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Luxor, Egypt, March 11, 2020 - Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that 46 French and US tourists who had been quarantined on a coronavirus-hit Nile cruise boat have flown home. They were among dozens of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew who had been either confined...

Rabat, March 10, 2020 - Morocco's health ministry said Tuesday the country had recorded its first death linked to the new coronavirus, an 89-year-old woman who suffered from chronic health problems. The woman, a Moroccan citizen who had been living in Italy, "suffered...

Luxor, Egypt, March 9, 2020 - Scores of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew Monday remained quarantined aboard a Nile River cruise ship from which 45 suspected coronavirus cases have been evacuated, people aboard told AFP. US, French and Indian nationals were among...

Algiers, March 7, 2020  - Algerian police arrested around ten demonstrators at an anti-government protest in Algiers on Saturday, an AFP journalist said. Nearly 300 protesters tried to march in the capital, prompted by calls online by the "Hirak" protest movement that...