COVID-19
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May- 2020 -22 May
Coronavirus Fails to Halt Conflict in DR Congo’s Powder-Keg East
Coronavirus has swiftly gained status as the world’s No. 1 threat but in eastern DR Congo, one of Africa’s most volatile regions, militia killings and ethnic violence are an older and — for now — far greater source of dread. S
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Apr- 2020 -24 April
Coronavirus outbreak hits second US Navy ship at sea
A US Navy destroyer deployed off Mexico's western coast is the second American warship at sea to suffer an outbreak of coronavirus onboard
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22 April
South Africa to deploy 73,000 more troops to enforce COVID-19 lockdown
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to deploy more than 73,000 extra troops to help implement a nationwide coronavirus lockdown
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21 April
Afghan government releases 71 more Taliban prisoners under peace deal terms
The Afghan government released an additional 71 Taliban prisoners in seven provinces, bringing the number released in recent days to 432
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21 April
Driver killed in attack on UN vehicle in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
A Myanmar government health worker was injured and his driver killed in Rakhine state when their UN vehicle was ambushed as they were carrying COVID-19 test samples
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20 April
Nigeria records first coronavirus death in conflict-hit Borno state
Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus infection in insurgency-hit Borno, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19
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17 April
Half of French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle crew test positive for COVID-19
Nearly half of the 2,300 sailors aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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16 April
Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement
Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by COVID-199
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16 April
Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus
A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive
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13 April
USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor dies from COVID-19 complications
A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the US Navy aircraft carrier taken out of rotation due to a coronavirus outbreak onboard, has died
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