struggled to…

Death toll from Canada’s worst mass shooting rises to 19

A memorial for Const. Heidi Stevenson outside the RCMP Hq, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia OTTAWA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from the worst mass shooting in Canadian history rose to 19, including a police officer and the gunman, Canadian police said, adding that they expected to uncover more fatalities from…

Covid-19: Singapore cases top 9,000 after 1,111 new cases reported

The majority of the Covid-19 cases here are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories SINGAPORE, April 21 (NNN-CNA) — Singapore reported 1,111 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the national total to 9,125.   The vast majority of the new cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker…

Covid-19: New Zealand reports one more death

WELLINGTON, April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — New Zealand reported one more death of COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 13 in the country, the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday. The 13th death was a woman in her 70s who was once a resident of a rest home in Auckland, with…

Afghanistan: 6 wounded as car bombing hits governor’s vehicle

KHOST (Afghanistan), April 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six persons were injured as a car bombing targeted the vehicle of a provincial governor in Khost city, the capital of eastern Khost province on Tuesday, provincial government spokesman Talib Mangal said. The blast took place at around 10 a.m. local time when the…

Virgin Australia slumps into voluntary administration

Ticket revenue had dried up amid coronavirus travel bans SYDNEY, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration – making it Australia’s first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s second-largest carrier cut almost all flights last month following wide-spread travel bans. It was already…

Update: Lesotho government agrees ‘dignified’ exit for scandal-hit prime minister Thabane

Thomas Thabane denies being involved in the murder of his then-wife in 2017  MASERU, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lesotho’s government has agreed that Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, will immediately resign. The deal brokered with the help of South African mediators is said…