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Authorities in Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Kenya have reported outbreaks in their prisons.
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Africa’s prison population of more than one million is especially vulnerable because of overcrowding, malnutrition and limited healthcare, health experts say. Patchy testing and reporting have frustrated efforts to track and contain its spread
“This is a ticking time bomb. Prisons in Africa are already struggling to provide the most elementary standards of sanitation,” said Catherine Heard, director of the World Prison Research Programme at ICPR.
Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast's prime minister, has died just months before the election that could have thrust him into the presidency. @D_J_Doyle reports.
Air Namibia allowed to fly again after court suspends licence cancellation
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BREAKING: #Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has resigned - speaker
Comedians across Nigeria are hoping laughter could be the best medicine, as they work coronavirus health advice into their routines. Angela Ukomadu reports.
Moi, Kenyan strongman who presided over rampant graft, dies
The failure of #Nigeria ’s president to appoint a cabinet four months after winning a second term has stymied the country’s stock market, prompted foreign investors to trim holdings and threatened growth prospects for Africa’s largest economy.
Zimbabwe summoned the U.S. ambassador in Harare on Monday after a senior White House official said the country was among “foreign adversaries” using the unrest over the death of George Floyd to interfere in U.S. affairs.
#Cameroon separatist leader taken into custody in #Nigeria - sources
Coronavirus test kits used in Tanzania were dismissed as faulty by President John Magufuli on Sunday, because he said they had returned positive results on samples taken from a goat and a pawpaw. @ebiryabarema reports.
BREAKING NEWS: #Sudan 's Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to set up a transitional council - provincial minister to Al Hadath TV
BREAKING: #Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa - MDC party vice-president
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