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Zimbabwean woman feeds people starved by COVID-19
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The Strange 'Kawasaki-like Disease' Attacking Children
A new detailed analysis just released from the hub of Italy’s Covid-19 outbreak found 10 cases of a Kawasaki disease-like illness in children, adding to reports of about 90 similar cases from New York and
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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls
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Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area
President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to
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South Africa: Lockdown Level 3 - President's Coordinating Council Meets to Discuss Preparations
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Nigeria: NCDC Warns Against Self-Medication
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has kicked against self-medication of any kind by COVID-19 patients in the
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Domestic Violence Programs Can't Get Funds Quickly Amid COVID-19. This Bill Can Fix That.
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South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators; cases pass 11,000
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Kenya coronavirus: 715 cases, Kenyatta joins summit of EAC leaders
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Coronavirus in Africa: 78,280 cases; 2,624 deaths; 29,245 recoveries
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Africa: Cybercrime and COVID-19 – A Concern for Financial Stability During the Pandemic
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Africa: Impact of School Closures On Education Outcomes in South Africa
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Africa's Health Dilemma - Protecting People From COVID-19 While Four Times As Many Could Die of Malaria
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Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19
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Ethiopia: Hundreds of Child Weddings Thwarted in Ethiopia As Coronavirus Locks Girls Out of Schools
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'Just give me cigarettes': South African survivor of 1918 flu 'soldiers on'
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Georgianna Glose, a Nun and Activist for the Poor, Dies at 73
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