Year: 2019
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World
Algeria Court Jails 21 Protesters For Waving Berber Flags During Protests
An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced 21 protesters to six months in jail over charges of undermining national unity, reported…
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DRC Forces Kills Juvenal Musabimana, Leader Of Splinter Hutu Militia Group
Congolese forces have killed the leader of an offshoot of a Hutu militia and four of his bodyguards in a…
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Pope Francis Intends To Visit South Sudan Next Year, Urges Dialogue For Peace
Pope Francis on Sunday made an appeal to South Sudanese politicians to overcome their divisions and come together for a…
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Bolivian President Evo Morales Announces Resignation, Calls For New Election
Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned on Sunday following pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory resulted…
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Mauritius: Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth Secures Himself A Five Year Term
Mauritius’ incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has secured himself a five-year term as his party Militant Socialist Movement (MSM)…
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Zimbabwe Government Fires 211 Public Sector Doctors On Strike As Economy Worsens
The Zimbabwe government on Friday fired more than 200 public sector doctors who have been on strike for over two…
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Sudan Minister Says Country Needs Up To $5 Billion In Support To Avoid Collapse
Sudan’s Minister of Finance and Economy, Ibrahim Elbadawi, on Thursday, said the country requires up to $5 billion in budget…
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Johnson & Johnson Files For Approval From European Regulators For Ebola vaccine
Johnson & Johnson on Thursday said it had filed for approval from European regulators for its two-dose experimental vaccine to…
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Mauritius: Thursday Voting To Decide Future Of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth
Mauritius went to polls on Thursday to elect its leader for the next five years, reported Reuters. A total of…
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South Sudan: President Salva Kiir, Rebel Leader Riek Machar Delay Unity Govt Formation
Uganda’s presidency on Thursday announced South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and chief rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to delay…
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International Criminal Court Sentences DR Congo’s Bosco Ntaganda To 30 Years In Jail
The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced former DR Congo military leader Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in prison for…
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UN Security Council Appeals South Sudan’s Warring Parties To Meet Peace Deal
The United Nations Security Council On Wednesday made an appeal to South Sudan’s warring parties to publicly confirm their commitment…
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US President Trump Says Talks With Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Over Dam Dispute Went Well
The United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had held talks with officials from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan…
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Science
China Launches Sudan’s First-Ever Remote Sensing Satellite Aboard Long March-4B Rocket
Sudan’s first-ever satellite has been launched by China, the African country’s governing council announced on Tuesday. The remote-sensing satellite will…
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UNICEF Calls For US$10 Million Support For Flood Affected Children In South Sudan
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday made an appeal asking for 10 million U.S. dollars to meet the…
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Egypt’s Transport Minister Confirms Construction Of 6,000Km Railway Line To Sudan
Egypt’s Minister of Transportation Kamel El-Wazir said the government is building a 6,000-kilometre railway line to connect Upper Egypt with…
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Nigeria Police Rescue 259 People From Illegal Detention Center In Mosque
Nigerian police on Tuesday freed 259 people from an illegal Islamic rehabilitation centre in a mosque in Ibadan, in the…
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Sudan: PM Hamdok Says Govt Planning Cash Transfers To Poor As Part Of Subsidies
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday said the government is planning to offer cash transfers for poor people to…
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Uganda Govt Denies Plans To Introduce Bill Imposing Death Penalty For Gay Sex
The Ugandan government has denied that it plans to introduce a bill targeting homosexuals, dismissing claims by a senior official…
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US President Trump Speaks With Egypt’s Sisi On Phone In Support Of Nile Dam Project
U.S. President Donald Trump had a telephonic conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday during which he…
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Washington Advises Cameroon To Respect Human Rights To Get AGOA Benefits
The United States has advised the Cameroon government to respect human rights in order to be reinstated as a beneficiary…
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Algeria: Election Authority Announces Names Of Presidential Election Candidates
Algeria’s electoral authority on Saturday announced the name of the candidates who will be contesting the presidential election set for…
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Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Confirms Protest Death Toll Now Stands At 86
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday said the number of people killed in protests held last month had risen…
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Sudan: Opposition Alliance Wants Ex-President Al Bashir To Be Handed Over To ICC
Sudan’s protest and opposition group coalition on Sunday said it was not against handing over the deposed President Omar Al…
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53 Soldiers, 1 Civilian Killed In An Attack On A Military Post In Northeast Mali
The Mali government on Saturday confirmed at least 53 soldiers and a civilian have been killed in an attack on…
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