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COVID-19: African Airline To Lose N1.4tn
The International Air Transport Association has said African airlines will see a very slow pace of recovery in financial performance from a $1.9bn loss in 2021 to a $1.5bn loss in 2022. This brings the continent’s total loss in two years to $3.4bn (N1.4tn). According to the Geneva-based airline body, low vaccination rates in Nigeria…
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Covid-19: Africa’s Death Toll Surpasses 200,000
Newly updated records show that over 200,000 people have died from Covid-19 in Africa since the start of the pandemic. Africa, home to more than 1.3 billion people in 54 countries has recorded a total of 200,254 deaths from December 2019 to September 2021. While worldwide toll totals at more than 4.57 million deaths. After…