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March 16, 2020

Ethiopian army ‘ready to protect Renaissance Dam’

Ethiopia’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Adam Mohamed, has said that the army is ready to resist any attack on the Renaissance Dam on the River Nile, and carry...

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March 16, 2020

Exclusive: Will Egypt be a new centre of the coronavirus?

A state of panic has swept across Cairo, after the first coronavirus death among Egyptians...

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March 16, 2020

UAE-backed forces prevent government meeting in Yemen

Yemeni forces backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday prevented a meeting of officials of the internationally-recognised government in the presidential palace in Yemen’s southern province of Aden. Local...

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March 15, 2020

Three Arab states report new coronavirus cases

Authorities in Kuwait, Algeria and Jordan on Sunday reported new cases of the novel coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. In a press conference, a spokesman for Kuwait’s Health Ministry said eight...

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March 15, 2020

Coronavirus: Turkey to shut public libraries

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry announced Sunday that all public libraries under the ministry will be closed from March 16 to 30 as part of measures to stem the...

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March 15, 2020

Iraq's Karbala imposes curfew to curb coronavirus

Authorities in Iraq’s southern city of Karbala have declared a three-day curfew as part of effort to stem the spread of coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. “The move aims to disinfect all...

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March 15, 2020

Iran postpones 2nd round of polls over coronavirus

Iran has postponed the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections as part of its fight against coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. The polls, originally slated for April 17, will be...

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March 15, 2020

Coronavirus shuts Al-Aqsa's enclosed prayer places

Enclosed prayer places at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque have been shut in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus, the authority responsible for overseeing the city’s Islamic and Christian...

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March 15, 2020

Algeria reports new death from coronavirus

Algeria confirmed a new death from coronavirus on Sunday, taking the total fatalities to four, according to the health ministry. An 84-year-old woman died from the virus in the...

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March 15, 2020

Malta rescues 112 migrants from sinking boat

A group of 112 North African migrants was rescued from a sinking dinghy and landed in Malta early on Sunday, supervised by troops in special protective clothing against possible...

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