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Southern Africa
March 30, 2020
In Zimbabwe, 'you win coronavirus or you win starvation'
“We are already ruined. What more harm can coronavirus do?" Irene Kampira asked as she sorted secondhand clothes at a ...
March 28, 2020
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos
March 27, 2020
'Go home!' South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins
South Africa announced its first death from the coronavirus Friday as the country's cases rose well above 1,000 and a ...
March 27, 2020
From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?
Josna Begum lives with her son in a house with four other families in a slum in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, the world’s most ...
March 26, 2020
'Terrified' South Africa nears lockdown; cases almost 1,000
South Africa's president appeared in full military uniform for the first time since the end of apartheid and told troops to ...
March 25, 2020
Zimbabwe doctors, nurses strike over little virus protection
Zimbabwe's public hospital doctors and nurses went on strike Wednesday over a lack of protective gear as the coronavirus ...
March 24, 2020
Africa cases over 2,000 as South Africa rushes into lockdown
Customers started behaving oddly about a week ago, visibly dejected street vendor Frank Mojapelo said. Some were wary to ...
March 24, 2020
Authorities in Mozambique find 64 migrants dead in truck
More than 60 undocumented migrants believed to be Ethiopians have been found dead in a cargo truck in Mozambique's ...
March 23, 2020
South Africa to go into nationwide lockdown from Thursday
South Africa, Africa's most industrialized economy and a nation of 57 million people, will to go into a nationwide lockdown ...
March 22, 2020
As virus spreads, Africa gets supplies from China's Jack Ma
With the coronavirus increasing its spread across Africa, the continent received a much-needed care package from Chinese ...
March 21, 2020
Africa lockdowns begin as coronavirus cases above 1,000
Lockdowns have begun in Africa as coronavirus cases rise above 1,000, while Nigeria on Saturday announced it is closing ...
March 20, 2020
Zimbabwe has 1st COVID-19 case while Africa cancels flights
Anxiety rose in Africa as two major airlines announced sweeping cancellations of international flights on Friday over the ...
March 19, 2020
Africa sees 'extremely rapid evolution' of pandemic, UN says
More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.
March 18, 2020
Africa should 'prepare for the worst' with virus, WHO says
Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization's ...
March 16, 2020
New Africa coronavirus crisis looms with internal spread
The coronavirus has now been confirmed in at least 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, officials said Monday, and regional power ...
March 16, 2020
Zimbabwe official says coronavirus punishes US for sanctions
Zimbabwe’s defense minister has described the coronavirus as God’s way of punishing the United States and other western ...
March 14, 2020
Virus cases spread across Africa, nations prepare for more
Africa is seeing a steady spread of the coronavirus across the continent, with five new countries confirming cases on ...
March 12, 2020
New virus slow to spread in Africa, but cases creep up
The new coronavirus has been slow to spread in Africa but cases are increasing on the continent, with South Africa reporting ...
March 10, 2020
South African court clears president of graft allegations
A South African court has cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of allegations that he misled parliament about the funding of his ...
March 03, 2020
Hit by power shortages, South Africa's economy in recession
Widespread power cuts are blamed for pushing South Africa's economy, the continent's most industrialized, into recession, ...
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