S.Africa virus cases jump past 5,000 after highest daily rise
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) --The number of coronavirus cases in South Africa surged past the 5,000 mark on Thursday after…
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S.Africa to gradually ‘ease’ virus lockdown from May 1
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN Agence France Presse PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's five-week coronavirus lockdown will be slowly eased…
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‘Fourteen dead’ in Yemen’s flood-hit Aden
ADEN, Yemen (AFP) -- Fourteen people, including at least five children, have been killed and dozens injured in flash floods…
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S.African president unveils $26 billion virus relief plan
by Michelle GUMEDE Agence France-Presse Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced a $26 billion…
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Dozens killed in eastern DR Congo floods
BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) -- Forty-six people have died in heavy flooding that struck the town of Uvira in the…
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Medic death first virus case in conflict-hit northeast Nigeria
LAGO, Nigeria (AGP) -- Nigeria on Monday confirmed its first coronavirus case in the insurgency-hit northeast of the country, a…
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Nigeria security forces kill 18 over virus lockdown: rights body
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigerian security forces have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a…
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Rockets rain on Libyan capital after Haftar loses key towns
by Imed Lamloum Agence France Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets…
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Malawi announces 21-day COVID-19 lockdown
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi's President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday announced that the landlocked country will implement a 21-day lockdown…
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Starve or get sick’: Africa’s lockdown dilemma
by Fran BLANDY and AFP Africa bureaus Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Women and children fell to the…
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