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Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza dies
A statement says he died of a heart attack.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government says.
Nigeria's Health Minister Osagie Ehanire has said that up to 60% of nearly 1,000 unexplained deaths in the northern state of Kano were probably due to Covid-19.
And we hear about the local group mobilising fishing communities in Sierra Leone around the coronavirus
(Photo: Pierre Nkurunziza. Credit: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)
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