Year: 2019
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World
Chad President: 37 People Killed In New Bout Of Deadly Intercommunal Fighting
Chad’s President Idriss Deby on Friday said at least 37 people were killed this week in intercommunal violence in the…
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Algeria: Protesters Continue Demonstrations On Twenty-Fifth Consecutive Friday
Hundreds of Algerians took to streets in the center of the capital once again on Friday to demand transformations in…
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Zimbabwe President Sacks Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira Over Corruption Charges
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday fired Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira after she was detained for questioning over the disappearance…
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Libya Deports 141 Migrants To Sudan As Part Of Voluntary Program
The Libya government on Thursday deported 141 Sudanese migrants from Benghazi’s Benina airport as part of a voluntary return programme.…
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Business
Oragroup Gets AGF West Africa Guarantee For Issue Of Commercial Paper
The pan-African banking group, Oragroup, on Wednesday, announced it has obtained the guarantee from the African Guarantee Fund (AGF West…
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Washinton Not Ready To Remove Sudan From Terror Sponsor List
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale on Wednesday said Washington still needs to settle some longstanding issues…
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Libya’s Foreign Minister Urges ICC To Investigate Murzuq Airstrike
Mohamed Sayala, the Foreign Minister of Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord, on Wednesday called out to the International Criminal…
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Tunisia: Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi Submits Bid To Run For President
Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi on Wednesday submitted his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for September 15 as an…
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Kenyan MPs Want Govt To Settle Somalia Dispute Outside The Court
The Kenyan Parliament has directed the Cabinet to send a protest letter to the United Nations after its judges at…
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Sudan Calls Out Washington To Remove It From Terror Sponsor List
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the United States to remove Sudan’s name from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.…
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Zimbabwe Opposition Party To Hold March Against Government
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party is going to hold demonstrations next week over the worsening economic conditions in the country. In…
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Somalia, U.S. Agree To Intensify Operation Against Al-Shabab
Somalia and the United States on Monday agreed to intensify security operations against militant group al-Shabab in the Horn of…
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Uganda Begins Largest Ebola Vaccine Trial To Date
Uganda has reportedly begun the largest Ebola vaccine trial to date that is likely to prevent the disease from spreading,…
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U.S. Undersecretary of State For Political Affairs To Visit Sudan
The United States Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale will reach Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Wednesday for talks…
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Algeria: Two Former Ministers Detained Over Corruption Charges
Algeria’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the arrest of two former ministers over suspected corruption charges under former president Abdelaziz…
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Libya: Airstrike By Commander Khalifa Haftar’s Forces Kills 40
An airstrike launched by eastern Libyan forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar killed around 40 people and injured more than…
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Egypt: Explosion Led By Multiple Car Crash Kills 19, Injures Over 30
Around nineteen people were killed and 30 got after a car crash involving several cars caused an explosion in central…
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Egypt’s Sisi, France’s Macron Support UN’s Call For Ceasefire In Libya
French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had a telephonic conversation with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday. The two reportedly discussed regional…
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Government Cancels Or Suspends Major Mining Licenses
The government of Sierra Leone has reportedly canceled or suspended the licences of some big mining projects, including the Tonkolili…
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Zimbabwe Summons US Ambassador Over Sanctions On Sanyatwe
The Zimbabwe government on Friday protested against US sanctions imposed against its current ambassador to Tanzania, reported Africa News. The…
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Sudan: Military Council, Opposition Agree On Power-Sharing Deal
Sudan’s ruling military council and protest and opposition coalition finally agreed on a constitutional declaration on Friday, reported BBC. The…
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Health
Uganda Begins Trial Of Second Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Ugandan researchers have begun the trial of a second experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring…
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World
Sudan: Four Protesters Killed During Thursday’s Million-Man March
At least four Sudanese protesters were killed in gunfire in Omdurman on Thursday during protests, a doctor’s committee said. “Four…
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Mohammed Ould Ghazouni Sworn In As New Mauritania President
Former defence minister, Mohammed Ould Ghazouni, was sworn in as Mauritania’s newly elected president on Thursday. He won the June…
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Mozambique President, Renamo Leader Sign Landmark Peace Accord
Filipe Nyusi, Mozambique’s president, and Ossufo Momade, the leader of Renamo, a former rebel movement-turned-opposition party, on Thursday signed a…
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