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March 28, 2020 at 4:08 am

Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into...

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A security officer sprays a customer’s hands with sanitizer inside a shop in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, March 20, 2020. Anxiety rose in Africa’s richest nation Friday as South Africa announced coronavirus cases jumped to 202, the most in the sub-Saharan region, while the country’s largest airport announced that foreigners would not be allowed to disembark. And state-owned South African Airways suspended all international flights until June. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) XTH103 XTH103

March 19, 2020 at 7:19 am

Africa sees ‘extremely rapid evolution’ of pandemic, U.N. says

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion people into...

March 18, 2020 at 11:00 am

Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ with virus, WHO says VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization's director-general said Wednesday, while South...

March 18, 2020 at 7:15 am

Africa should ‘prepare for the worst’ with virus, WHO says VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa should “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus begins to spread locally, the World Health Organization's director-general said Wednesday, while South...

February 28, 2020 at 3:10 am

Nigeria confirms 1st case of new virus in sub-Saharan Africa VIEW

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa as the outbreak spread to a...

February 20, 2020 at 1:24 am

UN report: South Sudan’s rival sides are starving civilians

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Sudanese officials have diverted millions of dollars of state funds that are badly needed by civilians as the country staggers away...

February 17, 2020 at 7:40 am

Pompeo in Africa visit praises Angola’s moves against graft VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his latest Africa stop on Monday praised Angola’s president for his dramatic actions to recover...

February 12, 2020 at 1:14 am

US military downgrades efforts against extremists in Sahel

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military has switched from trying to degrade Islamic extremist groups in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region to merely trying to...

February 10, 2020 at 9:38 am

UN warns of ‘major shock’ as Africa locust outbreak spreads

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while...

February 7, 2020 at 11:40 pm

‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus VIEW

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but...