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UNHCR steps up efforts in West, Central Africa amid coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-04-19 21:39:20 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:65 - ID:8402206
GENEVA, April 19 (MENA) - UNHCR staff and governments are working around the clock to protect millions of vulnerable people facing a renewed risk from the combined effects of conflict and the coronavirus pandemic across West and Central Africa, ....
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Health minister appointed member at African fund to confront Covid-19: Official
Date: 2020-04-18 12:06:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:8400377
ADDIS ABABA, April 18 (MENA) - Legal Counsel of the African Union Namira Negm announced on Saturday the appointment of Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed as member at the board of the African fund to confront the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). In ....
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Nigerian president’s chief of staff dies of COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-18 06:51:43 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:6 - ID:8399923
ABUJA, April 18 (MENA) - Abba Kyari, one of the closest advisers to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, died Friday after contracting the novel coronavirus, becoming the highest-profile casualty of the virus in Africa’s biggest economy, Bloomberg ....
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Report: Over 300,000 could die from coronavirus in Africa
Date: 2020-04-17 21:58:48 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:67 - ID:8399870
WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - A new report from the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says that the continent of around 1.3 billion people could see as many as 300,000 deaths from the coronavirus in the best-case scenario. It says in the ....
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Coronavirus crisis may kill 300,000 Africans - UN body
Date: 2020-04-17 09:07:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:8398914
ADDIS ABABA, April 17 (MENA) - The coronavirus pandemic could kill 300,000 people in Africa this year, even with assertive government measures to limit social interactions, according to the United Nations Economic Commission for ....
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Malian army kills 3 terrorists in central the country
Date: 2020-04-15 05:25:22 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:1 - ID:8395876
BAMAKO, April 15 (MENA) - Malian Armed Forces announced killing three terrorists after clashes in central the country, Mali Radio reported. During the clashes, the Malian army seized an amount of weapons after fierce clashes with the ....
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IMF presents $166 million aid to Madagascar to face coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-14 09:54:16 GMT - Madagascar - Africa - SN:26 - ID:8394711
ANTANANARIVO, April 14 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced helping Madagascar with $165.99 million to face coronavirus. Madagascar took strict measures that affected its economy due to the rise in the number of coronavirus ....
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Morocco's king proposes action-oriented initiative to deal with COVID-19 in Africa
Date: 2020-04-13 22:05:55 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:75 - ID:8394444
RABAT, April 13 (MENA) - Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Monday had phone conversations with Presidents Alassane Dramane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire and Macky Sall of Senegal on the measures adopted by Africa in the face of the coronavirus. The talks ....
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Nigeria seeks around 7 billion dollars in loans to face coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-12 11:01:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:26 - ID:8392247
ABUJA, April 12 (MENA) - Nigeria plans to raise as much as $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders to help fund efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus and counter its impact on Africa’s largest economy. The government will seek $3.4 billion ....
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7.6 million people in Sudan received humanitarian assistance in 2019
Date: 2020-04-10 15:59:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:8390520
KHARTOUM, April 10 (MENA) - In 2019, 7.6 million people across Sudan received humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations and partners under the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), according to the 2019 HRP Monitoring Report (January - ....
