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French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for a global moratorium on debt payments by African countries to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Macron told Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he hoped a virtual meeting later on Wednesday of finance ministers from the G20 group of countries could agree to the moratorium. It should involve all major Western powers – China, Russia, and the Gulf states, as well as multilateral lenders, Macron said....

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night announced an additional 11 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos State. This brings to 373, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC made the disclosure in a tweet at 11.00 p.m. on Tuesday. It said, “As at 11:00 p.m. on April 14, there were 373 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.” The agency said that seven more COVID-19 patients had been...

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The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the death of another COVID-19 related patient, barely 24 hours after the sixth death was recorded. It also announced that 25 new cases were recorded, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 217. The State Ministry of Health made this known through its verified Twitter account. The ministry, however, did not give further details about the deceased sex, age, nationality and medical history. “#COVID-19 Lagos Update...

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to at least temporarily halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, at a White House news conference, said the WHO had “failed in its basic duty and it must be held accountable.” He said the group had promoted China’s “disinformation” about the virus that likely led to a wider outbreak of the virus than otherwise...

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The grim figures come as officials debate how and when to ease restrictions and reopen the country’s economy. The United States death toll from the novel coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Tuesday as the number of confirmed cases across the country neared 600,000. The grim figures come as officials debate over how and when to reopen the US economy and start easing restrictions. The coronavirus restrictions put in place to contain the spread of the virus have crippled...

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The sky is open and welcoming; The cloud turns it into a moving news: Stories about floating hopes, Of time lost in a whimsy, About time-waiting hopelessness, Hanging on a thin line—the divide Between rising aspirations And declining expectations. As aspiration yearned into moonlight, Hours before the coming dawn, Fresh with expectations Wrapped around every living thing, Everything breathing but gasping For fresh overconfident air. “Don’t ask me how fresh”, But everything felt it, took...

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