Who will feed us?’: viral shutdown hits N. Africa’s precarious workers
by Sophie Pons with Algiers, Rabat and Tunis bureaux RABAT, Morocco (AFP) -- In Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco, workers in…
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France sees financial aid for Africa as virus threat looms
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France on Tuesday said it planned to organize financial aid for poor countries, especially in Africa,…
6 years ago
Africa’s weak health systems face escalating virus peril
by Sophie Bouillon and AFP bureaux in Africa LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Equipment shortages, scarce beds, and poorly-paid doctors and…
6 years ago
S.Africa orders lockdown as continent moves to stop virus spread
by Susan NJANJI PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) -- Numerous sub-Saharan countries acted to stem the spread of coronavirus on Monday,…
6 years ago
First virus death in Sub-Saharan Africa as WHO warns ‘prepare for worst’
by Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan Agence France-Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) —Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first COVID-19…
6 years ago
Ivory Coast burns 3 tonnes of pangolin scales
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — Ivory Coast officials on Tuesday burnt three tonnes of scales of the pangolin, the most…
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Virus enigma: Experts ask why Africa seems to have few cases
by Susan NJANJI with African bureaux JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The coronavirus is spreading fast beyond its China birthplace…
6 years ago
Egypt confirms first coronavirus case in Africa
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt's health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in…
6 years ago
UN calls for donations to tackle desert locusts in Africa
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs called on the international community Monday to help…
6 years ago
African nations take first measures to stop spread of Chinese virus
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) -- African states, including the continent's biggest economy Nigeria, on Wednesday said they had begun to…
6 years ago
In photos: Scenes of locust infestation threatening East Africa; UN warns numbers could double 500 times by June
"Ravenous swarms" of desert locusts in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, already unprecedented in their size and destructive…
6 years ago
Sudan’s Bashir gets two years’ detention for corruption
by Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and Emmanuel Parisse Agence France Presse KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- Sudan's former president Omar…
7 years ago
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