Africa

Nobel Prize laureates call for Cameroon ceasefire

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• Africa

Nobel Prize laureates call for Cameroon ceasefire

A group of Nobel Prize laureates has urged the government of Cameroon and separatist rebel forces to...

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Lesotho: PM Thomas Thabane steps down over ex-wife’s murder probe

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• Africa

Lesotho: PM Thomas Thabane steps down over ex-wife’s murder probe

The resignation follows a months-long political crisis in the kingdom. Instability shook the country after Thabane was...

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Coronavirus could kill 150,000 in Africa: WHO

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• Africa
• WHO

Coronavirus could kill 150,000 in Africa: WHO

COVID-19 could infect a quarter of a billion people in Africa and kill 150,000 within a year,...

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Three UN troops killed in Mali

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• Africa
• UN

Three UN troops killed in Mali

A roadside bomb in northern Mali has killed three UN troops. Four other peacekeepers from Chad were...

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Libya says at least 4 killed in rocket attacks on capital

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• Africa

Libya says at least 4 killed in rocket attacks on capital

Libya’s Government of National Accord said Sunday at least four civilians, including a child, were killed as...

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Up to 190,000 could die in Africa if virus containment fails: WHO

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• Africa
• COVID-19
• WHO

Up to 190,000 could die in Africa if virus containment fails: WHO

Up to 190,000 people in Africa could die of coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic...

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WHO cautions against use of Madagascar anti-virus potion

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• Africa
• COVID-19
• WHO

WHO cautions against use of Madagascar anti-virus potion

The World Health Organization on Thursday advised governments to clinically test a herbal drink touted by Madagascar’s...

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Conflict and virus: In anglophone Cameroon, fear runs deep

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• Africa

Conflict and virus: In anglophone Cameroon, fear runs deep

Everyone fears coronavirus, but for Augustine, a villager in Cameroon’s Southwest Region, the dread is especially deep....

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Rwanda eases back to business after six-week coronavirus shutdown

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• Africa

Rwanda eases back to business after six-week coronavirus shutdown

Kigali traders eagerly resumed work on Monday as Rwanda partially lifted strict lockdown measures adopted six weeks...

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Covid-19: In Cameroon, a chloroquine therapy hailed by French expert becomes state protocol

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• Africa
• COVID-19

Covid-19: In Cameroon, a chloroquine therapy hailed by French expert becomes state protocol

While debate rages in France over Professor Didier Raoult’s recommendation of a mixture of chloroquine (an antimalarial)...

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