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State Security Minister Ayanda Dlodlo. Intelligence Minister Ayanda Dlodlo said the State Security Agency (SSA) was taking threats made by ISIS against South Africa seriously. In an interview with News24, she said the appointment of Robert McBride to head the SSA foreign branch could not have come at a better time. The minister said South Africa could…

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — As the coronavirus spreads in Africa, it threatens in multiple ways those who earn their living on the streets — people like Mignonne, a 25-year-old sex worker with HIV.The lockdown in Rwanda has kept many of her customers away, she said, so she has less money to buy food. And when…

Taxi operators say they will operate at full capacity on Monday.(File, Duncan Alfreds, News24) The South African National Taxi Council and National Taxi Alliance have decided to take on the government and say they will now break Covid-19 travel regulations. They say they will load passengers at 100% capacity and won't seek passenger permits for…

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sparsely populated Lowndes County, deep in Alabama’s old plantation country, has the sad distinction of having both the state’s highest rate of COVID-19 cases and its worst unemployment rate. Initially spared as the disease ravaged cities, the county and other rural areas in the state are now facing a “perfect storm:”…

Prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications and sleep aids have risen during the pandemic, prompting doctors to warn about the possibility of long-term addiction and abuse of the drugs. “Many physicians have a low threshold for prescribing them. It’s very problematic,” says Bruce J. Schwartz, deputy chair and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Montefiore Medical…