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COVID-19: Ghana has 6th highest cases in Africa but fewer deaths

Cases of Coronavirus in Africa have surged past 34,000 with Ghana having the sixth-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus) infections. According to the World Health...
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Nigerian lawyers sue China for $200 billion over coronavirus damage

A group of Nigerian lawyers is suing China for the adverse effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the country and its citizens. Recent reports said...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria to ease Abuja and Lagos lockdowns on 4 May

Nigeria will begin a "gradual easing" of coronavirus-related lockdowns for millions of people in its largest city Lagos and the capital, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari...
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What is behind Nigeria’s unexplained deaths in Kano?

The Nigerian president has expressed deep concern over a high number of unexplained deaths in the northern state of Kano, amid fears they could...
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Uganda denies sending back Covid-19 positive truck drivers

Uganda's health minister has denied that the country repatriated 14 truck drivers who tested positive for coronavirus. The minister, Jane Aceng, said only one driver...
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Cameroonian bishop denies finding cure for virus

The Archbishop of Cameroon's commercial capital, Douala, has denied reports that he has found a cure for Covid-19 but said he has been "studying...
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Botswana extends nationwide coronavirus lockdown

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has announced a one-week extension of the nationwide lockdown that was due to end on 30 April after one month. President...
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Gabon eases coronavirus lockdown in capital Libreville

Gabon's Prime Minister Julien Nkoghe Bekalé has eased lockdown restrictions in the capital, Libreville, and three neighbouring municipalities. The government has instead imposed a dusk-to-dawn...
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Tanzanian rapper ‘discharged from hospital’ after virus

Tanzanian rapper Mwana FA, real name Khamis Mwinjuma, has been discharged from hospital after treatment for Covid-19, the Citizen newspaper has reported The rapper spent...
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Nigerian state apologises to ‘runaway’ Covid-19 patient

The authorities in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state have apologised to a coronavirus patient after it was wrongly announced that she had escaped from an...
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