South Africa virus death toll tops 5,000: official
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's death toll from coronavirus has passed the 5,000 mark, according to official figures…
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Africa
Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak
by Junior KANNAH / Samir TOUNSI à KINSHASA MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) -- The Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's…
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Kenya declares school year ‘lost’, classes back in 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Kenya on Tuesday declared that its school year was considered lost because of the coronavirus pandemic,…
4 years ago
Malawi’s new president inaugurated, calls for national sacrifice
LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi's new president Lazarus Chakwera called for national sacrifice to transform his country as he was…
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Fire in Egypt hospital kills 7 coronavirus patients
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- A fire at a hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Monday killed seven coronavirus…
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Flash flooding kills three in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Torrential rains turned the streets of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan into rivers on Thursday,…
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Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (AFP) -- A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest…
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DR Congo declares end to Ebola epidemic in east
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- DR Congo's government on Thursday officially declared an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke…
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S. Africa to start Africa’s first coronavirus vaccine pilot
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa will roll out the continent's first coronavirus vaccine trial this…
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UN urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to ‘work together’ in Nile dam dispute
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The UN on Monday urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to "work together" to resolve…
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