Malawi announces 21-day COVID-19 lockdown
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AFP) -- Malawi's President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday announced that the landlocked country will implement a 21-day lockdown…
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Africa
Starve or get sick’: Africa’s lockdown dilemma
by Fran BLANDY and AFP Africa bureaus Agence France Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- Women and children fell to the…
4 years ago
Locust invasion creates food crisis for 1 million Ethiopians: UN
ADIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Swarms of locusts in Ethiopia have damaged 200,000 hectares (half a million acres) of cropland…
4 years ago
Haftar forces pound Libya capital after losing towns
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli early Tuesday…
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Second Ebola death in DR Congo ahead of hoped-for deadline
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- A second death from Ebola has been recorded in eastern DR Congo in the final…
4 years ago
Ebola virus on the rise again in Democratic Republic of Congo amid COVID-19 pandemic
(Eagle News) -- The World Health Organization said that it has confirmed "a new case of Ebola virus disease"…
4 years ago
Pandemic may cause Africa’s 1st recession in 25 years: World Bank
by Susan NJANJI and Sofia CHRISTENSEN Agence France Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The World Bank warned Thursday…
4 years ago
Virus hits 66 at one SAfrican hospital, national tally jumps to 1,749
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Sixty-six people, most of them staff at one South African hospital, have tested positive for…
4 years ago
Coronavirus threatens nearly 20 million African jobs: study
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Millions of lost jobs, mounting debt woes and plunging remittances are among the economic…
4 years ago
Coronavirus infects medics at Egypt cancer centre
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt's main cancer institute has confirmed 15 cases of the novel coronavirus among its medical…
4 years ago
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