COVID-19: North Africa & Sahel
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Covid-19: First case of Omicron in Tunisia comes from Turkey
Tunisia recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a Congolese man who arrived...
Covid-19: Egypt bars unvaccinated employees and students from accessing public facilities
More on Covid-19 in North Africa and the Sahel
Morocco lifts Covid curfew
Covid-19: Tunisia lifts nighttime curfew as virus cases fall
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday announced the lifting of a nighttime curfew in place since March 2020 due to...
Egypt inks deal with Chinese Covid vaccine maker to manufacture a billion doses per year
Egypt said Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China's Sinovac vaccine, claiming it would...
Covid-19 in the Maghreb: More restrictions in Morocco, peak infection in Tunisia and panic in Algeria
Algeria: Delta variant is driving Covid cases to new records, but fear is accelerating vaccinations
Covid-19: Libya announces night curfew to stem rise of coronavirus, but not in Haftar’s controlled territories
Covid-19: Rush to vaccinate in Libya as pandemic continues to spread
Libyan authorities on Saturday stepped up their vaccination campaign around the capital Tripoli, as coronavirus cases...
Covid-19: Tunisia gets global support to combat crippling pandemic
The exhausting fight against Covid in Tunisia By Cecilia Sanchez In Tunisia's Mediterranean resort of Sousse,...
Tunisian government in crisis amid exploding Covid-19 cases
Covid-19: Mauritania reinstates new measures to contain coronavirus
Mauritania, concerned over rising Covid-19 infections, has banned mosque prayers over the Islamic festival of Eid...
Covid-19: Algeria is confronting a more virulent third wave
Covid-19: Official says Tunisia’s health system has collapsed
Morocco accelerates Covid vaccination campaign, targets prison population
Morocco has vaccinated nearly 4,000 inmates as part of a campaign launched in March to inoculate the incarcerated...
Covid-19: Tunisia PM warns of risk of collapse of health facilities, announces new restrictions
Egypt cancels religious events amid resurgence of Covid epidemic
Egypt on Wednesday announced a partial shutdown of malls and restaurants and called off festivities for the Muslim...
MENA region more vulnerable to Covid-19 with the start of Ramadan
Covid-19: France and Spain evacuate their citizens from Morocco
Covid-19: Libya gets first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
Covid-19 in Algeria: Coping with the pandemic inside a Blida hospital
At a hospital near the Algerian capital, staff say they are "on the verge of burnout" more than a year on from the...
Tunisia: Russia to deliver first batch of 30K Sputnik V doses to Tunisia
Tunisia said Monday the first coronavirus vaccines were set to arrive to start mass inoculation in the North African...
Covid-19: Tunisians adjust burial practices to cope with the coronavirus
By Aymen Jamli - Lotfi Jlassi stood facing Mecca beside the ambulance carrying the body of his brother, who died of...
Covid-19: Algeria and Morocco start vaccination campaign
Algeria kicks off Covid-19 vaccination campaign with Sputnik V, expects first shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine Algeria...
Covid-19: Vaccination campaign begins in Egypt
Covid-19: Despite promising vaccines, worldwide deaths soar as nations face uncertainty
Covid-19: Nigeria anticipates the rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, details sketchy
Nigerian authorities have warned on Friday against the circulation of fake coronavirus vaccines in the country, where...
Egypt: Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine headed to Egypt, with late January rollout
Egypt has approved the use of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its rollout to start...
Egypt: Covid-19 deaths due to shortage of oxygen in Egypt
Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit...
Egypt: Seven patients killed in fire inside Obour hospital
Mali: Less than two months after his release by Jihadists, opposition leader Soumaila Cisse has died of Covid-19
Morocco picks Chinese Sinopharm and British AstraZeneca for upcoming Covid vaccination campaign
Egypt: No New Year celebrations allowed this year in Egypt
Coronavirus: Latest global developments
Libyan politician Omar Garmil dies from the Coronavirus
Libyan Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Garmil has died in Morocco weeks after being infected with Covid-19, multiple...
Algeria: Recovering from Covid, President says he will return from Germany in two-to-three weeks
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Sunday he was recovering from the Covid-19 illness, in his first...
Sahel: An army Colonel heads Mali’s legislative body
Mali's interim legislature on Saturday elected Colonel Malick Diaw, a member of the military junta that toppled...
Morocco says it’s serious about Covid-19 vaccination, people still doubt it
Morocco hopes to launch an ambitious vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus by year-end, but its efforts...
In North Africa, hospitals are in a state of war
Covid assaults the MENA region Iran, Jordan and Morocco have recorded thousands of new Covid-19 infections in recent...
Coronavirus: Latest global developments
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis as of 17 November: Europe tops 15 million cases - Europe on...
Algeria: Covid upsurge prompts Algeria to impose new restrictions
Algeria imposed new coronavirus restrictions Sunday, closing sport and cultural centres as well as beaches after a...
Podcast: Covid-19 in the Maghreb region as of mid-November 2020
In this brief podcast recorded on 12 November 2020, MEA Risk's Arezki Daoud provides an update on the Coronavirus in...
Algeria: Government finally recognizes president has Covid
Algeria: President Tebboune’s health conditions worsen, prompts evacuation to Germany
Algeria: President Tebboune admitted to military hospital, authorities say ‘it’s no big deal’
Tunisia: Sharp spike in Covid-19 infections prompts new curfew in Tunisia
Tunisia: Despite mandatory use of face masks, Tunisia to build field hospitals to cope with spike in Covid-19 cases
Tunisia’s tourism sector collapses with 60% drop in earnings
Morocco: Business sector bracing for hard times ahead ($)
Egypt: Craving for normalcy, Egypt OKs resumption of camel racing
Morocco: The coronavirus’ destructive impact on a major city
Egypt: Budding black market for convalescent plasma as Egypt adds it to its anti-Covid arsenal
Morocco: Casablanca shuts down again as Covid-19 infections surge
Niger to drive UN talks on post Covid-19
Libya: Covid-19 kills Moustafa Karwad, mayor of Misrata
Morocco and Algeria turn to Russia and China for a Covid-19 vaccine
Libya: Red Cross warns of fast spreading Covid-19 cases in Libya
Morocco: New anti-covid measures in Casablanca and Marrakesh as infections spike
Spread of Covid-19 accelerates in Turkey
Turkey has expressed concern over the rising number of coronavirus cases as the daily infection toll exceeded 1,000...
Europe reinstates restrictions on entry of Algerian travelers over spreading virus
Morocco braces for Eid al-Adha in the middle of a pandemic
Mali announces reopening of air and land borders
Sahel to get $285 million of Covid-19 aid from AfDB
Egypt: At least 14 inmates died from Covid-19 in Egyptian prisons
The seeds of future crises: More troubles for Egypt’s poor
Algeria: Former minister Moussa Benhamadi dies of Covid-19 while in prison
Algeria: The economic cost of the Covid-19 epidemic in Algeria
Morocco: Second outbreak of Covid-19 forces shutdown of Tangiers
New influx of migrants raises concern in Italy
Morocco and Algeria report record numbers of Covid-19 cases
WHO concerned about state of Covid-19 in MENA region
Egypt: Covid patients killed in fire at hospital in Montazah district, east of Alexandria
Algeria virus cases hit daily record
Egypt: Despite spike in infections, Egypt allows reopening of some public places, no hookah allowed
Mixed feelings among Muslims as Saudi Arabia cancels the Hajj pilgrimage
As Morocco prepares to relax restrictions, virus cases spike
Egypt holds doctors in prison for speaking out on health crisis
Egypt’s virus infections on the rise, government maintains curfew
Libya’s struggle to deal with Covid-19 outbreak
Morocco Covid-19 Charts and Data
Below are three interactive charts depicting the evolution of Covid-19 in Morocco. Please feel free to change the...
Algeria Covid-19 Charts and Data
Cumulative cases of infection of the Covid-19 virus as of 10 June 2020 in Algeria reached 10,484, an increase of 117...
Covid-19 update as of 7 June 2020
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis as of 7 June 2020. More than 400,000 deaths The pandemic...
Will Covid-19 mark the end of kissing and hugging in the Mediterranean?
Algeria maintains use of chloroquine despite signs of ineffectiveness
Tunisia announces staged reopening of economic and social activity
Tunisia will reopen places of worship, restaurants and hotels from June 4, authorities announced Thursday, more than...
Egypt’s hospitals reach max capacity, struggle to cope with caseload
By Hager Harabech: Three months after Egypt reported its first novel coronavirus case, medical experts warn the...
Morocco: A population under stress, tired of confinement
Rabat, May 20, 2020 - Almost half of Moroccans are "anxious" under the mandatory lockdown enforced in mid-March to...
Algeria: Anger after pregnant doctor dies from Covid-19. She was denied maternity leave
Algiers, May 17, 2020 - The death of a pregnant Algerian doctor from the COVID-19 disease after she was denied...
Sahel: Niger seeks to restore normalcy, announces measures to ease lockdown
Niamey, May 15, 2020 - Niger's government on Friday lifted measures to isolate the capital Niamey to stem the spread...
Sahel: New Covid-19 infections in Mauritania after easing restrictions
Nouakchott, May 15, 2020 - Mauritania has said that it will reinstate restrictions on mosque prayers, after a recent...
Tunisia reports no Covid-19 infections in five days
Tunis, May 15, 2020 - Retail shops and supermarkets reopened Friday in Tunisia after the government announced zero...
Niger: Despite more border surveillance, migration flows to Europe continue
Niamey, May 10, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) - Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger,...
Tunisia: Encouraging signs in fight against Covid-19 in Tunisia
Tunis, May 11, 2020 - Tunisia on Monday urged continued vigilance against the novel coronavirus, a day after recording...
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Sahel: Mali ends curfew, orders mandatory wearing of facemasks
Bamako, May 9, 2020- Mali's government said on Saturday it had lifted its nationwide curfew designed to stem...
Sahel: Mauritania lifts ban on mosque prayer
Nouakchott, May 8, 2020 - Worshippers packed Mauritania's largest mosque on Friday, mostly ignoring social distancing...
Sahel/Covid-19: Mauritania reopens for business
Nouakchott, May 7, 2020 - The West African desert state of Mauritania has scaled back two-month-old restrictions aimed...
Maghreb: A Ramadan unlike no other
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) - North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as...
Sahel: Chad locks down its capital to confront Covid-19
N'Djamena, May 6, 2020 - Chad's capital N'Djamena will be isolated from the rest of the country for two weeks from...
Morocco: After launching spy app, Morocco deploys surveillance drones
Rabat, May 6, 2020 - Morocco has rapidly expanded its fleet of drones as it battles the coronavirus pandemic,...
Nigeria: Covid-19 patients protest over treatment in Gombe
Kano, Nigeria, May 6, 2020 - A group of coronavirus patients staged a protest outside an isolation centre in northern...
Late in the game, Nigeria starts repatriating citizens stranded abroad
Abuja, May 6, 2020 - Nigeria on Wednesday was to start repatriating nationals stranded overseas by coronavirus travel...