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An empty street in downtown Rabat is seen following the announcement of a health state of emergency and members of the public ordered to a home confinement, in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, March 22, 2020. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia.(AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

An empty street in downtown Rabat is seen following the announcement of a health state of emergency and members of the public ordered to a home confinement, in Rabat, Morocco, Sunday, March 22, 2020. For some people the COVID-19 coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause severe illness including pneumonia.(AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

March 25, 2020

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As lockdowns kill jobs, Africa's informal workers suffer
March 25, 2020 11:20 a.m.

As lockdowns kill jobs, Africa's informal workers suffer

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Earlier this month, Soukaina Rgragui, her 1-year-old daughter and diabetic mother lived modestly on the money brought back home by Soukaina’s husband, a vendor of used furniture in the streets of Morocco's capital Rabat.