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World / Africa

Zimbabwe gets $7 million World Bank grant to fight coronavirus 06 May 2020 - 03:08 pm
A woman has her temperature checked by a healthcare worker during a nationwide lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a mass screening and testing centre, in Harare, Zimbabwe April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Ivory Coast PM to spend weeks in France on medical rest after heart exam 05 May 2020 - 07:20 pm
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly speaks during a news conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon/File Photo
Kenya demands probe as plane crash kills 6 over Somalia 05 May 2020 - 05:04 pm
The wreckage of a private cargo plane that belonged to African Express Airways and was ferrying supplies for use in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen at the crash site in the town of Bardale, southern Bay region, Somalia May 4,
South African airline Comair enters business rescue 05 May 2020 - 04:57 pm
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Nigeria taps the power of music to try to beat coronavirus 04 May 2020 - 12:57 pm
Nigerian Violinist, Peter Oluwadare, 23, who performs at weekly concerts at the isolation center, plays the violin during an interview with Reuters, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria April 16, 2020. Picture taken April 16
Weary Moroccan medics fight virus, nightmares and tears 02 May 2020 - 11:17 am
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South Africa seeking new carrier from ashes of state airline 02 May 2020 - 10:35 am
FILE PHOTO: A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
13 doctors test positive for coronavirus in Ghana 29 Apr 2020 - 12:04 pm
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Burundi launches poll campaign despite coronavirus fears 27 Apr 2020 - 03:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Burundi's ruling party CNDD-FDD Secretary-General Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses the delegates after he was picked as their candidate for the next presidential election, during the party's extraordinary congress in Gitega Province, Burundi, J
Over 200 Cuban health experts arrive in South Africa for virus fight 27 Apr 2020 - 12:42 pm
This hand out photo taken and released by GCIS on April 27, 2020, shows Cuban Health Specialists arriving at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria, South Africa, to support efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Lagos says masks compulsory to stop virus 26 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
A billboard mounted at the Airport Road to campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus is seen in Ikeja in Lagos, on April 20, 2020. / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Kenya shuts off capital for 3 more weeks on virus concerns 25 Apr 2020 - 07:23 pm
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South Africans volunteer to keep rhino orphanage going during lockdown 21 Apr 2020 - 12:00 pm
Zanrie Van Jaarsveld feeds orphaned rhinos Kolisi and Amelia, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a sanctuary for rhinos orphaned by poaching, in Mookgopong, Limpopo province, South Africa April 17, 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Lockdown in 3 Madagascar cities set to ease 20 Apr 2020 - 01:21 pm
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Violence and looting point to food crisis in S.Africa lockdown 18 Apr 2020 - 03:28 pm
Informal traders and waste-pickers queue at the parking lot of the Orlando East Communal Hall in Soweto, Johannesburg, on April 17, 2020 during a food distribution. AFP / MARCO LONGARI
Africa could be next coronavirus epicentre: WHO 17 Apr 2020 - 02:44 pm
:A township child plays soccer as residents wait to receive food packages handed out by a non governmental organisation during a 21-day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17
S.Africa's minister who flouted lockdown rules sent on leave 08 Apr 2020 - 12:49 pm
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Africa could lose 20 mln jobs due to pandemic: AU study 05 Apr 2020 - 06:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man carries home groceries during a nationwide 21 day lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Umlazi township near Durban, South Africa, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward