Egypt detects 12 new coronavirus cases on Nile cruise boat
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise…
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Africa
Blast targets US embassy in Tunis, attacker dead: police
TUNIS, Tunisia (AFP) -- An attacker targeted the US embassy in the Tunisian capital on Friday, causing an explosion and…
5 years ago
Cameroon confirms first virus case
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AFP) -- Cameroon has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus, a French national who arrived in…
5 years ago
Poverty gap fueling north-south migration in Nigeria
by Joel Olatunde Agoi with Aminu Abubakar in Kano LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant…
5 years ago
Senegal confirms first coronavirus case
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- Senegal confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking just the second infection…
5 years ago
58 quarantined in Nigeria over coronavirus contacts
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new…
5 years ago
Egypt detects second coronavirus case
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt on Monday reported its second case of a novel coronavirus, more than two weeks after…
5 years ago
Nigeria braces as coronavirus hits megacity Lagos
by Celia Lebur and Emmanuel Akinwotu, with Emmanuel Anule in Abuja Agence France Presse LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Residents…
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Nigeria confirms first coronavirus case, first in sub-Saharan Africa: minister
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa. "The…
5 years ago
Virus enigma: Experts ask why Africa seems to have few cases
by Susan NJANJI with African bureaux JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace…
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