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[COVID-19\Africa]
R. Allen: “The countries with the highest malaria burden, mainly in Africa, are also affected by conflict, population displacement, malnutrition and stress. You add COVID-19 and people – especially pregnant women and children – are extremely at risk.”
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[COVID-19\Namibia]
The sparsely populated southwest African country of under 3 million people has 16 confirmed cases of the coronavirus with no report of new infections for the past week.
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[COVID-19\ African Jobs]
Reuters: Under what the AU researchers deemed their realistic scenario, Africa’s economy will shrink 0.8%, while the pessimistic scenario said there would be a 1.1% dip.
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[South Somalia]
Clashes broke out late morning between the Somali army, commanded by the federal government, and forces loyal to Jubbaland state leader Ahmed Madobe.
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[Water Shortage\Water Pollution\South Africa]
Phindile Mbele: “We rushed down there. She was still under the water… Two boys from the neighborhood went in and one carried her out. The house is empty without her. She was such a sweet, quiet child.”
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[Lesotho\ Murder of Prime Minister’s Estranged Wife]
Maesaiah Thabane was detained and charged this week for the murder of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s estranged wife Lipolelo, who was shot dead near her home in Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, on June 14, 2017.
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[African Elections\Malawi President Peter Mutharika]
In a unanimous decision, a panel of five judges ordered that a new presidential vote be held within 150 days…In a landmark ruling for the country, the court describe the conduct of the electoral commission as “very lacking and demonstrated incompetence.”
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