APA-Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) — The Ivorian government after Wednesday’s cabinet meeting announced heightening control at the country’s airports to prevent a new wave of Covid-19 contamination.
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APA-Conakry (Guinea) — Delegates of the ruling party in Guinea, during a congress on Thursday invited incumbent president, Alpha Condé, to be their candidate in the presidential election next October and thus to run for a third term at the head of the country.
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APA-Dakar (Senegal) — Senegal's authority is to announce new “regulation and control” measures in the face of the escalation of Covid-19 cases in the country, report said on Thursday.
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APA-Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) — Ivorian police on Thursday dispersed a protest staged by the opposition to denounce the withdrawal of former President Laurent Gbagbo from the provisional electoral list for 2020.
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APA-Freetown-(Sierra Leone) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recorded 1,651 new cases and 27 new deaths of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, official figures show on Thursday.
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APA-Nouakchott (Mauritania) — The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani appointed Mohamed Ould Bilal as the new Prime Minister on Thursday, the Mauritanian news agency (AMI) reported.
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