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COVID-19: EU/AFREXIM Banks support Africa with €300m

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

by August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

European Investment Bank (EIB), and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, are directing EUR 300m of financing to support the...

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Virus-hit Vietnamese workers return home from Africa

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

by July 29, 2020July 29, 2020

A Vietnam Airlines passenger aircraft has returned from Equatorial Guinea to Hanoi with 140 Vietnamese workers infected with COVID-19. The specially converted plane, which was...

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ECOWAS Parliament calls for measures to cushion effects of COVID-19

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

by July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Sadie Tunis has called on regional and national legislatures to propose ways of cushioning the effects of COVID-19. He stated this...

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ECOWAS seeks standardizations of of COVID-19 items

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

by July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to adopt regional standards for the production of COVID-19 protocol items such as face masks...

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Pic news: President Buhari in Bamako on peace mission

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

by July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joined other ECOWAS leaders in Bamako, Mali led by President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic. The African leaders were in...

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President Buhari embarks on peace mission to Mali

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

by July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday depart for Bamako, Republic of Mali, on a one-day visit, following the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to...

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Nigeria, others set to resume flight operation

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Ahead of domestic flight resumption on Wednesday, some African Civil Aviation Authorities say like Nigeria, they are opening up their domestic operations with the compliance...

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French court rejects new probe into Rwandan President death that sparked genocide

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

by July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Former Rwanda’s president, Juvenal Habyarimana who was assassinated in 1994. Photo: France24 French appeals judges on Friday rejected a request to reopen an investigation into...

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Africa Cup of Nations rescheduled to 2022

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

by July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to postpone the next Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) to January 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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Chakwera sworn in as Malawi president

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

by June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun. “Time has come for us to wake up and to...