Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail
DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIA can jail people for up to two years if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the
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Risk of COVID-19 resurgence in South Africa as cases rise in Cape Town
SOUTH Africa’s faces a high risk of resurging coronavirus infections that may lead to a review by the council deciding
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Pope wears mask for first time at public service
PHILIP PULLELLA POPE Francis wore a mask for the first time at a public function on Tuesday when he and
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Surviving the pandemic: blind Cuban piano tuner struggles to make ends meet
FLORA Villareal, 67, part of a cohort of Cubans who graduated from an experimental piano tuning program for the blind
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EU cuts Tunisia from safe traveller list
THE European Union is set to cut Canada, Georgia and Tunisia from a “white list” of countries from which travellers
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Egypt concerned about rising coronavirus cases in neighbouring countries
EGYPT’S Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly says his government is concerned about the rising numbers of new coronavirus cases in neighbouring
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Intensive care units in Tunisian state hospitals reach 80% of capacity
BEDS in intensive care units (ICU) in Tunisian public hospitals are about 80% full as COVID-19 cases surge, the health
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Young Egyptian remembers father killed by COVID-19 as she heads back to school
WHEN 12-year-old Sama Mohamed’s father died of the coronavirus in May, the family tried cutting expenses. With the school year
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Sister Sledge singer to donate ‘We Are Family’ cover proceeds to WHO
KIM Sledge of the band Sister Sledge will donate proceeds from a cover of the band’s classic song “We Are
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South Africa trims high-risk country list, but adds Germany
SOUTH Africa has reduced the number of countries on its high-risk COVID-19 list by more than half to 22 from
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