World horrified as 2 top French doctors said on live TV that coronavirus vaccines should be tested on poor Africans – Video

AfricaCoronavirusNewsWorld horrified as 2 top French doctors said on live TV that coronavirus vaccines should be tested on poor Africans – Video

PilotnewsApril 4, 2020

Two highly respected French doctors discussed on live television how a new COVID-19 vaccine under development should be first tested in Africa, “where there are no masks, no treatment, nor intensive care.” One of them, Jean-Paul Mira, even compared Africans to prostitutes who were the focus of past AIDS studies. “We tried things on prostitutes because they are highly exposed and do not protect themselves,” he said. Several African soccer stars who played in Europe, including the...

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COVID-19 -How Africa is Stepping Up

AfricaCoronavirusCOVID-19 -How Africa is Stepping Up

PilotnewsMarch 29, 2020

Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, made global headlines this week with his donation of essential medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. It’s perhaps the most high profile example of how private businesses are utilizing their assets and funds for social good amid a devastating outbreak that has pretty much shut down the global economy. In France, luxury group LVMH is making hand sanitizers while China’s Foxconn, which assembles Apple’s iPhones, is making face masks. In...

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Gambia Records First COVID-19 Death

AfricaCoronavirusGambia Records First COVID-19 Death

PilotnewsMarch 23, 2020

The West African nation of Gambia on Monday recorded its first Covid-19 death, while the number of all coronavirus cases surpassed 1,000 on the African continent. The victim is a 70-year-old Bangladeshi man who traveled to the Gambia from Senegal on March 13, Gambia Health Minister Amadou Samateh said on national television. Samateh also reported an additional case of Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the...

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Confed Cup Loss: We Lost Because Horoya AC Used the Devil’s Beans on Enyimba FC – Osho Alleges

AfricaSportsConfed Cup Loss: We Lost Because Horoya AC Used the Devil’s Beans on Enyimba FC – Osho Alleges

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)March 16, 2020

Fatai Osho, Enyimba FC coach, said Horoya AC used the devil’s bean on his boys during a CAF confederation cup on March 8 in Conakry. The second leg match saw Horoya AC thrashing Enyimba 2 goals to nil and ending the Nigerian side’s dream of making it to the semi-final stage and then claiming the CAF Confederation Cup. Responding to the loss on Facebook, the former Remo Stars coach who became the Aba Elephant’s coach...

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Breaking: One suspected coronavirus case in Enugu State

AfricaHealthNewsNigeriaBreaking: One suspected coronavirus case in Enugu State

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 15, 2020

The faith of a patient who has shown signs of the novel coronavirus will be known by Monday, few hours from now. According to reliable medical personnel, the patient has been sick and undergoing treatment before now. However based on suggestive signs of the dreaded virus, the patient was isolated, samples collected and tested for the virus; results of the test will be known tomorrow. The scope of the virus spread in the country has...

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Africa: Oil and Debt

AfricaEconomyAfrica: Oil and Debt

PilotnewsMarch 15, 2020

Last month, World Bank’s managing director David Malpass expressed concern about the amount of debt some of Africa’s economies were piling on. In particular, he worried about the lack of transparency in some of the loan deals being struck with China. Africa’s debt load has soared some 150% to over $583 billion in 2018 from $236 billion 10 years earlier, according to World Bank data. A sizable chunk of that debt in Africa is made...

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FIFA postpones South American World Cup qualifiers over coronavirus

AfricaNewsSportsWorldFIFA postpones South American World Cup qualifiers over coronavirus

PilotnewsMarch 12, 2020

World football governing body FIFA has postponed South American qualifying matches for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. This was after a request from the region’s football federation amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus. FIFA said in a letter to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), which the federation tweeted, that it would seek to reschedule the 10 matches. They were due to take place between March 23 and March 31. A number of Latin...

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COVID-19 outbreak proves global business needs China

AfricaHealthOpinionWorld NewsCOVID-19 outbreak proves global business needs China

PilotnewsMarch 3, 2020

Nigeria’s effort to rapidly identify and contain the spread of the index case of COVID-19 may have been successful – with no new case as at March 2 – but as the disease spreads to over fifty countries, the global economy is panicking and some experts say this is not looking good for many countries, including Nigeria. It is a typical case of ‘when China sneezes, global business catches a cold.’ The wake of coronavirus...

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Virus enigma: Experts ask why Africa seems to have few cases

AfricaHealthNewsVirus enigma: Experts ask why Africa seems to have few cases

PilotnewsFebruary 28, 2020

The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace but sub-Saharan Africa, one of the world’s most vulnerable regions, has so far been almost spared — and experts want to know why. More than 2,760 people worldwide have died of COVID-19 and almost 81,000 infected in over 45 countries. Most of these have been in China, but cases are now rising fast in parts of Europe and the Middle East, while the first infection in...

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