Month: June 2020
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Health
WHO Warns Worst Is Yet To Come As Covid-19 Pandemic Is Speeding Up And Is Far From Over
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned the worst could be still to come as the Covid-19 pandemic was…
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Lesotho
Lesotho: Former First Lady Maesaiah Thabane Granted Bail In Lipolelo Murder Case
Lesotho’s former first lady, Maesaiah Thabane, who has been charged for the murder of former Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s estranged…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Appoints State Governors For Unity Government
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday appointed governors for eight states for the transitional coalition government formed four months…
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Nigeria
Nigeria Government Considering Imposing Lockdown In 18 Local Governments
Nigeria Government on Monday hinted that is considering imposing lockdown in 18 local governments in the country, reported The Guardian.…
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World
Nile Dam: African Union Claims More Than 90% of Issues In GERD Negotiations Resolved
The African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday said almost 90% of issues in the tripartite negotiations between…
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Somalia
Somalia: National Electoral Commission Postpones November 2020 Elections
Somalia’s Independent Electoral Commission has confirmed that the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections will not take in the East African…
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Malawi
Malawi: Lazarus Chakwera Gets Sworn In As New President For Next Five Years
Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in as Malawi’s new president on Sunday after the election commission declared him as the winner…
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World
Nile Dam: Ethiopia, Egypt, And Sudan Agree To Delay Filling Of GERD Until Deal Is Reached
Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan have agreed that Ethiopia will not start filling the controversial Nile dam without reaching an agreement…
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Rwanda
Rwanda Re-Imposes Lockdown In Kigali Due To Increase In Coronavirus Cases
Rwanda has re-imposed a 15-day lockdown in six villages of Kigali after the capital recorded 21 new cases this month,…
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South Africa
South African Government Allows Re-Opening Of Casinos, Restaurants
The South African government has ordered reopening of casinos, cinemas, and restaurants from Monday in a further easing of coronavirus…
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Sudan
Sudan Calls Out UNSC To Intervene In A Dispute Over Newly Built Nile Dam
Sudan government has urged the United Nations Security Council to intervene in a dispute over Ethiopia’s newly built hydroelectric Nile…
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Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: President Umaro Embalo Announces End Of Night-Time Curfew
Guinea-Bissau’s President, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, on Thursday announced the end of the night-time curfew that was imposed to curb the…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC Government Declares End To Its Largest Ebola Outbreak After Two Years
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday announced the end of the second-largest Ebola outbreak on…
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Senegal
Senegalese President Macky Sall Quarantines Himself After Contact With COVID-19 Case
Senegalese President Macky Sall has quarantined himself for two weeks as a precaution after he came in contact with someone…
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Malawi
Malawi: State Media Reports Chakwera Cruising To Victory With 61 Percent Of Votes
The first wave of preliminary results of the recently held Malawi presidential election re-run suggests opposition leader Dr. Lazarus Chakwera…
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Health
WHO Chief Says All African Countries Now Have Coronavirus Lab Testing Capacity
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Wednesday said all African countries have now developed…
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Libya
Libya: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio Meets GNA Head Fayez Al-Sarraj In Tripoli
Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio on Wednesday made an unannounced visit to Libya’s capital, Tripoli, where he met with…
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South Africa
South Africa To Begin Its First Clinical Trial Of A Coronavirus Vaccine This Week
South Africa on Tuesday announced it will begin its first clinical trial this week for a vaccine against the novel…
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Malawi
Malawi Presidential Election Re-Run: Vote Counting Under Way, Results Expected Soon
The people of Malawi voted on Tuesday in a re-run of the presidential election, reported Reuters. Some 6.8 million people…
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Malawi
Sierra Leone: President Julius Maada Bio Announces Relaxation In Coronavirus Restrictions
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio on Tuesday announced relaxation in coronavirus restrictions across the country that includes reducing the…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Doctors Group Calls Off Week-Long Strike After Government’s Assurance
Nigerian resident doctors in state-run hospitals have suspended a strike that they had called last week over welfare and inadequate…
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Libya
Libya: UN Human Rights Council Orders Investigation Into Human Rights Abuses
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Monday ordering a fact-finding mission to Libya to establish facts…
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Morocco
Morocco: Domestic Flights, Public Transport Between Cities To Resume This Week
Morocco is set to resume domestic flights, and public transport between cities starting Thursday, June 25, reported Reuters. The government…
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Sudan
Sudanese Minister Warn Against Escalation Between Egypt, Ethiopia Over Nile Dam
Sudanese government on Sunday warned against escalation between Egypt and Ethiopia over the controversial Nile dam and urged for further…
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Mali
Mali: ECOWAS Urges Mali Government To Re-Run Disputed Elections Following Mass Protests
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday called out Mali to re-run some of its contested local…
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