France wants more coronavirus money for developing countries

France said Tuesday that the G20 group of industrialized nations have agreed to a partial moratorium on debt payments this year from the world’s developing countries, many of them in Africa. French President Emmanuel Macron wants to go further.
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Panic as 5 bodies are found on Kumasi streets
Five bodies have been found on the streets in Kumasi in the Ashanti region.
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Account in Nigeria linked to European coronavirus mask fraud - INTERPOL
INTERPOL on Tuesday unmasked an international COVID-19 fraud racket straddling three European countries – Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands. Nigeria was mentioned, as home to an account that was to receive a fraudulent onward transfer sum.
Locusts, coronavirus combination pose dire threat to East Africa
Locusts, coronavirus combination pose dire threat to East Africa
Officials with the U.N Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) say a resurgence of locusts which devastated crops in parts of Africa earlier this year is beginning to hit rural parts of East Africa.
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111 Africans tested positive for coronavirus in China's Guangzhou
A total of 111 Africans in China’s southern city of Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Monday, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa
AU Chair appoints special envoys for Africa's coronavirus fight
The Chair of the African Union (AU), President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr Donald Kaberuka, Mr Tidjane Thiam and Mr Trevor Manuel as Special Envoys of the African Union to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Congo records second Ebola death - WHO
Democratic Republic of Congo recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than six weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization said on Sunday.