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Nigeria's Coronavirus bill: A Government power grab?

Critics fear the government may use health measures to claim extra-ordinary powers

A so-called Infectious Diseases Bill, aimed at equipping the government with more power to enforce anti-COVID measures, raises concerns among critics who fear a Government's power grab. Journalist David Hundeyin has written about the bill in Newswire Nigeria and gives us more details about the controversial parts of the law.

A community leader in Nairobi tells us how bulldozers have destroyed thousands of homes in an informal settlement built on land claimed by the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company, leaving thousands of people on the street and more vulnerable to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic.

Liberia's president George Weah shows support for an anti-COVID19 herbal remedy that has been promoted by the president of Madagascar but cautioned by the World Health Organisation.

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