In April, a military plane carrying medical supplies took off to help South Africa, which was emerging as the worst-hit country on the continent. "This is a gesture of the Turkish government to South Africa," Turkish Ambassador Elif Çomoğlu Ülgen said when the supplies landed at Cape Town International Airport. TIKA also provided protective gear to Lesotho, a landlocked country encircled by South Africa. Namibia also received Turkish medical supplies, including 30,000 N95 masks, 60,000 three-layered masks and 20,000 protective coveralls. Turkey sent medical aid to over 150 countries and six international organizations in 2020 to help combat the pandemic, Erdoğan said last month.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 30, 2020 11:03 UTC