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A man searches in a bag for his clearance document at the main gate to Omole Estate, whose occupants were attacked by armed bandits capitalising on the lockdown in Lagos, on April 14, 2020. - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on April 13, 2020, ordered a two-week extension to a lockdown in largest city Lagos, neighbouring Ogun state and capital Abuja, aimed at halting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Unrest fears rise as Lagos extends COVID lockdown
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African community targeted in China virus crackdown
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Burundi shrugs off pandemic, citing 'God's protection'
Workers of Egyptian non-governmental organisation Egyptian Food Bank prepare cartons with foodstuffs to distribute to people who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on April 05, 2020. - The large Cairo-based charity organisation EFB has been at the forefront of a public relief effort in the most populous Arab country, where one third of the population of over 100 million lives in poverty, surviving on about $1.50 or less a day. virus. Egypt so far has recorded 85 deaths out of 1,322 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP)

Virus pandemic deals heavy blow to Egypt working poor
A woman reacts as she receives a flue vaccine while a Gauteng Health Department Official gets ready before collecting samples during a door-to-door COVID-19 coronavirus testing drive in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on April 3, 2020. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

French scientists remarks spark a storm of criticism
An aerial view shows empty streets in Lagos on March 31, 2020. - Lagos was deserted on March 31, 2020, after Nigeria locked down its economic hub and shuttered its capital Abuja, in the continent's latest effort to brake the juggernaut of COVID-19 coronavirus.†Businesses were closed, markets abandoned and streets empty as the usually chaotic megacity of 20 million, along with the capital Abuja, shuddered to a halt on the first full day of a two-week shutdown. (Photo by Pierre FAVENNEC / AFP)

Millions of Nigerians enter lockdown as Africa tries to contain coronavirus
An empty street in the Algerian capital Algiers on March 20, 2020. - A total of 82 cases of coronavirus COVID-19 have been confirmed in Algeria, according to the health ministry. An 83rd case was detected in an Italian national, who has since returned to Italy. Two more virus deaths were registered in Algeria yesterday, the health ministry said, bringing to eight the number of fatalities from COVID-19 since the first case was registered in the country at the end of February. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP)

Algeria streets empty but protesters vow to 'keep flame burning'
People wearing face masks are seen leaving the funeral of the first victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in sub-saharian Africa, in Ouagadougou, on March 18, 2020. - Burkina Faso on March 18, 2020, recorded one death from the new COVID-19 coronavirus, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, which is still little affected by the pandemic, even though the number of cases is increasing rapidly. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

Sub-Saharan Africa records the first coronavirus death
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After head start on virus, Africa begins clampdown
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Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m