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South Africa announces $26b COVID-19 plan

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Chinese medical team arrives in Ethiopia

Saturday, April 18, 2020
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Egypt receives 1st batch of China's anti-coronavirus materials

Thursday, April 16, 2020
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Africa reports 17,247 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 910 deaths: Africa CDC

Thursday, April 16, 2020
The Minister of Health of Libya's UN-backed government, Ehmid Bin Omar, gives a speech in a press conference in Tripoli, Libya, on April 15, 2020. The UN-backed government of Libya on Wednesday declared a 24-curfew in the country to fight COVID-19 pandemic starting on Friday and lasting for 10 days. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)
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Libya to impose 24-hour curfew to fight COVID-19

Thursday, April 16, 2020
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South Africa receives medical supplies from China

Thursday, April 16, 2020
A worker sprays disinfectant in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza, Egypt, on April 13, 2020. Egypt reported on Monday 125 new COVID-19 infections and five deaths, bringing the death toll in the country to 164, while the number of the confirmed cases jumped to 2,190. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
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Egypt reports 125 new COVID-19 cases, 2,190 in total

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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China pledges zero tolerance to discrimination against Africans

Monday, April 13, 2020
A senior citizen wearing a face mask waits to receive his pension at a youth center on the outskirts of northern Cairo, Egypt, on April 8, 2020. The Egyptian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday 110 new cases and nine deaths of COVID-19, raising the total number of cases in the country to 1,560, including 103 deaths.
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Egypt's COVID-19 cases climb to 1,560

Thursday, April 09, 2020
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South Sudan confirms first coronavirus case

Sunday, April 05, 2020
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COVID-19: Kenya frees 4,800 prisoners

Friday, April 03, 2020
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Feature: Kenyans adopt new lifestyles to curb spread of COVID-19

Wednesday, April 01, 2020
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Tanzania confirms first COVID-19 death

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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COVID-19: Zimbabwe fears more infections as thousands return from South Africa

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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EU to grant Tunisia €250m to fight against COVID-19

Sunday, March 29, 2020
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COVID-19: South Africa records two deaths as lockdown begins

Friday, March 27, 2020
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Coronavirus: Kinshasa goes under partial lockdown

Friday, March 27, 2020
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Kenya registers first coronavirus death

Friday, March 27, 2020
Kenya Airport Authority workers look on as a consignment of medical equipment donation for COVID-19 that was donated by Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations to Kenya is offloaded from an Ethiopian Airline Plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 24, 2020.
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COVID-19: Kenya receives medical supplies from Jack Ma

Tuesday, March 24, 2020
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SA declares 21-day lockdown to combat COVID-19

Tuesday, March 24, 2020