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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva warned on Tuesday that the Nigerian economy was under threat by "twin shocks", and the government had requested a...

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Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed bows to international pressures, restores internet and phone connectivity in western Oromia after 3 agonizing months

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WHO boss condemns racist comments by French doctors that Africa will be testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

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U.S. air strikes kill civilians in Somalia then Pentagon brands the dead “terrorists”, Amnesty unearths shocking details

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U.S.A.

Why thousands of Americans die from coronavirus – Perspectives by Simon Ateba in Washington D.C.

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WHO sends dire warning to Nigeria – stop COVID-19 now or it may be too late

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Trump attacks WHO day after its black Director General condemned extremely racist comments made by two white French doctors that Africa should be testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

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ETHIOPIA

BREAKING: Human Rights Watch says Nobel Peace Prize winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia doing little to investigate deadly October violence in Oromia

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BREAKING: Amnesty International sends letter to President Trump to demand immediate action on COVID-19 as death toll tops 4000

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NIGERIA

Those attacking me for sharing rice and bread as stimulus package to my people amid coronavirus lockdowns are playing politics – Lagos House Speaker Mudashiru Obasa

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Arrested at 15, Eritrean-American Ciham Ali Ahmed marks 23rd birthday in Eritrean jail amid deadly coronavirus concerns

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Trump attacks WHO day after its black Director General condemned extremely racist comments made by two white French doctors that Africa should be testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

April 7, 2020

Nigeria's former Vice President and now presidential candidate for the February 2019 presidential election, Mr. Atiku Abubakar, arrives the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. after meeting with some potential investors at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Friday January 18, 2019. Photo: EMMANUEL IKODOR, TODAY NEWS AFRICA

Atiku Abubakar: What Africa must do to mitigate the damaging effects of coronavirus

April 7, 2020

Africa remembers genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 26 years ago

April 7, 2020

Ethiopia records 8 new coronavirus cases, including 9-month-old infant

April 7, 2020

More than 1200 people died from coronavirus in U.S. in past 24 hours bringing total toll to nearly 11,000

April 7, 2020

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has oxygen support as he battles for life in London

April 7, 2020

BREAKING: Africa records 73 new COVID-19 deaths in one day lifting total toll to 487

April 7, 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State & Government Summit, AU Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

President Cyril Ramaphosa should respect human rights in South Africa amid COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch says

April 7, 2020

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson battles for life, as coronavirus symptoms worsen

April 6, 2020

Coronavirus not caused by 5G technology, says Nigerian Communications Commission amid widespread rumor in Africa

April 6, 2020

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding on the novel coronavirus COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland earlier this month (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

WHO boss condemns racist comments by French doctors that Africa will be testing ground for coronavirus vaccine

April 6, 2020

VIDEO: Popular African prophet TB Joshua speaks again, links coronavirus to “error in advanced technology”

April 6, 2020

Court slams popular Nigerian actress Funke Akindele and husband with $520 fine and 14 days of community service followed by self-isolation for violating coronavirus social gathering order

April 6, 2020

U.S. coronavirus death toll nears 10,000 as country braces for onslaught

April 6, 2020

Nigerian actress Funke Akindele and husband plead guilty for violating coronavirus order on social gatherings

April 6, 2020

Coronavirus Africa latest: 414 deaths, 813 recoveries and 9,198 infections in 51 countries

April 6, 2020

BUSINESS

BUSINESSSimon Ateba - March 23, 20200

South Africa’s telecoms giant MTN ramps up efforts to support customers and communities as COVID-19 spreads across markets

In a statement to TODAY NEWS AFRICA in Washington D.C. on Monday, mobile telecommunications giant MTN revealed that 17 of...

MOROCCOTODAY NEWS AFRICA - March 10, 20200

Major player in mobile money in Africa and the Middle East Orange launches Orange Money in Morocco

After securing approval last summer from the "Bank Al Maghrib", Orange Morocco announced on Tuesday the launch of Orange Money in...

South AfricaSimon Ateba - March 6, 20200

South Africa’s telecom giant MTN signs UN women empowerment principles to advance gender equality in Africa

South Africa's mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Group, has signed the United Nations Women Empowerment Principles to advance gender equality and empower...

BUSINESSSimon Ateba - March 2, 20200

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina names South African national Bajabulile “Swazi” Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice President

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, named Ms. Bajabulile “Swazi” Tshabalala as Acting Senior Vice...

BUSINESSTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 27, 20200

Key takeaways from GE Gas Power Summit for Sub-Saharan Africa in Cape Town

With recent major gas discoveries in Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa, Africa is poised to use gas technologies that...

NIGERIATODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 27, 20200

Nigeria senate finally moves to legalize electronic transactions and criminalize online fraud

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday considered a bill to provide enabling framework that would legalize all forms of electronic transactions undertaken...

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NIGERIA

Nigeria requests IMF loan amid COVID-19 economic turmoil, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says

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IMF approves disbursement of $131.3 million to Togo, four times larger than planned, amid coronavirus economic sabotage

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved an immediate disbursement of $131.3 million to Togo, almost four times larger than...

EconomyTODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 3, 20200

African Development Bank Group approves gender equality trust fund to improve women’s economic empowerment in Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new Gender Equality Trust Fund (GETF) aimed at...

featuredTODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 2, 20200

New report shines light on china’s lending to developing countries, as coronavirus raises debt sustainability concerns

As the COVID-19 economic crisis brings about rising concerns over debt sustainability in developing countries, a new report from the Center...

LatestSimon Ateba - April 1, 20200

IMF may lift Senegal’s COVID-19 response with $221 million

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed discussions on $221 million request by Senegal to meet the...

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NIGERIA

NIGERIATODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 7, 20200

When will Pastor Chris Oyakhilome be arrested for spreading injurious coronavirus falsehood in God’s holy name? – Perspectives by Fredrick Nwabufo

In Nigeria, to infract the law and escape retribution be a cleric or a politician under the sanctuary of the government...

NIGERIATODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 7, 20200

Lagos begins second round of food distribution amid coronavirus shutdowns and lockdowns

As it commences the second round of distribution in the first phase of the Lagos State Emergency Food Response packages to 20...

LatestTODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 7, 20200

PHOTO NEWS: Nigeria senate president and House of Reps Speaker step up fight against spread of coronavirus

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, making an opening remark at a meeting between the Leadership of the National Assembly and...

NIGERIASimon Ateba - April 7, 20200

Nigeria requests IMF loan amid COVID-19 economic turmoil, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Kristalina Georgieva warned on Tuesday that the Nigerian economy was under...

SOUTH AFRICA

South AfricaTODAY NEWS AFRICA - April 7, 20200

President Ramaphosa of South Africa visits human settlements, water and sanitation COVID-19 command center

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa is visiting the Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation COVID-19 Command Center at Rand Water in...

AfricaOpinion contributor - April 6, 20200

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa: What we have learned and how Africa is responding to coronavirus

Dear Fellow South African,One thing we have learnt about the coronavirus over the last three months is...

LatestSimon Ateba - April 1, 20200

World-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee dies from coronavirus

A world-renowned South African scientist Gita Ramjee has died from Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

South AfricaOpinion contributor - March 30, 20200

Our coronavirus lockdown will save lives, Ramaphosa writes quarantined South Africans after meeting 114 returnees from Wuhan

Dear Fellow South African,As we begin the first full week of the nation-wide lockdown to combat the...

ETHIOPIA

U.S.A.Simon Ateba - April 7, 20200

Trump attacks WHO day after its black Director General condemned extremely racist comments made by two white French doctors that Africa should be testing...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) a day after its black Director General, Ethiopian Dr....

ETHIOPIASimon Ateba - April 7, 20200

Ethiopia records 8 new coronavirus cases, including 9-month-old infant

Ethiopia has recorded eight new coronavirus cases, including a 9-month-old infant, Health Minister Dr. Lia Tadesse announced on Tuesday.

ETHIOPIASimon Ateba - April 1, 20201

BREAKING: Human Rights Watch says Nobel Peace Prize winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia doing little to investigate deadly October violence in Oromia

The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia has made little progress in investigating the deadly October 2019 violence...

ETHIOPIASimon Ateba - March 31, 20209

Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed bows to international pressures, restores internet and phone connectivity in western Oromia after 3 agonizing months

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has bowed to international pressures and is restoring internet and phone connectivity in western Oromia...

CAMEROON

CAMEROONSimon Ateba - March 26, 20201

Cameroon separatists declare coronavirus ceasefire as infections jump to at least 75

Cameroon separatists have declared a ceasefire amid an escalating coronavirus pandemic with the number of confirmed cases increasing rapidly in recent...

CAMEROONSimon Ateba - March 24, 20200

Africa’s saxophone legend Manu Dibango who sued Michael Jackson for theft dies from Covid-19 in France

Africa's saxophone legend, Manu Dibango, who was best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa, and sued Michael Jackson for theft...

CAMEROONSimon Ateba - March 8, 20200

Cameroon confirms second case of coronavirus as outbreak kills over 3600 people and spreads to 107 countries with 9 in Africa

Cameroon on Saturday confirmed its second case of coronavirus which causes a potentially deadly respiratory disease known as COVID-19. Authorities said...

featuredTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 25, 20200

Civilians massacred in separatist area in Cameroon, says Human Rights Watch

Government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Cameroon’s Ngarbuh village, including 13 children and one pregnant woman,...

KENYA

HEALTHSimon Ateba - March 15, 20201

African nations turn the tables, impose travel restrictions against U.S., Europe and China over COVID-19

Several African nations have imposed travel restrictions from high-risk western and Asian countries to combat COVID-19, the potentially deadly respiratory disease...

EconomySimon Ateba - March 3, 20200

IMF gives Kenya’s economy clean bill of health with foreign reserves hitting $9.1 billion

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday gave a positive assessment of the economy of Kenya, saying that real GDP growth...

featuredTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 20, 20200

Uhuru Kenyatta’s police escalate killings of civilians in Nairobi, Human Rights Watch raises red alert

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that since December 25, 2019, police in Kenya have shot dead at least eight people in Nairobi’s...

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Ethiopia’s Abiy presents Africa agriculture scorecard showing jet-flying leaders from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Togo and Cameroon all failed

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country failed. Ethiopia, the second most populous country on the continent also failed. South Africa, one of...

KenyaTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 4, 20200

Daniel Toroitich arap Moi left his footprints in the sands of time – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late former President of Kenya, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi as “a frontline nationalist who gave his...

featuredSimon Ateba - February 3, 20200

BREAKING: Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi is dead

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi has died at age 95. He died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya.

GHANA

featuredSimon Ateba - March 24, 20200

President Akufo-Addo administration requests rapid cash disbursement from IMF to respond to coronavirus economic challenges in Ghana

The administration of President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has requested a rapid disbursement of cash from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

HEALTHSimon Ateba - March 15, 20201

African nations turn the tables, impose travel restrictions against U.S., Europe and China over COVID-19

Several African nations have imposed travel restrictions from high-risk western and Asian countries to combat COVID-19, the potentially deadly respiratory disease...

featuredSimon Ateba - February 11, 20203

Ethiopia’s Abiy presents Africa agriculture scorecard showing jet-flying leaders from Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Togo and Cameroon all failed

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country failed. Ethiopia, the second most populous country on the continent also failed. South Africa, one of...

LatestTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 6, 20200

Africa: Hemafuse, autotransfusion device seen as alternative to donor blood will save patients bleeding internally

Hemafuse, a surgical auto-transfusion device, expected to revolutionize blood access across Africa, is designed to salvage and recycle whole blood from...

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

featuredTODAY NEWS AFRICA - February 5, 20200

Africa: Equatorial Guinea contributes $2 million to support China’s fight against coronavirus

Equatorial Guinea’s Council of Ministers has agreed to support China’s fight against the coronavirus with $2 million solidarity contribution this week....

EQUATORIAL GUINEASimon Ateba - January 30, 20200

Guinean Abdoulaye Coumbassa who owned Abbi Tax sentenced to 24 months in prison in USA over tax fraud

Guinean Abdoulaye Coumbassa was on Thursday sentenced to 24 months in prison over tax fraud in the United States.

EQUATORIAL GUINEASimon Ateba - January 14, 20201

Exxon and Chevron selling assets in Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria as U.S. companies retreat to shale projects

The Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons in Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Gabriel Obiang Lima, announced on Sunday that Exxon Mobil Corp. was in talks...

EQUATORIAL GUINEATODAY NEWS AFRICA - January 13, 20200

Equatorial Guinea’s Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima signs series of agreements in Abu Dhabi

Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, officially kicked off the country’s Year of Investment initiative...

UNITED STATES

U.S.A.Simon Ateba - April 7, 20200

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey pledges $1 billion to fight against COVID-19

Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday pledged $1 billion to the global fight against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused...

U.S.A.Simon Ateba - April 7, 20200

BREAKING: U.S. records more than 12000 coronavirus deaths, as New York counts 731 dead in one day and damning report blames Trump for reckless...

The death toll from the coronavirus in the United States has skyrocketed above 12000 with New York State recording at least...

U.S.A.Simon Ateba - April 7, 20200

Trump attacks WHO day after its black Director General condemned extremely racist comments made by two white French doctors that Africa should be testing...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) a day after its black Director General, Ethiopian Dr....

LatestSimon Ateba - April 7, 20200

More than 1200 people died from coronavirus in U.S. in past 24 hours bringing total toll to nearly 11,000

More than 1200 people died from coronavirus in the United States in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll...

CHINA

CHINAOpinion contributor - March 20, 20200

Coronavirus: Blunting the impact and hard choices – early lessons from China – Perspectives by Helge Berger, Kenneth Kang and Changyong Rhee

The impact of the coronavirus is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy and has sent policymakers looking...

featuredTODAY NEWS AFRICA - March 17, 20200

WHO calls for urgent, aggressive actions against COVID-19 as cases soar in South-East Asia

The World Health Organization on Tuesday called on member states in South-East Asia region to urgently scale-up aggressive measures to combat...

featuredSimon Ateba - February 23, 20200

Coronavirus puts global recovery at risk, warns IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva

The Coronavirus outbreak, which is ravaging China, and spreading fast to other parts of the world is putting the global recovery...

featuredSimon Ateba - February 18, 20200

First African to contract coronavirus in China, 21-year old Cameroonian student, Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, has recovered

The first African to contract coronavirus in China, 21-year old Cameroonian student, Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, has recovered

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