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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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Some African countries heading for peak in coronavirus cases in weeks -WHO official
ABUJA (Reuters) - Some African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should…
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African leaders rally around WHO head after Trump criticism
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African leaders have rallied around the Ethiopian head of the World Health Organization (WHO) after U.S. President…
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Inside Nigeria’s ‘isolation stadium’
Beds are both on the pitch and in the buildings of the Onikan stadiumSport stadiums across the world have been…
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S.Africa sets aside $64 mln for small-scale farmers amid lockdown
Farm workers wearing masks are carried on a wagon pulled by a tractor during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed…
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Coronavirus puts clutch of countries in junk rating danger zone
LONDON (Reuters) - Being stripped of one’s investment grade credit rating is a chastening moment for any government, but the…
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East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops…
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UN agency keeps Africa food aid flowing amid coronavirus
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern…
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Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity
JOHANNESBURG -- Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters…
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This Is How One Nation is Fighting Coronavirus
Africa—with dense megacities, poor health infrastructure, and heavy Chinese investment—remains a growing coronavirus [COVID-19] concern, even as African governments respond…
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G20 coronavirus plan focuses on poorer countries’ debt problems
RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Group of 20 major economies said on Tuesday that they would present a coronavirus action plan…
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Coronavirus: What misinformation has spread in Africa?
Currently 33 of 47 sub-Saharan African countries have testing facilities, up from only two in January As cases of the…
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S.Africa records second coronavirus death as infections jump to 1,280
South Africa’s confirmed cases of the coronavirus increased by 93 to 1,280 people…
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Condom shortage looms after coronavirus lockdown shuts world’s top producer
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A global shortage of condoms is looming, the world’s biggest producer said, after a coronavirus lockdown…
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