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  By Alex Mitchley, News24Wire President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union (AU), has appointed special envoys to garner international support to address the economic challenges that Africa faces because of Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement on Sunday, Ramaphosa announced the special envoy of the AU would be tasked with soliciting rapid and concrete support as pledged by the G20, European Union and other international financial institutions. He said the special envoys would expedite…

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  By Leopold Munhende, New Zimbabwe World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has warned African countries that lifting existing restrictions in the fight against COVID-19 could result in a deadly resurgence of the virus on the continent. Speaking at his daily press briefing on Friday, Ghebreyesus said low infection figures in Africa did not mean it was now safe to lift measures put in place to contain the virus as indications were that infection was accelerating in rural…

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  By Aggrey Mutambo, The Nation of Kenya Hopes for an end to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo were dashed on Friday evening after the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed a new case. The case found in a patient in North Kivu means the WHO will not declare the epidemic over by April 12 as earlier planned, despite the DRC going for nearly eight weeks without a case. In a statement on Thursday,…

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  By Darlington Porkpa, Radio France Internationale Thousands of people were fleeing Liberian capital Monrovia as a state of emergency was about to go into effect on Saturday.  With 37 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and five deaths reported, President George Weah declared a total countrywide lockdown in order to limit the spread of the Coronavirus. “As a further measure under this state of emergency, all Liberians and residents within the borders of Montserrado County, Margibi County, Nimba County, and…

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