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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 ...

George Foreman has pleaded with Mike Tyson not to go ahead with his planned boxing comeback and insisted he has ‘done enough great things’. Tyson, 53, revealed last week he is training for a sensational return to the ring amid plans to fight in a four-round exhibition charity bout. The former unified champion has not fought since being stopped by ...

Sodiq Oyeleke A host of players tested positive for coronavirus in the English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga among others. While some of the players have recovered, others are still battling with the virus, among them is Juventus’ Paulo Dybala. Callum Hudson-Odoi The 19-year-old Chelsea player displayed symptoms similar to a mild cold on March 12 but ...

Millions of women will lose access to contraception, face unexpected pregnancies and suffer gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a grim report from the UNFPA, the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency. A group of sex workers queue, waiting for a local government subsidy facing the contingency caused … [+] KEY FACTS Overtaxed health systems, closed facilities ...

Ronaldinho says he was “totally surprised” to have been arrested and charged with using a fake passport in his first interview after being released from prison. The former Barcelona footballer and his brother Roberto Assis were arrested in Paraguay in early March for allegedly using fake documents to enter the country. After spending 32 days in prison, judge Gustavo Amarilla ...

Kenya’s case tally as of April 20 hit 281 with the addition of 11 new cases Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe confirmed in the daily briefing for COVID-19. Seven of the new cases are from Mombasa County with the remaining from Nairobi county. He also disclosed that 455 people had been quarantined for defying curfew directives. Kenya has East and Horn ...

Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat. The 53-year-old paraplegic man usually sells phone cards. But an extended lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has left him stranded. The Lagos state government sent him a text after the lockdown ...

Sooner or later animals were going to notice that the humans had disappeared and in South Africa’s Kruger National Park lions have been taking advantage. Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol on Wednesday when he snapped a pride sleeping on a road which would normally be busy with tourists. But Kruger, like other wildlife parks, has been shut ...

Barcelona have moved to restructure their board after six directors resigned last week in protest at the way the club is being run, the Spanish side have said. Two of the club’s four vice presidents, Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas, were among those to announce their resignation in a letter to fans published in Spanish media on Friday. They were ...