ar
en
fr
Africa
- Service : English General
- Category : Africa
-
Africa surpasses 1 million cases of Covid-19
Date: 2020-08-07 11:00:04 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:28 - ID:8537035
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - Africa has recorded more than 1 million Covid-19 cases, according to a CNN tally based on data from Johns Hopkins University. As of early Friday morning, the continent has seen a total of 1,008,154 confirmed coronavirus ....
-
Mauritania's Mohamed Ould Bilal named new PM after predecessor, govt step down
Date: 2020-08-06 17:36:03 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:71 - ID:8536027
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 6 (MENA) – Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal, the former head of several state agencies, as the new prime minister, France 24 reported Thursday. Mauritania's prime minister and his entire ....
-
WHO ramps up COVID-19 support to hotspot countries in Africa
Date: 2020-08-06 15:47:19 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:60 - ID:8536089
GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The first members of a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, to bolster the country’s response to COVID-19. As the African continent nears one ....
-
Mauritania records 26 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-08-05 20:13:14 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:63 - ID:8535031
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 26 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 6,444. The ministry said 35 recoveries were reported, upping the total recovered cases to ....
-
Somalia resumes international flights after four-month suspension
Date: 2020-08-04 07:51:43 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:8532391
MOGADISHU, Aug 4 (MENA) - Somalia resumed international flights to and from the Horn of African nation on Monday after four months of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CGTN reported. The immigration department cautioned that strict health ....
-
South Africa virus cases pass half million mark
Date: 2020-08-02 05:07:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:1 - ID:8530336
PRETORIA, Aug 2 (MENA) - More than half million coronavirus cases have been confirmed in South Africa, according to the country's health minister. Zwelini Mkhize announced 10,107 new cases on Saturday, bringing the tally to 503,290, along with ....
-
Mauritania records 24 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-07-29 21:31:52 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:75 - ID:8527507
NOUAKCHOTT, July 29 (MENA) - The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 24 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 6,273. The ministry said 93 recoveries were reported, upping the total recovered cases ....
-
More than 10,000 African health workers have covid-19, WHO says
Date: 2020-07-23 17:55:47 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:52 - ID:8519841
GENEVA, July 23 (MENA) - At least 10,000 health workers have been infected with the coronavirus in the 40 countries across Africa that have reported cases, Bloomberg cited the World Health Organization as saying on Thursday. “The growth we are ....
-
Mauritania records 42 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-07-22 19:56:46 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:74 - ID:8518739
NOUAKCHOTT, July 22 (MENA) – The Mauritanian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 42 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 6,027. Director General of Public Health Sidi Ould Zahaf said 151 recoveries were ....
-
Gulf of Guinea pirates reportedly take 13 Russians, Ukrainians hostage in tanker attack
Date: 2020-07-18 17:38:04 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8512942
MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Pirates attacked a petrochemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea Saturday and took 13 Russian and Ukrainian crew members, hostage, Maritime Bulletin reported citing ship owners, Sputnik reported. The Liberia-flagged Curacao ....
