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Coronavirus live news: WHO and Five Eyes reject Chinese lab theory as global deaths pass 250,000

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:May 4, 2020
• Post category:Africa / americas / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / Biology / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Uganda megachurch criticised for choir tour as children stranded by Covid-19

• Post author:Alice McCool
• Post published:May 4, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Child protection / children / Coronavirus Outbreak / Global development / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / religion / Society / Uganda / World News
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Coronavirus live news: Mike Pompeo pushes virus lab theory as Brazil passes 100,000 cases

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:May 3, 2020
• Post category:Africa / americas / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / europe / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Russia / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Easing of lockdown a relief to Ghana’s poor – despite fears it is premature

• Post author:Emmanuel Akinwotu and Kwasi Asiedu in Accra
• Post published:May 3, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Ghana / Global development / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / World News
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Coronavirus live news: European leaders join forces to find vaccine as France proposes 14-day quarantine on entry

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:May 2, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / europe / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Africa's heavy-handed lockdown policing must not become the new normal | Karen Allen and Anton du Plessis

• Post author:Karen Allen and Anton du Plessis
• Post published:May 1, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Global development / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / South Africa / World News
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Somali medics report rapid rise in deaths as Covid-19 fears grow

• Post author:Jason Burke Africa correspondent and Abdalle Ahmed Mumin
• Post published:May 1, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Middle East and North Africa / Somalia / World News
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Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation

• Post author:Zeinab Mohammed Salih
• Post published:May 1, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Female genital mutilation (FGM) / Global development / Health / Health & wellbeing / Middle East and North Africa / Omar al-Bashir / Society / sudan / Women's rights and gender equality / World News
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Fears for Nigerian humanist held for blasphemy in sharia state

• Post author:Emmanuel Akinwotu West Africa correspondent
• Post published:May 1, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Atheism / freedom of religion / Freedom of speech / human rights / Islam / law / Nigeria / religion / World News
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Egyptian TV show about Israel's destruction opens real world rift

• Post author:Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Culture / Egypt / israel / Middle East and North Africa / Television / Television & radio / World News
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Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79

• Post author:Agence France-Presse
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Culture / Fela Kuti / France / Music / Paris / World News
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Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 70

• Post author:Agence France-Presse
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Culture / Fela Kuti / France / Music / Paris / World News
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Coronavirus live news: Trump claims to have evidence virus started in Wuhan lab as UK is 'past the peak'

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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'A giant has fallen': anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies aged 87

• Post author:Jason Burke in Johannesburg
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Nelson Mandela / South Africa / World News
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Tripoli-based government rejects rebel general's ceasefire offer in Libya

• Post author:Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Libya / Middle East and North Africa / World News
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OSINT Global Trendline Report: The Middle East and Africa

• Post author:Suzanne Kelly
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Intelligence / Iran / Iraq / Jordan / Libya / Middle East / National Security / North Africa / Open Source / OSINT Trendline Report / Primer / Saudi Arabia / The Cipher Brief / University of Mississippi / Yemen
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Covid-19 could mark a deadly turn in Ghana's fight against fake drugs

• Post author:Stacey Knott in Accra
• Post published:April 30, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Ghana / Global development / global health / Health / Healthcare industry / Pharmaceuticals industry / Society / World News
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Eastern Libyan forces have agreed a ceasefire during Ramadan

• Post author:AP Media in Cairo
• Post published:April 29, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Libya / Middle East and North Africa / United Nations / World News
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Coronavirus live news: more cases of ‘Covid-linked’ syndrome in children as UK deaths top Spain and France

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:April 29, 2020
• Post category:Africa / americas / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / Brazil / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / europe / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Russia / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Polio campaign in Africa put on hold during coronavirus

• Post author:Emmanuel Akinwotu West Africa correspondent
• Post published:April 28, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Global development / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Niger / Polio / Vaccines and immunisation / World Health Organization / World News
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Coronavirus live news: Brazil deaths exceed known China toll as US infections pass 1 million

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:April 28, 2020
• Post category:Africa / americas / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / Biology / China / Coronavirus Outbreak / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Rwandan police chief accused of sexual assault of child refugee at UN centre

• Post author:Sally Hayden
• Post published:April 27, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Global development / Libya / Middle East and North Africa / Migration / Migration and development / Rape and sexual assault / Refugees / Rwanda / Sexual violence / World News
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Nigerian authorities deny wave of deaths is due to Covid-19

• Post author:Emmanuel Akinwotu and Jason Burke
• Post published:April 27, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Nigeria / World Health Organization / World News
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Record 50 million people internally displaced in 2019, study finds

• Post author:Liz Ford
• Post published:April 27, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Global development / Internally displaced people / Migration / Migration and development / Refugees / Science / World News
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China fails to stop racism against Africans over Covid-19

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• Post published:April 27, 2020
• Post category:Africa / China / Ethiopia / Ghana / Kenya / Nigeria / Race / World News
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Lack of virus testing stokes fears in world's refugee camps

• Post author:Joseph Krauss Rishabh R. Jain Cara Anna Associated Press
• Post published:April 27, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Contagion / coronavirus / Disaster / Health / Help / Latin America / pandemic / Refugees / Risks / Sanitary
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Coronavirus live news: Boris Johnson back in Number 10 as Trump denies he plans to fire health secretary

• Post author:Helen Sullivan
• Post published:April 26, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Asia & Pacific / Australia news / Biology / Coronavirus Outbreak / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Middle East and North Africa / Science / UK news / US News / World News
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Africa's Covid-19 research must be tailored to its realities – by its own scientists | Monique Wasunna

• Post author:Monique Wasunna
• Post published:April 26, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / Global development / global health / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Medical research / Microbiology / Science / World News
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Coronavirus live news: Spain's daily death toll drops below 300 as children allowed out for first time in weeks

• Post author:Josh Halliday now and Helen Sullivan earlier
• Post published:April 26, 2020
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‘It's just beginning here’: Africa turns to testing as pandemic grips the continent

• Post author:Jason Burke
• Post published:April 26, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Coronavirus Outbreak / epidemics / Health / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / Nigeria / South Africa / World News
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Kenyan police officer charged with murder of former Leeds student

• Post author:Tracy McVeigh
• Post published:April 26, 2020
• Post category:Africa / Global development / Kenya / World News
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International Abortion Chain Posts Sick Celebration of Procedure, Thanks Providers for ‘Saving Lives’

• Post author:C. Douglas Golden
• Post published:April 25, 2020
• Post category:Abortion / Africa / Commentary / coronavirus / Facebook post / World News
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