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Zimbabwe tightens COVID rules ahead of anti-government protests 21 Jul 2020 - 09:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Police arrest a health worker during a protest against economic hardship and poor working conditions during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe,July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Madagascar hospitals reach full capacity as Covid-19 cases surge 20 Jul 2020 - 08:40 pm
A doctor consults a patient before screening for COVID-19 coronavirus at the COVID-19 Medical Centre of Andohatapenaka in Antananarivo on July 20, 2020. / AFP / RIJASOLO
Nigerian Foreign Minister Onyeama tests positive for coronavirus 19 Jul 2020 - 06:11 pm
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama briefs diplomats on the country's measures to tackle the coronavirus in Abuja, Nigeria March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Coronavirus reveals 'fragility of our world': UN chief 18 Jul 2020 - 06:17 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seen on a video screen during a virtual climate summit, known as the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, in Berlin on April 28, 2020. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Gabon appoints first woman prime minister amid government shakeup 16 Jul 2020 - 07:03 pm
In this file photo taken on October 06, 2018 Mayor of Libreville and Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) candidate for the local elections, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda, casts her vote at a polling station in Libreville, during the first round of the count
South Africa COVID-19 cases surpass 300,000, says health ministry 15 Jul 2020 - 11:40 pm
A doctor walks in the Respiratory & Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit (RMPRU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto on July 14, 2020. Six senior clinicians in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University have volunteered to participate in Sout
Head of Cecil Rhodes gouged off Cape Town monument 15 Jul 2020 - 12:08 am
A damaged bust of Cecil John Rhodes, a controversial figure in the history of South Africa, is seen after the statue had been vandalised and had the head removed in Cape Town, South Africa, July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
Morocco reimposes Tangiers lockdown after virus spike 13 Jul 2020 - 04:00 pm
A woman and a child confined at home watch a Moroccan municipal worker disinfect their street in the southern port city of Safi on June 9, 2020, during a total lockdown ordered by the authorities following the discovery of several new cases of COVID-19 co
Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson and Winnie, dies at 59 13 Jul 2020 - 12:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela, arrives for the Royal premiere of
Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province tests positive for COVID-19 10 Jul 2020 - 05:33 pm
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Botswana gets first test results on elephant deaths 10 Jul 2020 - 01:35 pm
A herd of elephants walk through the bush near Seronga, in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Thalefang Charles NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Kenya declares school year 'lost', classes back in 2021 07 Jul 2020 - 09:42 pm
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Kenya emerges from virus lockdown and resumes international flights 06 Jul 2020 - 05:04 pm
Kenyan Airways planes are parked at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo
Malawi cancels independence celebrations over virus spike 05 Jul 2020 - 09:00 pm
Opposition Malawi Congress Party leader Lazarus Chakwera addresses supporters after a court annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner, in Lilongwe, Malawi, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eldson Chagara/File Photo
South Africa deploys military medics to virus hotspot 05 Jul 2020 - 06:44 pm
Dozens of military health practitioners were deployed to help combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. / AFP / Michael Sheehan
Botswana investigating mystery deaths of at least 275 elephants 02 Jul 2020 - 10:20 pm
A dead elephant is seen in this undated handout image in Okavango Delta, Botswana May-June, 2020. PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED BY REUTERS/Handout via REUTERS
Sierra Leone doctors' strike leaves COVID-19 patients stranded 02 Jul 2020 - 07:49 pm
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South African refinery explosion kills two, injures seven 02 Jul 2020 - 05:17 pm
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