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World / Africa

Cameroon saxophone player Manu Dibango dies from coronavirus 24 Mar 2020 - 11:32 am
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Nigeria reports first coronavirus death 23 Mar 2020 - 02:07 pm
A woman wears a protective face mask due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Coronavirus provides unexpected boost for Kenyan fishermen 23 Mar 2020 - 01:29 pm
Lilian Atieno, a fishmonger, prepares fish at Dunga beach on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya March 18, 2020. Picture taken March 18, 2020. REUTERS/James Keyi
Coronavirus supplies donated by Alibaba's Ma arrive in Africa 22 Mar 2020 - 07:32 pm
Ethiopian Airlines workers transport a consignment of medical donation from Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundation to Africa for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, upon arrival at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ma
Angola confirms first cases as coronavirus spreads over Africa 21 Mar 2020 - 05:43 pm
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus directs traffic on a road in Abobo, in the suburbs of Abidjan on March 21, 2020.   AFP / ISSOUF SANOGO
Morocco suspends all international passenger flights 15 Mar 2020 - 04:43 pm
Tourists wait to be repatriated to their countries as Morocco suspends flights to European countries over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, at Marrakech airport, Morocco, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal
Rwanda confirms first case of coronavirus - health ministry 14 Mar 2020 - 01:19 pm
A passenger washes his hands at a public hand washing station before boarding a bus as a cautionary measure against the coronavirus at Nyabugogo Bus Park in Kigali, Rwanda. March 11, 2020. Reuters/Maggie Andresen
Kenya confirms first case of coronavirus in East Africa 13 Mar 2020 - 02:50 pm
 FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo
Zimbabwe offers land as compensation for 800 seized farms 12 Mar 2020 - 09:56 pm
 A view of Harava reservoir in Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation / Tonderayi Mukeredzi)
South Africa reports first case of local transmission of coronavirus 12 Mar 2020 - 12:34 pm
Tshepo Mabasa, 33, walks among cars selling hand sanitizers for 20 rand (1,10 euros) in Johannesburg, on March 11, 2020, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, the new coronavirus. South Africa has registered 13 cases of the new coronavirus. / AFP / Guillem Sarto
Burkina Faso 'vigilante' attacks kill dozens 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
French Army soldiers holds detectors while searching for the presence of Improvised Explosive Devices during the Burkhane Operation in northern Burkina Faso on November 12, 2019. AFP / Michele Cattani
Family honours dream of son lost in Ethiopia plane crash 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
Joshua Babu and his wife Emily Chelangat, who lost their son and daughter-in-law to the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, sit with their family members during a Reuters interview at their home in Nairobi, Kenya March 7, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Report from Ethiopia expected this week in Boeing Max crash 08 Mar 2020 - 05:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Boeing is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Congo to quarantine visitors from four virus-affected nations 07 Mar 2020 - 01:10 pm
People wearing face masks ride the BTS Skytrain station in Bangkok on March 7, 2020.  AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Ethiopia chides US for 'undiplomatic' role in Nile Dam talks 03 Mar 2020 - 06:35 pm
A cloud of dust rises from a dynamite blast as part of construction work at Grand Renaissance Dam, Ethiopia, March 31, 2015. Reuters / Tiksa Negeri
Africa readies for new virus as cases confirmed on continent 02 Mar 2020 - 09:17 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti speaks during a news briefing in Nairobi, Kenya March 2, 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Congo president calls for inquiry into death of top general 01 Mar 2020 - 07:11 pm
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrives at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Guinea-Bissau interim president resigns after two days in post 01 Mar 2020 - 07:11 pm
Guinea-Bissau's newly elected president Umaro Cissoko Embalo raises his arm during his swearing-in ceremony in Bissau, Guinea Bissau February 27, 2020. Reuters/Alberto Dabo