The World Health Organisation (WHO) played down media reports on Wednesday of “breakthrough” drugs being discovered to treat people infected with the new coronavirus, which is causing an… Read More »WHO: No Known Effective Treatments For New Coronavirus
Amnesty International is warning that the construction of a new dam in Lesotho is threatening the livelihoods of nearly 8,000 people. The Polihali Dam, which is… Read More »Amnesty International: Construction Of Lesotho Highlands Polihali Dam Could Violate Human Rights
The death toll from a new coronavirus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563 on Thursday, its third consecutive record daily rise, as experts… Read More »Coronavirus Death Toll Jumps To Over 500 As More Cases Found On Cruise Ship Off Japan
Thousands of passengers and crew on two cruise ships in Asian waters were placed in quarantine on Wednesday, as the death toll from an outbreak… Read More »Two Cruise Ships Ordered Into Quarantine As Virus Death Toll Nears 500
Patients in China with coronavirus began arriving at a new 1,000-bed hospital that crews rushed to build in less than two weeks as the death… Read More »China Opens New Hospital Built In Under 2 Weeks To Treat Coronavirus Patients
By Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive of Africa Regions at Standard Bank Group With the world population expected to swell by 2 billion people over the… Read More »Africa Should Set its Sights on Feeding the World
CAPE TOWN – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has on Thursday declared the coronavirus outbreak an international public health emergency. According to WHO, there are… Read More »Coronavirus Declared Global Health Emergency
Sudan suspects that two of its citizens who returned to the country from China are infected with the new coronavirus, the information minister told Reuters. One… Read More »Sudan Suspects Two Infections With Coronavirus
The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) emergency committee is expected to announce on Thursday whether the outbreak constitutes a global public health emergency. The respiratory virus… Read More »Coronavirus: World Health Organization Emergency Committee Set To Meet As Death Toll Rises
PRETORIA – South Africa’s diplomats from the length and breadth of Africa on Monday gathered in Pretoria to strategise on how best the country could… Read More »Ramaphosa Looks To Advance Peace In Africa As He Takes Up AU Chairmanship