Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced a nationwide night-time curfew on Wednesday to limit the spread of coronavirus, but said a parliamentary vote planned for this week will go ahead. In a televised address, Keita said the government will enforce a curfew between 21:00 to 05:00, from Thursday, and close land borders in response to […]
The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus rose to 1,031 in the United States on Wednesday, with 68,572 confirmed cases nationwide, a tracker run by the Johns Hopkins University showed. The tracker had showed 827 just a few hours earlier. The United States has the third highest number of confirmed cases behind China […]
World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into lockdown and claimed more than 21,000 lives. With the disease tearing around the globe at a terrifying pace, warnings are multiplying over its economic consequences, with experts saying it could cause more damage than the […]
“Today, the winds of freedom and liberty beckon on your divine conscience to tell your governments and your elected representatives worldwide: Let my people go! Support our democratic aspirations… Join our struggle for human decency and the battle for the respect of our bodies, hearts and minds… The struggle for the complete independence of Southern […]
The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has grown by 683 to 7,503, the Civil Protection Agency said on Wednesday, a decline in the daily tally of fatalities following a spike the day before. On Tuesday 743 people died. That followed 602 deaths on Monday, 650 on Sunday and a record of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in power. Putin didn’t set a new date for the plebiscite originally set for April 22, saying Wednesday that it would depend on how the new coronavirus pandemic develops. He also announced during […]
Spain’s coronavirus toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after another 738 people died as Madrid announced a multi-million-euro deal with Beijing for critical supplies. The spike in fatalities means that across the globe, only Italy now has a higher death toll than Spain. In China, where the virus emerged late last […]
The death toll in France from coronavirus is much higher than the daily government tally, which only accounts for those dying in hospitals, a senior French health official said on Wednesday. France reported a cumulative 1,100 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, up from 91 on March 14, a more than tenfold increase in 11 days and […]
Prince Charles, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of the new coronavirus but “otherwise remains in good health”, his office said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old and his wife Camilla – who does not have COVID-19 – are currently self-isolating in Scotland, Clarence House said. “The Prince of Wales […]
On behalf of the people of Southern Cameroons, now known as Ambazonians, we extend our deepest condolences to the family of N’djoke Emmanuel Dibango aka Manu Dibango following his demise in Paris, France, on Tuesday 24th March 2020. His demise is not only a tragic loss to all people of African descent but to all […]
