national emergency

House of Representatives has called for the declaration of a national emergency on ritual killings across the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need…

Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of cases in the poor West African state. The moves comes after thousands of Liberians…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an end to the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said it made declaration following “successive decline” in cases…

United States President Donald Trump has on March 13 declared a national emergency over the Coronavirus epidemic, a move that will free up about $50b from federal resources to fight the virus. He also noted that he could add the United…