Africa
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Mali reports 18 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-27 21:02:43 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:62 - ID:8447499
BAMAKO, May 27 (MENA) - The Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 18 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's caseload to 1,077. So far, 70 citizens have died of the virus while 617 have recovered. (MENA) S R E ....
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Senegal: 92 new coronavirus cases reported
Date: 2020-05-27 18:50:18 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:50 - ID:8447337
DAKAR, May 27 (MENA) - The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action announced on Wednesday that 92 new coronavirus cases have been registered in the country. In a statement broadcast by the local Senegalese radio, the ministry added that ....
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UNHCR: Refugees struggle to survive as economic impact of COVID-19 worsens in East, Horn, Great Lakes of Africa
Date: 2020-05-26 12:16:14 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:34 - ID:8445962
GENEVA, May 26 (MENA) - Refugees in urban areas across the East, Horn and Great Lakes region of Africa are struggling to meet their most basic needs as the economic impact of COVID-19 begins to take hold, UNHCR spokesman Charlie Yaxley said on ....
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China to continue to stand firmly with African countries, says envoy on Africa Day
Date: 2020-05-26 06:32:42 GMT - China - Africa - SN:9 - ID:8445626
BEIJING, May 26 (MENA) - China's permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun, said on Africa Day that China will continue to stand firmly with African brothers and sisters. "China will continue to stand firmly with African brothers ....
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Azhar urges African countries to unite to curb Covid-19
Date: 2020-05-25 17:42:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:56 - ID:8445363
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) – Al Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb has greeted all African people on the 57th anniversary of Africa Day, which falls on May 25. In a statement issued on this occasion on Monday, he stressed Azhar's commitment to play its ....
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WHO: Over 110,900 coronavirus cases reported in Africa
Date: 2020-05-25 14:15:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:32 - ID:8445165
LONDON, May 25 (MENA) - More than 110,900 people have so far tested positive for the coronavirus across Africa, the Guardian newspaper quoted the World Health Organization’s office for the continent as saying on Monday. More than 14 weeks after ....
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Sudan stresses importance of achieving all parties' interests on GERD
Date: 2020-05-19 21:52:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:8439227
KHARTOUM, May 19 (MENA) - The Sudanese Security and Defense Council (SDC) has underlined the importance of achieving the interests of all parties and preserving regional security as regards the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), SUNA news ....
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Africa’s coronavirus cases exceed 66,000, says WHO
Date: 2020-05-12 14:46:07 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:45 - ID:8429989
BRAZZAVILLE, May 12 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in African countries has reached 66,119, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Tuesday, TASS news agency reported. The WHO added that 23,095 patients ....
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Afreximbank cancels 2020 annual meeting’s side events in Sharm El Sheikh due to coronavirus pandemic
Date: 2020-05-12 07:02:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:8429184
CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has made a decision to cancel the series of events which were set to take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, around its 27th Annual General Meeting and ....
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Senegal records 11th death from coronavirus, 58 new patients
Date: 2020-05-05 15:43:52 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:29 - ID:8421699
DAKAR, May 5 (MENA) - Senegal on Tuesday recorded its 11th death from the novel coronavirus, PanaPress reported. The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action also announced 58 newly confirmed cases of the disease, bringing to 1,329 the ....