Sat 18 April 2020: The powerful chief of staff to Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the presidency said Saturday. Buhari’s office announced in a statement that it “regrets to announce the passage” of Abba Kyari, who acted as gatekeeper to the president of Africa’s most populous nation. “The deceased […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 17 April 2020: Tunisian engineers have created a web-based platform that scans lung X-rays and evaluates whether patients are likely to be suffering from the novel coronavirus. While it’s not the first initiative of its kind in the world, its creators say it is the first to be openly available. And though not a diagnostic tool, […]
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Fri 17 April 2020: There are over 17,000 confirmed cases across continent Without adequate intervention measures, estimates show that between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives due to coronavirus, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) said in a report on Friday. It said this could happen as the pandemic continues […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: Foreign Ministry warns Kenyans are among many Africans hit by wave of racial attacks in China amid pandemic Kenya rebuked China on Tuesday over coronavirus-related discrimination against its citizens in Guangzhou province while noting that no Kenyans there had died from COVID-19. “The reality is that this has been a very […]
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Wed 15 April 2020: (AFP) South African police on Tuesday fired rubber bullets and teargas in clashes with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown. Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in […]
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Tue 14 April 2020: More than 15,000 coronavirus cases have now been reported in 52 of Africa’s 54 countries, according to data compiled by the Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC). The total number of COVID-19 cases on the continent is 15,249, with the death toll up to 816 and recoveries at […]
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Mon 13 April 2020: A further 669 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Africa in a span of 12 hours on Sunday, bringing the continent-wide tally to 13,814, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The figure, it said, showed a substantial increase in the last 12 hours as 445 new cases were […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: (AFP) Dedicated staff at a South African animal shelter have gone into lockdown with dozens of dogs, cats and horses to make sure its four-legged residents are not left to fend for themselves during the coronavirus crisis. Despite the outbreak, it’s business as usual for the team at the WetNose Animal […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: President Idris Deby says Chadian troops will no longer take part in military operations outside the country’s borders. President Idriss Deby has said Chadian troops will no longer participate in military operations outside the country’s borders as part of national army campaigns against armed groups active in the Lake Chad region […]
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Fri 10 April 2020: (AP) Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years. Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the first, is arriving. […]
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