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South Africa says virus outbreak may have reached its peak 12 Aug 2020 - 09:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man walks beneath a billboard during the 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in central Cape Town, South Africa, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Mauritius tourism, reeling from COVID, now hit by oil spill 12 Aug 2020 - 07:30 pm
A volunteer cleans oil spilled from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground on a reef, at the Mahebourg Waterfront in Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Ant
Sea life around Mauritius dying as Japanese ship oil spill spreads 11 Aug 2020 - 08:17 pm
A dead starfish is seen following leaked oil from the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, which ran aground on a reef, at the Riviere des Creoles, on the Mahebourg waterfront, Mauritius, August 10, 2020.
Mauritius races to clean up oil as ship leaking fuel breaks up 10 Aug 2020 - 11:30 am
People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius on August 9, 2020.  AFP / L'Express Maurice / Daren Maure
Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger - minister 09 Aug 2020 - 11:23 pm
A giraffe is stands during a guided safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, on August 7, 2020. / AFP / Michele Spatari
Leaking carrier risks breakup in Mauritius as weather worsens 09 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
TOPSHOT - This aerial view taken on August 6, 2020 shows a large patch of leaked oil and the vessel MV Wakashio (R), belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius./
Floods drive over 650,000 Somalis from their homes 08 Aug 2020 - 03:01 pm
A Somalian drives an auto-rickshaw (Tuk-Tuk) to carry his belongings and to travel through the city in Mogadishu, Somalia on August 05, 2020.  Lokman ?lhan - Anadolu
At least seven dead in car bombing near Somalia stadium 08 Aug 2020 - 01:27 pm
An ambulance is seen near a blast site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Local tours bring some relief to South Africa safari industry 08 Aug 2020 - 12:58 pm
Tourists take part in a guided Safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, on August 7, 2020. (AFP / Michele Spatari)
Botswana diamond exports fall by two thirds on COVID-19 07 Aug 2020 - 09:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Diamonds are displayed during a visit to the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in Gaborone, Botswana November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Nigeria to reopen for international air travel in weeks 06 Aug 2020 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo
Gambia imposes curfew as coronavirus cases surge 60% in a week 05 Aug 2020 - 11:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gambia's President Adama Barrow sits in the chair reserved for heads of state at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
South Africa's Shoprite grocery chain may pull out of Nigeria 03 Aug 2020 - 06:18 pm
A Shoprite store sign is pictured in Abuja, Nigeria August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Excavation begins at historic Dakar market in renovation project 03 Aug 2020 - 04:16 pm
Caterpillars are seen in action at the start of the demolition work of the Sandaga market in Dakar, on August 2, 2020. / AFP / Seyllou
Ethiopia kicks off massive COVID-19 testing campaign 02 Aug 2020 - 02:01 pm
AFP / EDUARDO SOTERAS
Zimbabwe minister died of coronavirus, says president 30 Jul 2020 - 10:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulates Perrance Shiri, the new minister of Land, Agriculture and Land Resettlement are seen after the swearing in of cabinet ministers at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe December 4, 2017. REUTERS/
Curfew adjusted by an hour in South Africa to help restaurants 30 Jul 2020 - 08:37 pm
Restaurant workers look on after police used a water canon to disperse demonstrators protesting against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations in Cape Town, South Africa, July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Zimbabwe's security forces clear streets ahead of planned protests 30 Jul 2020 - 08:04 pm
Police and soldiers check on motorists at a roadblock during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo