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Nigeria records 500% increase in COVID-19 infections in 2 weeks
Date: 2021-12-21 13:55:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:51 - ID:9330064
ABUJA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Nigeria recorded a 500 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks across the country, said the Premium Times newspaper. This figure came in a statement issued and signed by the Director-General of the ....
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Senior UN official condemns killing of humanitarian worker in S. Sudan
Date: 2021-12-21 10:07:56 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:30 - ID:9329521
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (MENA) - The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker on Sunday, that also left another injured, after the convoy they were travelling in came under attack, UN ....
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Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass 9 mln: Africa CDC
Date: 2021-12-20 19:56:07 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:9329027
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa hit 9.145 million, while the death toll from the disease stood at 226,000. As ....
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Russia likely to deliver Sputnik V jab to Africa free of charge - RDIF head
Date: 2021-12-19 12:23:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:9326318
MOSCOW, Dec 19 (MENA) - The Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be supplied to African countries free of charge, TASS reported Sunday quoting CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev. "The first batches are likely to ....
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Nigeria records 1,584 new COVID-19 cases, highest in 10 months
Date: 2021-12-18 19:13:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:56 - ID:9325407
ABUJA, Dec 18 (MENA) – Nigeria reported 1,584 new infections, as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally continues to rise, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. Giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in the country, the agency ....
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Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass 9 mln: Africa CDC
Date: 2021-12-18 16:39:29 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:9325235
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 18 (MENA) - The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced that the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa hit 9,131,083, while the death toll from the disease stood at 225,551. As ....
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UN Human Rights Council to investigate war crimes in Ethiopia
Date: 2021-12-17 18:25:35 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:50 - ID:9323922
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (MENA) - The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted in favor of establishing a panel of experts to report on rights violations during the year-old war in Ethiopia, despite protestations from Addis Ababa. Ethiopia lashed out at ....
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Pro-Palestine protesters confront Miss South Africa at airport
Date: 2021-12-16 09:20:18 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:26 - ID:9321592
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 16 (MENA) - South African protesters gathered at the airport in Johannesburg to protest against the participation of Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane in the Miss Universe pageant, which was held in Israel. Mswane's participation ....
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Mauritania records 46 new infections
Date: 2021-12-15 22:25:21 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:99 - ID:9321249
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 15 (MENA)- Mauritania reported Wednesday 46 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The infection tally hits 39,924, while total death count reached 852 cases, after three more ....
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Six people die as result of Somalia's famine
Date: 2021-12-14 07:10:40 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:9317731
MOGADISHU, Dec 14 (MENA) - Six people died late Monday night as a result of a wave of drought that struck several villages in Galmudug region in central Somalia. Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble had called on the civil society to ....
