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Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association treasurer Tapiwa Mungofa addressing the media during a press conference at the Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. AFP Photo

Zimbabwe steps up measures to contain virus, enforces three-week...

For many of the country's 16 million people, who are already suffering a grim economic recession, the lockdown means...

30 March 2020 5:14 PM IST

$A member of Syrian Defece also known as \White Helments\ disinfect a room as a part of measure against coronavirus. AFP Photo$ World

Anxiety looms large for low-income countries as pandemic threat grows

Aid groups are sounding alarm on the potentially devastating consequences of a severe outbreak in low-income and...

28 March 2020 10:46 AM IST

Lit by police lights, South African Defense Forces patrol downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. AP Photo

Covid19: South Africa records first two deaths, cases rise to 1,000

The health minister in a statement said the deaths occurred in Western Cape province, home of Cape Town

27 March 2020 1:32 PM IST

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Libya battles escalate as coronavirus arrives in country

U.N. Secretary General had called for a complete ceasefire in conflicts around the world as governments struggle with...

26 March 2020 1:17 PM IST

Like the TTP, besides foreign funding, kidnapping for ransom and extortion became the chief sources of operational expenses for the Boko Haram. (Representational Image)

Boko Haram kills over 100 Chadian soldiers in seven-hour attack

The attack on soldiers on the Boma peninsula lasted at least seven hours, and reinforcements sent to help were targeted

25 March 2020 6:30 PM IST

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At least 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist ambush: military...

Several soldiers were injured and some others taken captive by the jihadists

24 March 2020 4:47 PM IST

A man wearing a protective mask rides a bicycle, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. AFP Photo

Hunger foces Madagascans to defy lockdown amid virus outbreak

Madagascar so far has 12 cases of coronavirus

24 March 2020 11:49 AM IST

Tanzania, Somalia report first Covid19 cases

In a little over a week, 21 new African countries have reported cases, bringing the total affected to 30.

17 March 2020 1:31 PM IST

South Africa set to close borders to foreigners from high risk...

The president also announced the closure of schools for around three weeks from Wednesday

16 March 2020 12:29 PM IST

Kenya confirms first case of Covid19

Kenya confirms first case of Covid19

It is the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the East African region

13 March 2020 2:31 PM IST

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok (AP photo)

Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok survives assassination attempt in Khartoum

Abdalla Hamdok-'s family confirmed he was safe following the explosion, which targeted his convoy

9 March 2020 2:49 PM IST

COVID 19 reaches Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria reports first case

The case is of an Italian who returned to Lagos from virus-affected Milan

28 Feb 2020 11:14 AM IST