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Heath officials check the listings of people who are to be tested for COVID-19 as well as HIV and Tuberculosis, in downtown Johannesburg Thursday, April 30, 2020. Thousands are being tested in an effort to derail the spread of coronavirus. South Africa will began a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1, although its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ghana’s virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, file photo, Garrett Ward sprays disinfectant on a conveyor belt between checking out shoppers behind a plexiglass panel at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Overland Park, Kan. From South Africa to Italy to the U.S., grocery workers — many in low-wage jobs — are manning the front lines amid worldwide lockdowns, their work deemed essential to keep food and critical goods flowing. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Grocery workers are key during the coronavirus crisis — and they’re afraid

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Ferry passengers flee from police firing tear gas, after new measures aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus instead caused a crowd to form outside the ferry in Mombasa, Kenya Friday, March 27, 2020. The new measures required public transport vehicles to drop passengers 1km away and walk to the ferry terminal and then queue, but passengers fearing they would get stuck before a 7pm curfew started crowding to get on causing police to fire tear gas and round up the passengers. (AP Photo)

Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

A police officer chases a man who violated the lockdown downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, March 27, 2020. Police and army started patrolling moments after South Africa went into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days in an effort to mitigate the spread to the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

‘Go home!’ South Africa has 1st death as lockdown begins

By JEROME DELAY and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

A motorist rides past as residents talk on an alley at a low-income neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2020. As the virus spreads, the World Health Organization has pointed out that the future of the pandemic will be determined by what happens in some of the world’s poorest and most densely populated countries. From Mumbai to Rio de Janeiro to Johannesburg the question is: What do you do if there is no space to socially distance yourself from others in some of world’s most unequal regions? (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

From Dhaka to Gaza: How do you socially distance in a crowd?

By VICTORIA MILKO and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

People seeking medical assistance queue outside a local clinic in the township of Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday March 26, 2020, just hours before South Africa goes into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, in an effort to control the spread to the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

‘Terrified’ South Africa nears lockdown; cases almost 1,000

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE - Associated Press

The Reagan administration and prominent black Americans at the time repeatedly passed on opportunities to expose and condemn Mugabe's campaign of violence and terror, critics say. (Associated Press/File)

Robert Mugabe massacres in Zimbabwe haunt U.S.

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Nigerians exit a bus at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. A group of Nigerians boarded a free flight from Johannesburg to Lagos on Wednesday, following a week of violence targeting foreigners in South Africa that has stoked tensions between Africa’s two largest economies. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the flight, operated by the private Nigerian airline Air Peace, but Nigeria’s government said it estimated 313 people would board.(AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Hundreds of Nigerians board plane to leave South Africa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

Nigerians set a bonfire across the road from a South African-owned supermarket Wednesday in Abuja in retaliation for attacks against Africans working in South Africa. Police in South Africa arrested more than 100 people in five areas impacted by days of violence in Johannesburg and Pretoria, an embarrassment for the South African administration as it hosted the World Economic Forum this week in Cape Town. (Associated Press)

South Africa shuts embassies in Nigeria amid violence

By KRISTA MAHR and SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

Nigerians set a bonfire across the road from a South African-owned supermarket Wednesday in Abuja in retaliation for attacks against Africans working in South Africa. Police in South Africa arrested more than 100 people in five areas impacted by days of violence in Johannesburg and Pretoria, an embarrassment for the South African administration as it hosted the World Economic Forum this week in Cape Town. (Associated Press)

South Africa, Nigeria clash over foreigners

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Looting, violence spread in South Africa’s major cities

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press

An estimated 1,200 undocumented migrants daily cross the Limpopo River, South Africa's equivalent of the Rio Grande separating the U.S. and Mexico. Most are from Zimbabwe, where shortages of food and fuel and an unemployment rate of more than 80% have sparked a steady exodus to the more stable and more prosperous South Africa. (Getty Images/File)

Africa illegal immigration meets border crackdowns

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

An electoral worker empties a ballot box for counting in view of party agents after the close of polls at the Parkhurst Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa Wednesday, May 8, 2019. South Africans are voting Wednesday in a national election that pits President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling African National Congress against top opposition parties Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters, 25 years after the end of apartheid. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Cyril Ramaphosa vies for re-election South Africa voters go to polls

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa held his final election rally of the African National Congress on Sunday at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg. (Associated Press)

Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, aims to keep ANC in power in elections

By Zaheer Cassim and Jabeen Bhatti - Special to The Washington Times

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his State of the Nation address in parliament, in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Ramaphosa's speech to parliament comes three months before national elections May 8 that is seen by many as a referendum on his ruling African National Congress. (Rodger Bosch, Pool via AP)

Cyril Ramaphosa fails to tackle South Africa corruption

By Zaheer Cassim and Jabeen Bhatti — Special to The Washington Times

Bridge over Congo River project agreement signed

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

PHOTOS: Migrants die, unnamed and unclaimed, in South Africa

By BRAM JANSSEN - Associated Press

Trees line a street in a Johannesburg suburb, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. One of the world's largest urban forests is under threat from the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle which is thought to have made its way from Southeast Asia on packing crates or through the movement of plant materials. Many of the city's estimated 6 to 10 million tress are dying and no one has found a way to combat the pest. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

One of world’s top urban forests threatened by tiny beetle

By NEIL SHAW - Associated Press

Professor Rosemary Falcon enjoys a moment with her husband, Lionel. Ms. Falcon has pioneered South Africa's research on clean coal. (Geoff Hill/Special to The Washington Times)

South Africa takes lead in race for ‘clean coal’

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Barcelona jets in for a day to beat South African champs

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