1159 issue: week ending 23 Apr. 2020

This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April.  The review, which focuses on the latest on Covid-19 in the Maghreb, Egypt and the Sahel, is presented by MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud.  The transcripted text is below.  You can...

Rabat, April 17, 2020 - Morocco's army has mobilised all its resources to help the health system tackle the coronavirus pandemic, beefing up facilities for a possible mass influx of patients, the military's chief medical officer said. "The crisis has prompted us to...

Tripoli, April 19, 2020 (By Rim Taher) - Already tired of the tribulations of war, Libyans in the capital Tripoli are reluctant to respect intensified lockdown measures introduced on Friday to forestall coronavirus. The round-the-clock curfew was flagged by the...

Tunis, April 22, 2020 - After a month of lockdown, Tunisian hospitals have not so far suffered the overcrowding some feared from coronavirus -- but the pandemic has forced a much-needed upgrade of public facilities, medics say. The intensive care ward at Abderrahmane...