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The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased
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Ethiopia coronavirus: Key updates between March 16 - May 16
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Major hitch in push for early referendum
“With adequate budgetary facilitation, the commission is ready to deliver on its constitutional mandates, among them conducting elections and referendums,” Mr Chebukati
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Africa's 100+ coronavirus cases: Uganda, Benin, Chad among new entrants
The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased
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Tanzania: Immediate Measures to Protect the Rights of Prison Detainees
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Coronavirus in Africa: 95,482 cases; 3,000 deaths; 38,120 recoveries
There are now more than over 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Africa: Why Malaria Treatment Shouldn't Take a Back Seat to COVID-19
It has issued an impassioned appeal to malaria-endemic countries not to compromise on the delivery of malaria control activities and healthcare services as they battle
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Woman Charged With Murder After Illegal Plastic Surgery Procedure Kills Her Patient
Kenner, LA — Keshawn Bruce, a 31-year old woman from Louisiana, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter four years after Juliet Capps, who was then 42-years old, died of complications allegedly caused by the illegal butt injection that Bruce
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Africa: COVID-19 Could Deepen Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in Africa
Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in
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Angola: COVID-19 - Genexpert Reduces Diagnostic Time
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Zambia: After Seven Years, Displaced Villagers Might Get Land
Dozens of residents evicted by one commercial farmer in 2013 lived out in the open for months, then later in tents or shoddy housing on the fringes of a government forest reserve, with inadequate access to water and no source of livelihood or permission to cultivate
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Ghana: "I-Don't Care-Ism" Is What Will Destroy Dear Ghana!
The figures of the infected became more and more indicative of the fact that the community at large had now begun to catch the
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Rights doctors express dismay over lockdown extension
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Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
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Ghana coronavirus: jumbo recoveries, prez assents to 'People's Vaccine'
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Eritrea: COVID-19 - Eritrea Flattens Curve in Less Than Two Months
Eritrea on Friday claimed that it had brought the number of coronavirus infections down to zero, becoming the first East African country to win the battle against the deadly disease, at least for
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Ethiopia coronavirus: Tally at 365 with 60 new cases in three days
Ethiopia is one of East / Horn of Africa’s least impacted nations as compared to rate of COVID-19 case growth and infection of its
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UWI professor urges regional leaders to proceed cautiously
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Chinese scientists believe new drug can stop virus - VIDEO
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County sets goal of reopening local economy by July 4
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Why falling vulture population can cause health crisis
Scientists warn that without the birds, human beings risk contracting zoonotic diseases such as rabies, Middle East Respiratory Sydrome Coronavirus (MERS-COV), anthrax and a host of other diseases that are transferable to humans by
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Pandemic Threatens To Deepen Crisis in Mental Health Care
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