Is Magufuli a demigod or the general African leadership has started stepping up to Chinese Killer loans? Let’s digest it. A few years back, African leaders developed a sudden inexplicable craze for Chinese killer loans with terms and conditions that beats logic. They sign Chinese loan agreements that they know very well they cannot pay back […]
Category: Africa
‘’I didn’t bring COVID-19 to Togo; Don’t expect me to donate anything’’-Adebayor slams critics
Former Arsenal, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Togolese International, Emmanuel Adebayor, has revealed why he hasn’t made any humanitarian or relief donations during the Coronavirus pandemic. Adebayor, regarded as one of Africa’s richest footballers with a choice collection of cars and mansions in Africa and Europe, says he won’t be joining his African compatriots like […]
President Akufo-Addo pushes for Country-Specific COVID-19 Measures in ECOWAS; says let’s not copy blindly
“I think it’s very, very important that we tailor a specific Ghanaian, African response to the handling of this pandemic, and not necessarily copy blindly the methods that are being adopted by countries to the north of us and elsewhere.” These were the words of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on […]
ECOWAS leaders hold virtual extraordinary summit to fight COVID-19
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as part of moves to combat the COVID-19 pandemic are due to hold a virtual extraordinary summit tomorrow, April, 23, 2020. A press release from the ECOWAS Commission and sighted by BestNewsGH.com read in part that ‘’Preceding this Extraordinary Summit, the Ministers in Charge of […]
Police in SA arrest Man who was smuggling his girlfriend out in his car boot amid lockdown
Police in South Africa have arrested a man who was smuggling his girlfriend out of one Province in his car boot to another Province amid a lockdown, following the outbreak of COVID-19 in that country, BestNewsGH.com can report. Twitter user, Faith Mazibuko who broke the story on social media said the suspect was transporting his […]
COVID-19: All persons involved in burial of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff identified and quarantined
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Nigeria has identified and isolated all persons who were in one way or the other connected with or involved in the burial of President Muhamadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. Mr. Kyari passed on two days a go following complications related to the deadly COVID-19 virus and […]
Nigeria: President Buhari’s Chief of Staff dies from COVID-19
The Nigerian president’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, died on Friday after contracting the new coronavirus, two presidency spokesmen said on Twitter. Kyari, who was in his 70s and had underlying health problems including diabetes, was the top official aide to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the most powerful men in the country. […]
COVID-19: Ken Ofori-Atta weeps for African Finance Ministers; asks, What does an African Finance Minister do now?
It’s 5am and I stir. My stomach feels cramped. I have slept no more than four hours. My mind races. The problems cascade through. I hear the birds and do my meditation. My wife Angie and I are in the middle of an Easter study on the Book of Daniel, and I can’t help but […]
COVID-19: Dozens of Kenyans in quarantine storm out of centre over ‘unbearable’ conditions
Dozens of Kenyans who have been in mandatory quarantine attempted to storm out of an isolation centre in the capital, Nairobi, because of what they say are unbearable conditions. The health ministry says 225 people across the country have been infected with the virus, and people who recently entered the country before the closure of […]
COVID-19: Chinese doctors head to Africa to join fight
Teams of Chinese doctors have set off to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to support efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic, state-owned China Global Television Network reports. Their exact number unspecified, but they are drawn from Sichuan Province and Tianjin Municipality. They left for Africa on Thursday according to China’s foreign ministry. They will share experience, provide […]
COVID-19: ‘Add us to list of essential service providers; we have bills to pay’ – Kenyan sex workers petition gov’t
Sex workers in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa have petitioned the government to list them as essential service providers amid the coronavirus lockdown. They argue that they have lost their source of income as a result of the global pandemic. The city, alongside Nairobi and Kilifi, were identified as COVID-19 hotspots and placed on a 21-day partial lockdown on April 8. According […]
COVID-19: EU gifts Nigeria €50 million to aid in fight
The European Union (EU) has gifted Nigeria €50 million, the equivalent of 21 Billion Naira to help it fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. BestNewsGH.com can report that the disclosure of the donation was made when Nigerian President, Mahamadu Buhari received a delegation from the European Union at the country’s State House in Abuja on Tuesday, […]