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There is renewed hope that a loan extension can be agreed with the CSL club as the Nigerian forward’s original terms expire this weekend There has been a big step forward in negotiations between Manchester United and Shanghai Shenhua regarding a possible extension of Odion Ighalo’s loan deal. The original terms of the Nigerian striker’s United contract are due to ...

The Nigeria international feels his compatriot has done enough to earn a long-term deal at the Old Trafford outfit Nantes forward Moses Simon believes Odion Ighalo deserves a permanent move to Manchester United, given his impressive performances so far. The 30-year-old striker arrived at Old Trafford on a transfer deadline day move in January on a short-term deal from Chinese ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has temporarily suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference on Monday. Meanwhile, Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergencies programme, warned in the same virtual news conference that, despite countries easing lockdowns, the world is “right ...

The World Health Organisation is to sign a confidentiality clause with Madagascar on the formulation of its herbal remedy for coronavirus. The WHO had for long criticised Madagascar for promoting the herbal remedy and distributing it to African countries. According to the WHO using the herbal drug without enough scientific evidence of its efficacy can harm people. Madagascar had said ...

Burundi is about to lose its president of 15 years but gains a “supreme guide to patriotism”, according to the official title that will be given to Pierre Nkurunziza once he steps down after Wednesday’s election. He will also receive a $540,000 (£440,000) retirement pay-out and a luxury villa. But it is not clear if he is going to step ...

A 95-year-old Second World War veteran from Ghana has set himself the challenge of walking two miles a day for a week to raise money for coronavirus charities. Private Joseph Hammond hopes to raise $600,000 (£500,000) for frontline workers and vulnerable veterans across Africa. Private Hammond fought with the British army in Burma, in the Gold Coast Regiment of the ...

A Kenyan widow filmed cooking stones to make her children believe she was preparing food has lost her last-born child, the Daily Nation newspaper report. The four-month-old baby died on Thursday after being discharged from hospital where she was treated for a persistent fever, the newspaper reports, quoting Peninah Bahati Kitsao’s 24-year-old son. Her neighbours in the coastal city of ...

Coronavirus could kill up to 190,000 people in Africa in the first year if control measures fail to work, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The numbers would overwhelm the available medical capacity in much of of the continent, the organisation warns citing a new study. WHO Africa Director Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said transmission of the virus in ...

As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. The new research also predicts a prolonged outbreak over a few years. “It likely will smoulder in transmission hot spots,” says WHO Africa head Matshidiso Moeti. This patchier and slower pattern of ...

Taxpayers have forked out over Sh5 billion in the last five years for pensions, staff salaries, office space and other benefits for retired presidents and vice presidents. An analysis of budget records shows the government has been spending at least Sh1 billion annually for the upkeep of retired VIPs. The amount will rise significantly by a billion starting the next ...