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Ghana suspends parliament amid a surge in COVID-19 cases

By Francis Kokutse Feb. 10, 2021 05:34 AM EST
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s parliament has been suspended for at least three weeks following a surge in COVID-19 cases among parliament members and staff. ...

In this UN Photo, Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, is shown on video monitors as he makes closing remarks, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo via AP)
World leaders, virtual meeting 1.0: Was anybody listening?

By Ted Anthony Sep. 30, 2020 11:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Many world leaders at this week's virtual U.N. summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the U.S., China and Russia opting out of a collaborative effort to develop and distribute a vaccine, and some rich nations striking deals with pharmaceutical companies to secure millions of potential doses, the U.N. pleas are plentiful but likely in vain. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
'Are people to be left to die?' Vaccine pleas fill UN summit

By Cara Anna Sep. 24, 2020 01:05 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the United Nations, the pre-recorded message of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, is played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP)
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic

By Edith M. Lederer Sep. 23, 2020 04:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2020, file photo, an elderly woman reacts as a heath worker collects a sample during the screening and testing campaign aimed to combat the spread of COVID-19 at Sphamandla, an informal settlement in Katlehong, south of Johannesburg, South Africa. The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships, but John Nkengasong, Africa's top public health official, has helped to steer the continent's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer nations. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
As US struggles, Africa's COVID-19 response is praised

By Cara Anna Sep. 22, 2020 03:09 AM EDT

A lab technician works during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Janssen Pharmaceutical hopes to begin clinical trials on a potential vaccine for COVID-19 in the middle of the summer. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

By Maria Cheng And Christina Larson Jun. 18, 2020 12:11 AM EDT

Pakistani investigators examine at the site of Friday's bomb explosion in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 13, 2020. A powerful bomb exploded at a crowded bazaar in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, killed and wounded some persons, police and government officials said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
The Latest: Pakistan’s upward coronavirus spiral continues

By The Associated Press Jun. 14, 2020 02:28 AM EDT

Protesters face police officers during a demonstration Tuesday, June 2, 2020 in Marseille, southern France. Thousands of people defied a police ban and converged on the main Paris courthouse for a demonstration to show solidarity with U.S. protesters and denounce the death of a black man in French police custody. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Tensions mar Paris protest as Floyd outrage goes global

By Sylvie Corbet And Nicolas Garriga Jun. 02, 2020 01:03 PM EDT

Residents lineup 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 Apr. 30, 2020 12:57 PM EDT

People wearing face masks walk past closed street stalls and shops due to a government ban on the operation of non-essential businesses and markets to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
'Complete collapse of economies' ahead as Africa faces virus

By Rodney Muhumuza Apr. 05, 2020 04:55 AM EDT