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  The Director of the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Prof. Kwesi Aning, is predicting a couple of coup d’etats in the West African Region. He said if the regional bloc, ECOWAS and the African Union (AU) does not urgently resolve the insecurity threats in the region. This, he said, is a result of the trajectory of extreme violence and the toxicity in politics such as excessive corruption, unemployment, poor educational system and other underlying factors of political instability present in most West African countries. Speaking to host Samson Lardy Anyenini on the Burkina Faso crisis on  Newsfile,   Saturday, Prof. Aning said the region is likely to experience two more of such political instability between now and June 2023. “This would not be the end of it. Between now and June 2023, we would see similar things happen. Probably two more. If we don’t stem the tides between now and 2023 then we ...

S. African treatment center intensify battle against COVID-19 In South Africa, provision has been made at a treatment centre for those infected by the coronavirus.At a visit to a  COVID -19 treatment centre in Johannesburg Friday, president Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his satisfaction with the level of preparedness.“The country now needs to get very well prepared, because we are going to be reaching a peak somewhere later in August and in September, where we will need lots of hospital beds”, he said. We are going to be reaching a peak somewhere later in August and in September, where we will need lots of hospital beds. On Thursday, he announced the start to ease national lockdown measures from May 1. In Soweto, residents stood in long queues waiting to enter a supermarket on Friday.“It (national lockdown) has affected me because I haven’t been going to work for quite some time. But as soon as we get instructions if we are going to go back to work and what so ever. Other th...

South Africa coronavirus: Record one-day test, prez mocks 'mask mishap' South Africa has become a   COVID -19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its   index case on 5th March, 2020 . From the area of testing through to record number of recoveries, South Africa has been praised for pro-activeness in combating the virus. The economic intervention measures rolled out by President Cyril Ramaphosa has also been classed as one of the most comprehensive across the continent. South Africa was one of the earliest to roll out such measures.Challenges have been recorded in the area of enforcing the three-week lock-down which was augmented by two weeks. Spike in cases at certain points and incidents of shoplifting and increase in domestic violence cases have all been headaches Pretoria continues to deal with. That President Ramaphosa is also the current Chairperson of the African Union, AU; means he has the delicate task of juggling national tasks withe the conti...

6 Nigeriens escape from mandatory quarantine centre in Kadjebi Six Nigeriens under mandatory quarantine have escaped from a holding centre at Asato in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region. Sources tell JoyNews that the incident happened when health officials went there to check on them on Monday but found an empty building without any notice. The Nigeriens were part of the  37 commuters who were arrested on April 17 and 18  in the district. They had been prevented by a joint security operation from using one of the border outposts in the Kadjebi District into Togo and subsequently confined for observation at a guest house. According to Peter Senoo, the Joy News Oti Regional Correspondent, they were returning from Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region where their mainstay – polishing finger and toes nails – is no longer fetching them much. The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Kadzebi, Maxwell Asiedu, suspects the escapees are still in the area “because they left their ...

Coronavirus: Let scientists do the talking, not politicians – Nana Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged the media the centre the views of scientists on issues having to do with the novel coronavirus. “When people are going to talk about this disease (Coronavirus), they will talk about it from the viewpoint of science. Get the scientists. Let them be the ones to talk. Get those who have specialist information. That is what I will encourage you to do.” These President Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 24 th  April, 2020, when he met with the leadership of the National Media Commission, the Ghana Journalists Association, the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association, the Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana, as well as the leadership of State-Owned media organisations on the COVID-19 pandemic. In his remarks, he encouraged the media to “bring those who have the knowledge, and let them, through you, explain these matters to the public.” Whilst acknow...

Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari appointed Babagana Kingibe as his acting Chief of Staff Abba Kyari pass on, over the positive test to the deadly padermic virus covid-19. As the result, the President for the most African poplar country Nigerian, president Muhammadu Buhari therefore appointed Babagana Kingibe as has acting chief of staff. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Babagana Kingibe Chief of Staff following the death of Abba Kyari who on Friday, and was buried in Abuja the capital of the country on Saturday. Abba Kyari tested positive to coronavirus after his visit to Europe, on his return from Germany and subsequently-died of the infection in Lagos. Kingibe has been acting as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari since Kyari left the Presidency for treatment.Details later