Africa

A further 9 new cases in Libya

Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced a further nine new cases of Coronavirus late Tuesday night. Eight of these were through interaction with an existing case/s but one…

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Tunisia tourism sector could lose $1.4 bln

Tunisia’s vital tourism sector could lose $1.4 billion and 400,000 jobs this year due to the new coronavirus pandemic, an official document showed, as the country seeks a loan…

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Haftar militias strike missiles towards Mitiga airport

In what is being considering as an act of revenge by warlord Khalifa Haftar in response to significant advances made by Libyan army forces on Monday, militia stationed on the…

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“We’ll send your sons fighting for Haftar in coffins” – Al-Sarraj after forces aligned to him capture to towns west of Tripoli, Libya

Forces aligned with Libya's internationally recognised government seized two towns west of the capital Tripoli on Monday after heavy clashes and drone strikes, military sources quoted by Reuters and residents said.…

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Didier Drogba offers hospital in Ivory Coast as Covid-19 treatment centre

Former football star Didier Drogba has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast as a treatment centre for novel coronavirus patients, local press reported. The Didier Drogba Foundation opened…

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No boat capsized as FRONTEX accounts for all boats in the Med

Frontex, told AFP on Monday it said "all four boats have been accounted for" and there had been no shipwreck in the Mediterranean. "Two arrived in Sicily and two remain…

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11-month baby is second Ebola death recorded in the DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded a second Ebola death in days following more than seven weeks without a new case, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The DRC had…

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Libya begins process of returning stranded Libyans home

The Libyan Foreign Ministry has begun the process of returning stranded Libyans home the Libya Observer has reported. The Libya Observer reported that the Libyan Foreign Ministry will oblige…

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Number cases in Libya reach 25

The Libyan National Center for Disease Control announced on Saturday registering a new Coronavirus case after running 17 tests in the Reference Laboratory in Tripoli. The National Center for Disease…

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Persons on the migratory route between Malta and Libya believed to have died after barge capsizes

A number of persons are believed to have died following the wreck of a barge between Malta and Tripoli. Sea Watch in a tweet, said that "250 people were drifting…

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UN calls on European countries not to return asylum seekers to Libya

The United Nations has called on the European countries to end the suffering of asylum seekers rescued in the Mediterranean, and not to return them to Libya. The Libyan Observer…

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Malta to offer assistance to Libya to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic – Ambassador Saliba

Maltese Ambassador to Libya Charles Saliba has reiterated his country’s support to the Libyan people amid the ongoing fighting and the outbreak of coronavirus, The Libyan Observer reports. The report refers to…

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Fight against desert locust swarms still going on in East Africa

Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, despite limits on the flow of personnel and equipment stemming from the global COVID-19…

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Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks

Morocco has started manufacturing its own ventilators with oxygen masks, with 500 expected to be ready by mid-April to help meet demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industry Ministry…

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U.N. condemns water shutoff to Libyan capital

The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya on Friday condemned the cutting off of water supply to the capital Tripoli over the past week as “particularly reprehensible” and said it…

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New Ebola case confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Just two days before the World Health Organization would have formally announced the end of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, and 52 days after the most recent case was…

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Three new cases of coronavirus in Benghazi, Libya

According to the latest bulletin by the Tripoli-headquartered National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Benghazi reported three new cases of Coronavirus cases, bringing the country’s total to 24. It also…

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Great apes put on lockdown against coronavirus threat

Great apes have been put on lockdown against the threat of coronavirus. Gorilla tourism in Africa has been suspended, while sanctuaries for other apes, such as orangutans, have closed to…

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Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020, says World Bank

The rapidly-spreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years, the World Bank said in a new forecast on Thursday.…

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COVID-19 cases top 10,000 in Africa

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than 500 deaths. While the virus was slow to reach the continent…

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UN warns spread of coronavirus in Libya depends on end to fighting

Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said…

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Rwanda finds genocide grave that could contain 30,000 bodies

A valley dam that authorities in Rwanda say could contain about 30,000 bodies has been discovered more than a quarter-century after the country’s genocide in which 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and…

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Cargo plane hit amid fighting in Tripoli

An eastern Libyan military plane was hit on Sunday by forces allied to the internationally recognised government near the capital Tripoli, both sides said. The Libyan national army (LNA) commanded…

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Former head of Libyan rebel government, died from Coronavirus

Mahmoud Jibril, the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, has died from the coronavirus, his party said. Jibril, 68, died on…

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Photo Story: Egypt’s helping hand to Italy

Airport staff unloads medical aid for Italy arrived with 3 flights, 1 from Ukraine and 2 from Egypt to Pratica di Mare, near Rome, Italy. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di…

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African economics face “complete collapse” UN official warns

Economies in some parts of Africa face a “complete collapse” unless the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic is controlled, a senior UN official with responsibility for operations on the continent…

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Coronavirus cases in Libya increase

Libya has registered six new Coronavirus cases, bringing the number to 17 in total, according to the Libyan National Center for Disease Control. The six cases came after the center…

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Coronavirus will be devastating for poorest nations – World Bank

The managing director of the World Bank has told Sky News that the coronavirus could wreak devastation on populations in the developing world. Axel van Trotsenberg says poorer countries urgently…

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Egypt reports 86 new cases of coronavirus

Egypt has reported 86 new cases, bringing the total number to 865, its health ministry has said. That is the highest daily jump since registering the first case in February.…

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Turkish warship fires missiles towards Libya

According to Libyan news sources, a Turkish warship has fired missiles in the south of the city of Al-Ajaylat, west of the Libyan capital of Tripoli. A Libyan news website…

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Libya frees prisoners to stem spread of coronavirus

Libya said it will release more than 450 prisoners in bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has infected at least eight people in the country. The…

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EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

The European Union announced Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms embargo on Libya. The new operation, dubbed…

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African cardinal tests positive for coronavirus as pandemic spreads across the continent

Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso has tested positive for the coronavirus, his archdiocese announced Tuesday. He is the second cardinal known to have tested positive for the virus, which…

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Cases of coronavirus in Libya increase amid fears that it could ‘overwhelm’ the country

Libya confirmed five more cases of the coronavirus bringing the total to eight. Many observers are fearing the worst after the first coronavirus case was recorded in Libya on March…

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Coronavirus has now spread to dozens of the 47 countries of the WHO Africa region

Coronavirus has now spread to dozens of the 47 countries of the WHO Africa region, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. Africa News, on Saturday reported that…

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Morocco to spend $200 million to brace health system for coronavirus

Morocco will spend an initial 2 billion dirhams ($200 million) to help its health system cope with the coronavirus outbreak, the finance ministry said on Friday as the number of…

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First two death in South Africa as coronavirus cases exceed 1,000

Cases of coronavirus in South Africa passed 1,000 on Friday, the health ministry said, while also reporting its first two deaths on the first day of a three-week, nationwide lockdown.…

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EU launches naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

EU ambassadors agreed to deploy a new naval mission in the Central Mediterranean to police the U.N. arms embargo on Libya. The new Irini mission (the Greek word for "peace"),…

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Tunisia proposes a joint power station in the Maghreb region

The Tunisian Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines has proposed to its Algerian counterpart to establish a joint power station among the Maghreb region, in order to meet the peak…

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Relatives of first positive Coronavirus case in Libya quarantined

The Libyan National Center for Disease Control has sent to quarantine the relatives of the first positive Coronavirus case; a 73-year-old man who return to Libya from Saudi Arabia, via…

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Tunisia coronavirus cases increase by around 50%

Tunisia has confirmed 59 new cases of the coronavirus, Health Minister Abdelatif el-Mekki said in a televised news conference on Wednesday, taking the total number to 173. Tunisia has instituted…

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Egypt declares two-week curfew to counter coronavirus

Egypt has declared a curfew from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for two weeks from Wednesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and those who violate the measure will be…

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Dozens of migrants die in shipping container in Mozambique

The bodies of 64 men were discovered asphyxiated in a sealed shipping container on the back of a truck at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique on Tuesday. Fourteen others rescued…

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African coronavirus cases exceed 2,000

Forty-three of Africa’s 54 countries now have cases of coronavirus, with the total at 2,046, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Small businesses expect to suffer. And…

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Photo Story: Tunisian armed forces enforce lockdown

A Tunisian policeman checks people driving in vehicles, on the third day of a general confinement imposed in Tunis, Tunisia. Tunisian President Kais Saied on 23 March 2020, ordered the…

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Shelling in Libyan capital despite ceasefire pleas to focus on coronavirus

A prison in the Libyan capital Tripoli was shelled on Tuesday, injuring several people, its warden said, as a bombardment intensified despite pleas for a ceasefire to tackle the…

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Libya reports first case of coronavirus

Libya Observer reports that the National Centre for Disease Control reported the first CoVid-19 case. Medical sources quoted by LO said that first positive #coronavirus case in #Libya is a…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Cairo, Egypt

An aerial view shows new city of Madenty in Cairo, Egypt. Madenty is a suburb, aimed at becoming a complete city, in northeast Cairo Governorate, Egypt. It is south of…

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Libya ramps up anti coronavirus measures

Libya’s internationally recognized government, led by Faiez Serraj and based in Tripoli, declared a general country-wide curfew which commenced today. The curfew is from 6pm until 6am. It excludes…

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Egypt’s coronavirus cases rise to over 300

Egypt has recorded 33 new coronavirus cases, the health ministry said on Sunday, raising its total number to 327. The ministry confirmed four new deaths from the flu-like disease, bringing…

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Safe queuing at banks in Libya

People maintain a safe distance while standing in queues to withdraw their salaries from Jumhouria Bank in Misrata to prevent Covid-19 spreading. Via Libya Observer

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Photo Story: Coronavirus precautions in Cairo

The member of a medical team sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus Covid19 outbreak at a church in Cairo, Egypt, 21 March 2020. Countries around the world are…

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Number of coronavirus cases in Africa exceeds 1,000

Africa’s cases of the coronavirus rose above 1,000 on Saturday while two heads of state appeared to defy their own travel restrictions to attend another president’s inauguration. Angola announced its…

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Warning that locust swarms are posing a danger to millions

The locust crisis that has now reached 10 countries could carry on to endanger millions more people, said Keith Cressman, locust forecasting expert for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization…

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Libyans told not to return back to country for time being

The director of the Attaches and delegates Affairs Department at the Ministry of Education requested, the academic attachés of the Libyan embassies abroad to inform Libyan students and employees not…

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Africa coronavirus cases to rise as some undetected

Africa will likely see higher numbers of coronavirus cases in coming weeks because of the likelihood some are slipping through the net, the head of a regional disease control body…

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WHO warns Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ with virus

Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization’s director-general has warned, while South Africa became the continent’s new focus of concern…

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