WHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

CoronavirusNewsWorld NewsWHO Excites Over $8.8bn Vaccine Donation to GAVI

PilotnewsJune 5, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed appreciation to governments and donors for contributing $8.8 billion for the vaccine as announced by GAVI, an international organisation, created to improve access to vaccines. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, expressed the appreciation on Friday on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “This is great news that governments and donors have pledged an amazing $8.8 billion to GAVI for life-saving vaccinations, exceeding the target. Also, Countries, organizations pledge support for global...

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Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala to Head World Trade Organization

BusinessWorld NewsBuhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala to Head World Trade Organization

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 5, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated former Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. In an official statement from the Federal Government of Nigeria which was sent to the African Union Thursday, President withdrew the candidacy of Yonov Agah, Nigeria’s permanent representative to the WTO, for the same position. The election is scheduled to hold in 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. The position is run for...

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Google Removes App from India Play Store that Deletes Chinese Apps

NewsTechnologyWorld NewsGoogle Removes App from India Play Store that Deletes Chinese Apps

PilotnewsJune 4, 2020

Google has removed a popular app from its Play store in India that scans users’ smartphones, identifies apps made in China and removes them. The app was removed because it violates Google’s policies which do not allow apps to delete or deactivate other apps unless they are related to security, the U.S. tech company said. The app lets users decide whether to delete apps developed by Chinese companies. If the application did not find any...

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Black Lives Matter Comes to Paris as thousands Join Banned Protest

Law & JusticeNewsWorld NewsBlack Lives Matter Comes to Paris as thousands Join Banned Protest

PilotnewsJune 3, 2020

Thousands of people in Paris on Tuesday evening defied a ban to protest about the 2016 death of a young black man in police custody and alleged racism by security forces. Many of the overwhelmingly young, racially mixed crowd bore slogans linked to the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S., which has seen large protests in recent days after George Floyd, a black man, was killed by police last week. The protest near the main...

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Brazil Records Largest Daily Increase in Coronavirus Deaths

CoronavirusWorld NewsBrazil Records Largest Daily Increase in Coronavirus Deaths

PilotnewsJune 3, 2020

Brazil, on Tuesday, recorded its largest daily increase in deaths related to the novel coronavirus, data by the country’s Health Ministry showed. The country confirmed 1,262 new virus-related deaths, bringing the total toll to 31,199, according to the latest official figures. Tuesday’s daily jump was the steepest since the first victim was confirmed on March 17, the data showed, surpassing the record set on May 21 of 1,188 deaths in a day. The ministry also...

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FIFA Asks Leagues to Use ‘Common Sense’ Over Floyd Protests

Law & JusticeSportsWorld NewsFIFA Asks Leagues to Use ‘Common Sense’ Over Floyd Protests

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

World soccer governing body,  FIFA,  has asked competition organisers to use “common sense” with players who display messages of protest over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, an unarmed black man,  was killed in police custody in the United States. FIFA regulations barred players from displaying any “political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images” on their kit. Since 2014, this ban had included undershirts — a response to players lifting up their shirts to...

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Bosnian Interior Minister Quits Amid Fights on Migration, Corruption

National SecurityWorld NewsBosnian Interior Minister Quits Amid Fights on Migration, Corruption

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Bosnian Interior Minister Fahrudin Radoncic has resigned because he is unhappy with the country’s migration policy and because there is opposition to investigating the purchase of faulty respirators for the COVID-19 outbreak. Radoncic told Klix.ba on Tuesday that top officials, including chief diplomat Bisera Turkovic, “do not understand and identify the security threat’’ that the migrants, massing in Bosnia for an attempt to cross into EU-country Croatia, pose. According to the UN refugee agency, the...

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Facebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

CoronavirusWorld NewsFacebook, Red Cross Launch Digital Campaign Against COVID-19

PilotnewsJune 2, 2020

Facebook says it has launched “AfricaTogether,” a digital campaign to encourage vigilance against COVID-19 in partnership with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Jocelyne Muhutu-Rémy, Facebook’s Strategic Media Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, said on Monday that as part of the launch, there would be a digital campaign across Africa and a two-day festival on June 4 and June 5 featuring artists. “With about 100,000 Covid-19 cases on the continent and containment measures...

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FIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

CoronavirusSportsWorld NewsFIBA Releases Guidelines for Basketball’s Return

PilotnewsMay 26, 2020

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on Tuesday published recommendations on returning to basketball in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendations, which were published in the English, French and Spanish languages, are titled “Return to Basketball – Restart Guidelines for National Federations’’. A basketball-specific “Risk Assessment Tool’’ has also been produced in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FIBA is the world governing body for...

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Russian COVID-19 Cases Exceed 350,000

CoronavirusWorld NewsRussian COVID-19 Cases Exceed 350,000

PilotnewsMay 25, 2020

Russia has confirmed 8,946 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising its total infections to 353,427, its coronavirus response centre said in a statement on Monday. The death toll grew by 92 to 3,633, while 118,798 people have recovered, including 5,499 over the last 24 hours, according to the statement. Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, confirmed 2,560 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 166,473. Russia’s consumer rights and...

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