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Casablanca, Morocco, April 12, 2020 - A small van zips through the streets of Casablanca to deliver food to single mothers, as economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus crisis puts pressure on Morocco's poor. "We have to be quick," says Bouchra, a coordinator from...

Tripoli, April 11, 2020 - Water has been cut off to millions of Libyans living in and around the capital Tripoli, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the country said, condemning its use as a "weapon of war". "More than two million people, including 600,000 children,...

Rome, April 12, 2020 - Europe's coast guard agency said Sunday it was looking for a dinghy believed to be carrying dozens of migrants when it went missing after setting sail from Libya for Italy. The UN refugee agency told AFP it was "very worried" about the fate of...

Cairo, April 11, 2020 - Egyptian police arrested a dozen people and fired tear gas in a Nile Delta village Saturday, as a crowd protested the burial of a COVID-19 victim, a security source said.  Relatives had taken the body of a retired doctor from her home in...