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Kenyan Blood Banks Run Dry Amid COVID-19
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Tanzania President Orders Reopening Of Schools Despite Coronavirus Threat
Dar es Salaam, June 17 — Despite a looming threat of the Coronavirus pandemic in East Africa, Tanzania President, John Magufuli has ordered reopening of all schools across the...
Through radio women refugees at Dadaab now know their rights and how to fight...
Dadaab, Kenya March 9 — It’s Friday evening and as the sun sets, a group of women refugees converge at Dagahley settlement block inside Dadaab Refugee Camp.
They are converging...
Suspected Coronavirus patient bolts away from hospital in Zimbabwe
HARARE — A suspected coronavirus patient who is a Thai citizen and recently came to Zimbabwe, allegedly bolted out of Wilkins hospital in the Zimbabwean capital where the patient...
Tanzanians Raise Eyebrow Over $100 COVID Screening Fee
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Amidst rumours of the rising number of people with respiratory diseases in private hospitals, Tanzania authorities have issued new policy directives requiring national and...
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