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Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount reaching a million people on 2 April, we take a look at how COVID-19 is affecting the continent socially and economically and even culturally.

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corona crooners

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Youssou N’Dour to Bobi Wine, African musicians join fight against coronavirus African music stars are taking more action than ever before to combat the pandemic, through donations, songs, awareness-raising music videos and appea...

Spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja © Worshippers leave Dunamis Church, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria 22 March 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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Prayer and pandemics

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Religion in Nigeria despite coronavirus measures The Nigerian government has banned large gathers, which makes it much harder for churches and mosques to hold prayers and provide some social services...

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beating the virus

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Nairobi’s fight against Coronavirus gets violent Kenyans in Nairobi are trying to avoid catching coronavirus by day and avoid beatings at night from police during the curfew. Kenyans in #Nairob...

Police men patrol the deserted central business district on the first day of a 14-day lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos © Police men patrol the deserted central business district on the first day of a 14-day lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria 31 March 2020. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

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Care packages

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Nigeria introduces stimulus package to ease coronavirus hit The Nigerian authorities are rolling out aid packages to help vulnerable households and businesses. — #Nigeria’s central bank and #Lagos State ar...

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new world

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Exclusive – UN’s Antonio Guterres: “In the face of the pandemic, a moratorium on African debt is necessary”. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling for a general mobilisation, but also for coordinated and solidarity-based action in a report just rel...

© The Dangote refinery in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos, August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

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Cash is King

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Nigeria’s banks face direct hit from geared-up oil producers Nigerian oil companies that have avoided gearing are now well placed to pick up assets cheaply. 1. “It is clear that some of the most over-leveraged...

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RAPID RESPONSE

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South African corporates step up to fight coronavirus 1. @SasolSA announces plans to help #SouthAfrica fight #coronavirus through producing a variation of hand sanitisers to help fill the gap reports @Phi...

Webp.net-resizeimage (82) © A man pushes a cart containing packets of locally made beer along a road in Agege district in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos July 26, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

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Potent Brews

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Nigeria’s locked-down drinks industry raises bootleg alcohol risks Illicitly brewed alcohol is among the health risks facing Nigeria as coronavirus halts the regular drinks trade. 1. Illicitly brewed alcohol is am...

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows an empty street after a curfew was imposed from 7pm-7am to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Algiers © An empty street after a curfew was imposed from 7pm-7am to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Algiers, Algeria March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

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heed warning

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Coronavirus in Algeria: A country’s last warning Destabilised and delegitimised, the Algerian government faces a major challenge to respond to the coronavirus crisis.

A trader pushes a wheelbarrow through Nairobi’s Kibera slum © Many labour markets in Africa remain dominated by poorly paid informal employment. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

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Damage Limitation

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Coronavirus: Africa must act on World Bank/IMF debt-relief proposal Sub-Saharan African countries need debt relief to survive the coronavirus pandemic – and the World Bank and IMF call to action is the only proposal cu...

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