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Coronavirus: Black African deaths three times higher than white Britons – study

Coronavirus patients from black African backgrounds in England and Wales are dying at more than triple the rate of white Britons, a study suggests. The...

Rwanda announces plan to lift lockdown

Rwanda's government has announced plans to partially ease strict measures imposed six weeks ago to stop the spread of coronavirus. A highly awaited government announcement...

Coronavirus cases confirmed in DR Congo prison

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19 in a prison. At least four inmates have tested positive and many more...

Mozambique forces ‘push back militant attack’

The Mozambican defence and security forces have pushed back an attack by Islamist militants against the village of Nacoba, in Metuge district, in the...

Coronavirus lockdown: Sierra Leone ‘role model’ minister carries baby and holds Zoom meeting

At first it looks like a cute Twitter picture to cheer us up in these uncertain times. But as the man sharing the image of...

Sierra Leone jail set ablaze after coronavirus riot

There has been an attempted prison break in Sierra Leone after a recently arrived inmate developed symptoms of coronavirus. A warden was killed and several...

Retired Kenyan bishop dies in Italy from COVID-19

A retired Kenyan Catholic Bishop has died in the Italian city of Turin from Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in hospital. Silas Njiru, who had served...

Hundreds of Moroccan inmates test positive for virus

Some 313 coronavirus cases have been reported in Moroccan jails following mass testing for Covid-19. The authorities say Ouarzazate prison in central Morocco recorded 303...

Kenyan research centre ‘running out of test kits’

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has depleted its supplies of coronavirus screening and testing kits, the Star newspaper says, quoting a report tabled...

Anger over Tanzania’s failure to give virus updates

Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says the country now has 480 cases of coronavirus, following criticism on social media about the failure to give...

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