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Cameroon on Friday confirmed its first coronavirus (Covid-19) case, the fourth incident in sub-Saharan Africa. Cameroon Public Health Minister Dr. Manaouda Malachie in a statement said the patient is a 58-year-old French national who arrived in the capital, Yaounde on February 24th. Manaouda said…

South Africa has become the latest country in sub-Saharan Africa to confirm a coronavirus case. South Africa’s Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that a 38-year-old man who had traveled to Italy recently was diagnosed with the dreaded disease. This is the third coronavirus case in sub-Saharan…

British Airways on Monday announced the cancellation of over 200 flights to several destinations worldwide due to reduced demand occasioned by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The airline said it is canceling 216 flights from London to various destinations among them New York, Italy, France,…

A second case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in sub-Saharan Africa was on Monday confirmed in Senegal. Senegalese authorities said a French national who visited France last month and returned to the West African country tested positive for the deadly virus and was quarantined in the capital Dakar. “The…

Nigeria on Friday became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to confirm a case of coronavirus (COVID-19). Akin Abayomi, the Health Commissioner for Lagos, Africa’s most populous city with 20 million residents, said the patient is an Italian national who arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday from Milan…

Chinese authorities have dispatched a flock of 100,000 ducks to the country’s border with India and Pakistan ahead of the looming locust invasion. The ducks were deployed to the Xinjiang border where China meets Pakistan and India, according to media reports in China. Videos shared by the Chinese…

Pigeons with tiny Make American Great Again hats glued to their heads were released in downtown Las Vegas this week in what appears to be a sarcastic statement of loyalty to President Donald Trump and a mock protest of Nevada's coming Democratic presidential caucuses. A group calling itself P.U.T.I…

Lesotho First Lady Maesaiah Thabane is set to be arraigned in court to face charges of murdering her husband’s estranged wife. Maesaiah, who is the wife of the country’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, surrendered herself to police on Tuesday to be questioned over the killing of Thabane’s wife, BBC…

Britain’s Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, on Sunday broke his silence over his decision to leave royal life. Speaking for the first time since the Buckingham Palace announced he and his wife, Meghan, would give up their royal titles, Prince Harry expressed “great sadness,” adding that it took…

(ABC News) Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who sent the internet reeling with a massive money giveaway last year, is back at it again -- pledging to give more than $9 million to randomly-selected Twitter followers who retweet one of his posts. Maezawa is the head of an online Japanese fashion…