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More than half a billion people facing poverty amid coronavirus pandemic, Oxfam warns
More than half a billion people are facing poverty unless immediate action is taken to bail...
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Sub-Saharan Africa ‘in danger’ of recession for the first time in 25 years, World Bank says
The coronavirus pandemic could plunge sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in...
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African Development Bank Group unveils $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19
The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to...
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Masiyiwa in US$100 billion stimulus package for African countries
ZIMBABWE-BORN businessman Strive Masiyiwa has ramped up his fight against the deadly Coronavirus virus on the...
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Brazil looks to China for coronavirus help as cases rise quickly
BRASILIA (The Southern African Times) - Brazil’s health minister said the country faced a “serious problem”...
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We are at war’: Kenya halts movement to areas worst hit by coronavirus
NAIROBI (The Southern African Times) - President Uhuru Kenyatta barred movement into and out of Kenya’s...
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UK PM Johnson in intensive care with worsening coronavirus symptoms
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting worsening coronavirus symptoms in an intensive...
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Zimbabwe eases coronavirus lockdown to allow diaspora remittances flow
HARARE (The Southern African Times) - Zimbabwe will allow citizens to access remittances from the diaspora...
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Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain’s Vodafone
NAIROBI (The Southern African Times) - Kenya’s leading telecom firm Safaricom (SCOM.NR) and South Africa’s Vodacom...
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Libyan revolution premier Jibril dies from coronavirus
TRIPOLI (The Southern African Times) - Mahmoud Jibril, who abandoned Muammar Gaddafi to become Libya’s rebel...
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