WAJA President, Peter Quaqua Quits Weah’s Committee To Probe State Security Brutality
Press Statement 26 April 2020 Withdrawal from the Presidential Committee to Investigate Violence against Journalists On 18 March 2020, I accepted a call to sit...
Category : African News
COVID-19 Threatens Immunization Gains, As WHO Says Africa Vaccination Week 2020 kicks off
Brazzaville, Congo – This year’s Africa Vaccination Week starts today as the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruption to vaccination efforts and to the surveillance of...
Two Ingenious Africans Offer Innovative Solutions To Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
-Ethiopia and Rwanda show Interest in the Liberian and Ethiopian experts PHOTO: Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, M.D. of Liberia (Left) and Mr. Yoseph Seyoum of...
FAJ Calls For Heightened Protection For Frontline Journalists, Amid COVID-19 Tragedy
-And improvement of their conditions of work The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), salutes...
COVID-19 Drives Sub-Saharan Africa Toward First Recession in 25 Years
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020-Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and is forecast to fall sharply from 2.4% in...
Covid-19 in Africa: RSF Joins Civil Society Coalition Demanding Release Of Journalists
Imprisoned Journalists While the Covid-19 pandemic is now hitting Africa with full force, with more than 10,000 cases and nearly 500 deaths, Reporters Without Borders...
World Bank & IMF Urge Bilateral Creditors To Suspend Debt Payments
-From IDA countries to tackle Coronavirus challenges PHOTO: David Malpass, World Bank’s President Joint Statement from the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund...
WHO: More than 10 Countries In Africa Report COVID-19 Cases
Brazzaville-The World Health Organization (WHO) officially designated COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020.There are now 137 confirmed cases in Africa, the WHO has said. ...
Stranded Algerian Refugee in Monrovia Needs Urgent Medical Treatment
By Edwin M. Fayia, III,fayiaedwin@gmail.com Top officials of a pro human rights and forest advocacy group, Concessions and Investment Monitoring Agency (CIMAL) has revealed that...
WHO and key health partners join forces to fight COVID-19 in Africa
Nairobi – With confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Algeria, Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and key health partners are strengthening cooperation...