Month: July 2020
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Egypt
Nile Dam: Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Reach ‘Major Common Understanding’ On GERD
Leaders from Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan on Tuesday agreed to resume talks to break a deadlock on the controversial Nile…
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Sudan
Sudan: Former President Omar Al-Bashir On Trial Over 1989 Coup That Brought Him To Power
Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir has gone on trial over his role in a military coup that brought him to…
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Tanzania
Tanzania To Hold Presidential Election On October 28- Electoral Body
Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Tuesday announced the highly anticipated presidential election will be held on Oct. 28, reported…
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Egypt
Egyptian Parliament Approves Possible Military Intervention In War-Torn Libya
Egyptian parliament on Monday gave a green signal to President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s proposal for possible military intervention in Libya to…
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Health
WHO Raises Alarm Over Rapid Increase In Coronavirus Cases Across Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday raised an alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Africa, pointing towards…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Ruling Party Requests President Alassane Ouattara To Seek Another Term
Ivory Coast’s ruling party on Monday said it had requested President Alassane Ouattara to stand in the upcoming presidential election…
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Mali
Mali Opposition Group Rejects Mediators Call For Power-Sharing Government
Mali opposition group on Sunday rejected a proposal brought forward by regional mediators with an aim to end the political…
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Libya
Libya: France, Germany, Italy Threatens To Use Sanctions Against Foreign Countries
The leaders of France, Germany, and Italy have threatened to use sanctions against foreign countries that continued to violate a…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Gets Himself Isolated
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Sunday revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the latest top politician to…
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Libya
Turkish President Condemns Egypt, UAE For Supporting Libya’s Khalifa Haftar
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday condemned Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for supporting Libyan eastern commander…
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Mali
Mali: Prime Minister Boubou Cisse Apologises For Security Forces’ Firing On Protesters
Mali’s Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Friday apologized for the security forces that opened fire last week on anti-government protesters.…
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Sudan
Sudan Says Ethiopia Has Denied Filling The Renaissance Dam Reservoir
Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Ethiopia has confirmed that news reports claiming that it had started filling the Grand…
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Egypt
Egypt’s President Says Cairo Will Not Stand Idle To Threat To Egyptian & Libyan Security
Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah El Sisi said on Thursday that his government would not sit idle in the face of…
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Gabon
Gabon Gets First Female Prime Minister In Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda
Gabon president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Thursday announced the appointment of Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda as the country’s new Prime…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Water Minister Confirms GERD Dam Reservoir On River Nile Filling Up
Ethiopia’s Water Minister on Wednesday confirmed the reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is filling, reported Reuters. The…
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Tunisia
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh Steps Down Trigerring Political Crisis
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh stepped down on Wednesday posing a major blow to the country’s ongoing political deadlock, reported…
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South Africa
South Africa: Coronavirus Cases Cross 300,000 Mark Despite Early Lockdown
South Africa’s coronavirus cases crossed 300,000 mark late on Wednesday, which represents nearly half of all the confirmed cases on…
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World
Nile Dam: Sudan Ministry Submits GERD Draft Agreement To African Union
Sudan’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources on Tuesday said it has submitted a balanced and fair draft agreement on…
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Libya
Libya: Haftar’s Parliament Resolution Approves Egyptian Military Intervention
Libya’s eastern-based parliament on Monday passed a resolution that approves Egypt’s direct military to intervene in the Libyan conflict to…
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Health
WHO Warns Coronavis Pandemic Is Going To Get Worse And Worse And Worse
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic might likely worsen in the coming…
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Tunisia
Tunisian Prime Minister Considering Cabinet Reshuffle Amid Row With Ennahda
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh on Monday said he is seeking to carry out a cabinet reshuffle soon, amid a…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: WHO Confirms Ebola Spreading In Western Congo With 50 Confirmed Cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced Ebola is spreading in the western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as…
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Madagascar
Madagascar: President Rajoelina Confirms Two Lawmakers Have Died From COVID-19
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on late Sunday confirmed that two lawmakers have died of coronavirus since the first case was…
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South Africa
South African Government Re-Instates Curfew, Booze Ban As Coronavirus Cases Spike
South African government on Sunday re-imposed a nationwide curfew, as well as a ban on the sale of alcohol as…
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Mali
Mali: Opposition Rejects President’s Concessions Intended To End Civil Unrest
Mali opposition leaders have rejected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s proposed concessions intended to quell the growing civil unrest in the…
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