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Coronavirus: How to protect your child's mental health

Wed, 05/13/2020 - 19:14
Here are some of the ways parents can help protect their child's mental health during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Tanzania hospitals overwhelmed - US

Wed, 05/13/2020 - 15:16
President John Magufuli says the crisis is being exaggerated and has stopped publishing case numbers.
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Kenyan nurse: 'I became a Covid suspect for doing my job'

Wed, 05/13/2020 - 01:16
Coronavirus stigma surrounds the East African nation's health workers, patients and survivors.
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Angola billionaire Isobel dos Santos wants assets unfrozen

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 18:10
The Angolan billionaire says documents included a forged passport using the late film star's signature.
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Coronavirus: Victoria ticket worker dies after being spat at

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 17:43
Belly Mujinga's husband says she was "a good person, a good mother, and a good wife".
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Coronavirus: Madagascar President Rajoelina hits out at tonic 'detractors'

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 14:29
Madagascar's President Rajoelina calls critics of his untested coronavirus herbal tonic condescending.
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South Africa's coronavirus lockdown: Doubts creep in

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 01:13
South Africa has been praised for halting the spread of coronavirus but unity is wearing thin.
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Coronavirus lockdown: Two hotels demolished in Nigeria 'for breach of rules'

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 20:03
The managers of the two hotels in southern Nigeria's Rivers state deny that they broke the rules.
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Algerian tennis star's viral response to Thiem

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 15:17
A video about tennis funding by Algerian player Ines Ibbou gains the endorsement of her country's president.
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Africa's Sahel becomes latest al-Qaeda-IS battleground

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 13:15
IS and al-Qaeda affiliates have already locked horns in other jihadists hotspots.
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Coronavirus lockdown recipes: Learn to cook this Ghanaian spinach soup

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 12:32
Fafa Gilbert demonstrates how to cook this Ghanaian classic with ingredients available in lockdown.
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Coronavirus masks: What are the different kinds and what protection do they offer?

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 10:17
The different types of mask, who should use them and what protection they offer from Covid-19.
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Niger attacks: At least 20 killed in Tillaberi villages

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 03:52
The unidentified assailants reportedly looted shop, stole cattle and ordered inhabitants to flee.
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The financial hole coronavirus ripped in African sport

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 02:07
Sports personalities across Africa tell the BBC how coronavirus hit their incomes - well beyond just football and athletics.
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Coronavirus: How ‘secret burials’ in South Africa could help tackle Covid-19

Mon, 05/11/2020 - 02:02
South Africa's ban on large gatherings has meant the rediscovery of old traditions.
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Coronavirus: Zambia sex workers praised for contact tracing

Sun, 05/10/2020 - 21:42
There has been a surge in infections, mainly among sex workers and lorry drivers, in a border town.
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Italian aid worker kidnapped in Kenya in 2018 returns home

Sun, 05/10/2020 - 18:38
Silvia Romano, 25, was freed on Saturday in Somalia, in an operation by Italy's secret services.
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War and the virus: Cameroon's deadly mix

Sun, 05/10/2020 - 02:11
Fighting continues to rage in English-speaking parts of Cameroon after most armed groups reject a truce.
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Hisham Selim, famed Egyptian actor, praised over transgender son

Sun, 05/10/2020 - 02:07
When a famed Egyptian actor revealed his daughter had transitioned, the reaction was unconventional.
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The day the pirates came

Sun, 05/10/2020 - 01:13
A life on the high seas promised adventure, until a kidnapping turned a young man's life upside down.
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