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Uganda's Health Minister assures country is prepared for Covid-19
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
Uganda's government is stepping up its precautions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The country currently has no recorded case of coronavirus but could these measures affect the economy? We ask Uganda’s Minister for Health, Dr Jane Ruth Acheng.
Plus, Nigerian returnees share of their experiences, six months on from xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
And is a ‘mafia-style’ cartel is running the African Union?
(Photo: Ugandan minister of health, Jane Ruth Aceng. Credit: SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thu 12 Mar 202017:06GMT
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