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AfDB unveils $10 billion response facility to curb COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-08 19:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:80 - ID:8388104
CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The facility is the latest measure taken by the ....
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AU Commission probes efforts to fight Covid-19 in Africa
Date: 2020-04-08 13:48:41 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:8387671
ADDIS ABABA, April 8 (MENA) - The African Union Commission under Chairperson Moussa Faki held on Wednesday a meeting via video-conference to follow up measures of fighting the coronavirus in Africa. Ambassador Namira Negm, the legal adviser to ....
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Sudan: Coronavirus suspected cases soar to 189
Date: 2020-04-06 15:19:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:8385034
KHARTOUM, April 6 (MENA) - Sudan's Ministry of Health has registered 24 new suspected coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 suspected cases placed in the country quarantines to 189. In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry ....
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‘Complete collapse of economies’ ahead as Africa battles COVID-19: UN
Date: 2020-04-05 17:07:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:65 - ID:8383879
LONDON, April 5 (MENA) - Countries across Africa face a “complete collapse of economies and livelihoods” unless the spread of coronavirus can be controlled, a UN official has warned. “We’ve been through a lot on the continent," The Independent ....
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First Covid-19 case in South Sudan
Date: 2020-04-05 11:37:24 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:34 - ID:8383394
JUBA, April 5 (MENA) - South Sudan's authorities announced on Sunday the first case of Coronavirus contracted in the country. South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar said the first case was for a 29-year-old woman who tested positive for the ....
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Senegal reports 15 new COVID-19 cases, total nearing 200
Date: 2020-04-02 22:09:01 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:79 - ID:8380529
DAKAR, April 2 (MENA) - The Senegalese ministry of health has reported 15 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country's total confirmed cases to 190. The 15 were one imported case and 14 close contacts of earlier confirmed cases, Ministry of ....
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Number of hungry people spikes in Central Sahel as COVID-19 looms
Date: 2020-04-02 15:46:28 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:43 - ID:8380111
GENEVA, April 2 (MENA) - The humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region of Africa is spiraling out of control - with more than 5 million people facing severe food insecurity across the region, according to a new joint food security assessment ....
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African finance ministers: Urgent need for $100bn to face COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-01 16:34:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:8378543
ADDIS ABABA, April 1 (MENA) - African ministers of finance held on Wednesday a second virtual meeting against the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases in Africa. The meeting was hosted by Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ....
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IGAD virtual summit coordinates anti-coronavirus efforts
Date: 2020-03-30 20:47:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:8376265
KHARTOUM, March 30 (MENA) - Sudanese Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Abdalla Hamdok chaired on Monday a virtual summit on means of combating the coronavirus. The summit - held via video ....
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Kenya confirms first coronavirus death
Date: 2020-03-26 21:53:59 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:101 - ID:8371439
NAIROBI, March 26 (MENA) - Kenya confirmed its first coronavirus death on Thursday, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said, without providing further details, The New York Times reported. Earlier on Thursday, the ministry of health reported three ....
