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COVID-19 revives grim history of medical experimentation in Africa
Sgt. 1st Class Marites Cabreza, a nurse with 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, Special Functioning Team, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of…
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China in the driver’s seat amid calls for Africa debt relief
By Joe Bavier, Cheng Leng and Andrea ShalalJOHANNESBURG/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support is growing for debt relief to help the world's…
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I’m trying to save the world: Rihanna warns fans to stop asking about new music
By: PTI | Los Angeles | Updated: April 12, 2020 2:44:00 pm Rihanna has asked her fans to back off…
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Fast-Growing Locust Plague Could Crush East Africa by June as Numbers Set to Surge 400-Fold
Swarms of desert locusts have been flooding parts of East Africa since last summer, threatening a fragile food security situation…
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Dr. Fauci says the coronavirus is ‘shining a bright light’ on ‘unacceptable’ health disparities for African Americans
Dr. Anthony Fauci struck an emotional tone at Tuesday's White House coronavirus press briefing when discussing the disproportionate COVID-19 death…
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In South Africa, a government minister lost her salary for eating lunch in the wrong place
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Amid one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, South Africa's minister of communication…
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African nations missing from coronavirus trials
COVID-19 testing in South Africa: the country is participating in the SOLIDARITY trial. The World Health Organization says it will…
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Cameroon president under fire for silence as pandemic looms
Libreville (AFP) - Cameroon's aged president is coming under fire for his absence from the national stage as the central…
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South African bride and groom arrested over ‘lockdown wedding’
Married life got off to an unexpected start for a pair of newlyweds in South Africa when police showed up…
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Coronavirus: Nigerian celebrities wear blinged-up masks
Image caption Actor and television presenter Ada Afoluwake Ogunkeye AKA Folu Storms was among those attending Nigerian celebrities turned up…
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French doctor apologises for suggesting COVID-19 treatment be tested in Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) - A French doctor apologised on Friday for suggesting a possible treatment for COVID-19 should be tested in…
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African governments team up with tech giants to fight coronavirus lies
ABUJA (Reuters) - Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about…
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Lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
JOHANNESBURG -- The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question:…
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UK company won’t help SA with ventilators marketed as simple solution for coronavirus
Battle stations: A team of top experts is being assembled to map the spread of Covid-19 in SAThe group, led…
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World Bank says sub-Saharan Africa will enter recession in 2020
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The rapidly-spreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first…
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