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Coronavirus in Africa: Contained or unrecorded?

Wed, 05/20/2020 - 02:16
The continent has had less than 100,000 cases so far, but could be in for a prolonged outbreak.
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'Tortured Zimbabwe abductees' may face prosecution

Tue, 05/19/2020 - 19:46
Opposition activists, including an MP, say they were beaten and forced to drink urine by state agents.
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Teranga, a Naples nightclub helping migrants overcome trauma

Tue, 05/19/2020 - 16:52
Teranga provides a safe space for migrants to dance and overcome their journey to Europe.
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Sudan 'must pay' US East African embassy attack victims

Tue, 05/19/2020 - 14:56
The US Supreme Court rules in favour of damages over the 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Coronavirus: South Sudan's VP Riek Machar contracts Covid-19

Tue, 05/19/2020 - 13:41
Riek Machar, who was part of a taskforce to fight the pandemic, has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Burundi election: Nkurunziza set to become 'supreme guide'

Tue, 05/19/2020 - 01:48
Burundi's president did everything to remain in power five years ago but is now stepping down - officially at least.
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Leonardo DiCaprio joins DR Congo gorilla park campaign after attack

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 17:05
Twelve rangers were killed in an attack on Virunga National Park in DR Congo last month.
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Thomas Thabane resigns as Lesotho prime minister

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 16:52
Lesotho's prime minister, who is a suspect in the murder case of his former wife, resigns.
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South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa jokes about arrest for breaking coronavirus rules

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 13:40
Cyril Ramaphosa says '"come, before we get arrested” to fans who get close to take a photo.
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Burkina Faso unveils 'corrected' Thomas Sankara statue

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 12:54
A new monument to the African nationalist hero is unveiled after parts of the original "melted".
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Playing through coronavirus 'very scary'

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 02:13
Kenyan midfielder Mohammed Katana talks about playing in the Belarus league - one of the few that did not stop for coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 01:51
Scientists in Africa explain that any trials would be properly regulated and so the scare stories should be ignored.
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Coronavirus: South Africans in massive queues for food parcels

Mon, 05/18/2020 - 00:17
Aerial footage shows thousands of people in snaking lines hoping to get supplies.
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Coronavirus: Tanzania President Magufuli says hospital numbers reducing

Sun, 05/17/2020 - 16:57
President Magufuli says patient numbers are falling despite US saying hospitals are "overwhelmed".
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Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide survivors happy with arrest

Sun, 05/17/2020 - 11:26
A widows' group says "everyone has been waiting" for his apprehension, 26 years after the slaughter.
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Letter from Africa: Spare a thought for stranded migrants

Sun, 05/17/2020 - 02:01
Ismail Einashe writes that migrants are facing a tougher time since the outbreak of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: South Africa's alcohol and cigarette lockdown

Sun, 05/17/2020 - 01:07
In South Africa, illegal sellers are defying the prohibition on buying alcohol and cigarettes.
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Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

Sat, 05/16/2020 - 12:57
Businessman Félicien Kabuga is alleged to have financed the groups that carried out the Rwandan genocide.
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Coronavirus in Nigeria: The child beggars at the heart of the outbreak

Sat, 05/16/2020 - 01:50
Tens of thousands of Koranic school children were recently sent home, unwittingly helping to spread coronavirus.
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Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

Fri, 05/15/2020 - 15:10
Pnina Tamano-Shata was brought to Israel in a top-secret operation in the early 1980s.
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