Brussels edges towards lockdown as Belgian COVID-19 cases hit record high
KATE ABNETT and MARINE STRAUSS SPORT and cultural facilities in Brussels must close and residents will face a longer curfew
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Online and in the classroom, COVID-19 has put new demands on teachers
AS a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were on lockdown in South Africa from March 2020. They only partially
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Kenya extends coronavirus curfew as cases rise outside capital
GEORGE OBULUTSA and AYENAT MERSIE KENYA’S president has extended a nationwide curfew for another 30 days, saying coronavirus cases were
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In the face of COVID-19, rich countries are in danger of abandoning the poor
YOUBA SOKONA COVID-19 has upended life as we know it, devastating livelihoods and economies around the world. It has delivered
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Homes to policing: Lockdown photos document South Africa inequality
KIM HARRISBERG A security officer holds a shotgun against his body in inner-city Johannesburg, eyeing a homeless man carrying a
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COVID-19 RELIEF: South Africans can now buy alcohol and tobacco
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER After five months of tough national lockdown rules, South Africa is to drastically reduce COVID-19 restrictions and
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“There’s light in the horizon but difficult days lie ahead”
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA IT has been an immensely difficult five months, and the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll –
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South African speakeasies boost calls for end to COVID booze ban
TANISHA HEIDEBERG and EMMA RUMNEY IN an Italian bistro in an upmarket Johannesburg neighbourhood, smiling patrons chat at candle-lit tables
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COVID-19 cases slow in South African hotspot provinces, minister says
THREE South African provinces considered coronavirus hotspots have seen new infections slow in recent weeks, though it is too early
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Uganda’s tough approach curbs COVID-19, even as Africa nears a million cases
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA’s crumbling public hospitals, doctors’ strikes and corruption scandals make its success in the fight against the new
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