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Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. /Khidir/Xinhua Sudan’s transitional government has appealed for support from the international community as it seeks to pull the country from economic turbulence that has rocked it for years. In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Prime Minister Abdalla Adam …
A woman wearing a face mask is seen on a street in Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo) Egypt recorded late on Saturday 111 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 102,736, said the Health Ministry. In a statement, the ministry’s spokesman Khaled Megahed said …
A Somali soldier watches as new recruits for the Somali National Army marches at the passing out parade at Al Jazeera training camp in Mogadishu. 14 August 2012 (Photo by Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Somali and Kenyan troops engaged in a minutes-long firefight on Saturday …
People wearing face masks are seen on a street in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sept. 16, 2020. Morocco reported 1,692 new COVID-19 cases and 38 deaths on Wednesday, raising the tally of infections to 92,016 and the death toll to 1,686. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)
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Botswana will allow local holidaymakers to travel within zones during the coming Independence Day holiday in an effort to boost local tourism that has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Saturday. Travelers will be required to produce their booking confirmations at zonal checkpoints with law enforcement authorities, according to Kereng Masupu, the coordinator of the Presidential Task Force for COVID-19 in Botswana. The move came a day after an announcement was made …
