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  ‘We’re in shock’ – Dubai Crown Prince pays hospital bills of Nigerian mother stranded with quadruplets

  Kent Mensah

  “It’s just a huge favor, and we are still in shock because we didn’t even know how to get the money,” Tijani Abdulkareem, the Nigerian father of newly born quadruplets in Dubai,...

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  Female Gambian police officer promoted for directing traffic in heavy rains

  Kent Mensah

  A Gambian female traffic cop, Corporal Kaddy Jarju, left home over the weekend neatly dressed in her uniform with just one aim in mind – to ensure free-flow of traffic for motorists. She had no idea...

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  Rwanda re-opens churches as Malawi declares 3-day fasting against coronavirus

  Kent Mensah

  Rwanda has re-opened places of worship after four months of shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government has, however, issued strict guidelines to contain the spread of the contagion in the...

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  114-year-old Ethiopian recovers from COVID-19

  Kent Mensah

  Although all age groups are at risk of contracting COVID-19, those who face significant risk of developing severe illness are older people. Majority who fall under this at-risk group have given up the...

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  COVID-19 kills two-day-old baby in South Africa

  Kent Mensah

  The youngest victim of COVID-19 in South Africa is a two-day-old baby, who died after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive mother. The case becomes the country’s first neonatal coronavirus...

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  Nigeria grieves as Buhari’s chief of staff dies of COVID-19

  Kent Mensah

  Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has lost his chief of staff, Abba Kyari, to COVID-19, the presidency confirmed. Kyari died on Friday with underlying health problems, including diabetes, according to...

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