FILE PHOTO Tue 16 June 2020: Country only has 25 ventilators sent by Turkey KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Chad is facing a severe shortage of medical equipment as it battles the novel coronavirus with the country possessing only 25 ventilators that were sent by Turkey. Speaking during a session of parliament Monday, Health Minister Mahamoud Youssouf […]
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Mon 15 June 2020: Strike comes over government not meeting doctors’ demands, including PPE for healthcare workers amid outbreak ANKARA (AA) – A Nigerian doctors group on Monday announced an “indefinite” nationwide strike over the government not addressing their demand amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) strike […]
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Mon 15 June 2020: Gold production in Democratic Republic of Congo continues to be systematically underreported while tonnes of the precious metal is smuggled into global supply chains through its eastern neighbours, a United Nations report has found. The countries along Congo’s eastern border have long been conduits for gold worth billions of dollars mined […]
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Sun 14 June 2020: Coronavirus cases in Africa have reached 232,815 Sunday, said an update by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, while the number of fatalities went up to 6,244. It said 106,459 patients have recovered, leaving the number of active cases at 111,112. By region, Southern Africa has the most number […]
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Sat 13 June 2020: African countries called yesterday on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently debate racism and police brutality amid the unrest in the US and beyond over George Floyd’s death. In a letter written on behalf of 54 African countries, Burkina Faso’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva asked the UN’s top […]
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Fri 12 June 2020: The total number of coronavirus cases in Africa surged to 216,446, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an update on Friday. According to the latest data, 5,756 people have died of virus-related complications, while 97,756 patients have recovered. Central Africa has so far recorded 22,208 cases, […]
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Fri 12 June 2020: The UN expressed “horror” after at least eight mass graves were discovered in an area retaken by the country’s internationally recognised government from renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces. “International law requires that the authorities conduct prompt, effective and transparent investigations,” said the UN mission. 1/3 UNSMIL notes with horror reports […]
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FILE PHOTO Thu 11 June 2020: Marking World Child Labor Day on Friday, rights activists say gold mines, cotton farms employ children to save costs Facing an uncertain economy, for thousands of children in southern African country of Zimbabwe, who are toiling in an underground gold mine, the World Day Against Child Labor on Friday […]
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Thu 11 June 2020: Aid distributed to people affected from flood last month, COVID-19 pandemic A Turkish-German charity working with Turkey’s state-run aid agency distributed Wednesday relief food to 1,200 households in northern Kenya. The Hasene International and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency handed out the aid for people living along the River Tana. […]
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Wed 10 June 2020: Coronvirus cases in Africa topped 200,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 54-nation continent has 202,782 cases and 5,516 deaths. While Africa still represents a tiny percentage of the world’s total COVID-19 cases, well under 5 percent, officials in South Africa and elsewhere have expressed concern […]
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