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  19 African countries receive debt relief from IMF over COVID-19

  Kent Mensah

  Nineteen African countries have had reprieve from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of measures to enable them to channel their resources into fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Africa has...

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  ‘I don’t give a damn’ – WHO boss speaks out over racial abuse and death threats

  Kent Mensah

  The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is under fire as world leaders struggle to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic. His leadership has been questioned...

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  ‘We’re sleeping outside’ – China evicts Africans from apartments over coronavirus

  Kent Mensah

  Chinese officials have started evicting hundreds of African residents and businessmen from hotels and apartments as they are being accused of having the novel coronavirus. The Africans say they are just...

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  Rwandan soldiers rape women to enforce Coronavirus lockdown

  Kent Mensah

  Military authorities have arrested five Rwandan soldiers for allegedly raping women of a slum in the capital, Kigali to enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (Coronavirus). Residents of...

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  Ghana ‘bans’ handshake over coronavirus fear

  Kent Mensah

  President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians to stop shaking hands completely as the Coronavirus disease reaches next door neighbour Togo. Togo confirmed its first case of the virus on Friday involving...

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  Hosni Mubarak: Egypt’s former president dies at 91

  Kent Mensah

  Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak has died in a Cairo hospital on Tuesday, Egyptian state news confirmed. Mubarak who ruled for almost 30 years was 91. Mubarak had a surgery session late January...

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