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March 21, 2020 - Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Nearly one billion people confined to homes An estimated 900 million people are now confined to their homes in 35 countries around the world -- including 600 million hemmed in by obligatory...

Cairo, March 21, 2020 - Egypt's religious authorities ordered Saturday the closure of all mosques and churches and banned communal prayer gatherings to try and stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The decision taken by the ministry of religious endowments, which...

Algiers, March 20, 2020 - For the first time in over a year, the streets of the Algerian capital were quiet and almost empty on Friday, the day of weekly anti-government rallies. The coronavirus threat put paid to what would have been the 57th straight Friday of...

Lagos, March 20, 2020 (By Max Delany - Photo: Cape Town, Tim Johnson @timalanjohnson) - African countries led by Nigeria and South Africa have ramped up action against the coronavirus after the continent recorded its first fatality. Nigeria said Thursday it would shut...