Month: July 2020
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Mali
Mali President Urges For Dialogue After Thousands Came Out On Roads To Protest
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday urged for dialogue with his opponents in a televised speech, hours after thousands…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast’s Ruling Party Likely To Ask President Ouattara To Contest Election Again
Ivory Coast’s ruling party is likely to urge President Alassane Ouattara to seek a third term in October’s presidential election,…
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Algeria
Algeria Re-Imposes Travel Restrictions In A Bid To Curb Spread Of Novel Coronavirus
Algeria government on Thursday re-imposed travel restrictions in the country starting Friday testing in a bid to stop a rise…
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Sudan
Sudan: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Replaces Ministers In Major Reshuffle
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Thursday replaced the finance, foreign, energy and health ministers as well as three other…
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Health
African Countries Urged To Adopt Aggressive Approach To Curb Spread Of COVID-19
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday urged African countries to urgently boost their efforts…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: PM & Presidential Election Candidate Amadou Gon Coulibaly Dies
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who is also the governing party’s candidate for an October presidential election, breathed…
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Libya
Libya Conflict: U.N. Chief Warns Foreign Interference Is At Unprecedented Levels
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned the Security Council that foreign countries’ interference in the ongoing conflict in…
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Kenya
Kenya, Washington Officially Launch Negotiation Talks For A Bilateral Trade Pact
Kenya has launched negotiation talks with the United States on Wednesday for a bilateral trade pact that is expected to…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Says Domestic Unrest Will Not Derail Filling Of Nile Dam
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday said the ongoing protests over the killing of Hachalu Hundessa would not derail…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Sacks Health Minister Obadiah Moyo
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Health Minister Obadiah Moyo on Tuesday over inappropriate conduct, reported Washington Post. Moyo has been…
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Kenya
Kenya’s Education Ministry Declares Schools Will Remain Closed Until January 2021
Kenya’s Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced all schools in the country will remain closed until next January due to…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Announces Resumption Of International, Domestic Flights
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced a phased reopening of the country from a COVID-19 lockdown, reported Reuters. The…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: More Than 166 People Killed In Protests After Hachalu Hundessa’s Death
More than 166 people have been killed in Ethiopia during protests and violence in the aftermath of the killing of…
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Madagascar
Madagascar Government Re-Imposes Lockdown On Antananarivo Amid Surge In COVID-19 Cases
The Madagascar government on Sunday re-imposed lockdown Antananarivo after the capital reported a new surge in coronavirus infections, two months…
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Malawi
Malawi: President Lazarus Chakwera Cancels Independence Celebrations
Malawi’s new President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday called off independence celebrations amid a drastic spike in the number of coronavirus…
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Ghana
Ghana: Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah Resigns
Ghana’s Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah resigned from the post on Friday after admitting that he violated…
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Sudan
Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia Resumes Negotiation Talks Over Controversial Nile Dam
Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry on Friday confirmed the negotiation talks between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia over the Grand…
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Botswana
Botswana: Government Launches Probe Into Mysterious Deaths Of Elephants
The Botswana government has launched a probe after hundreds of elephant carcasses were found in the popular Okavango Delta area…
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South Africa
South African President Extends Deployment Of 20,000 Soldiers Until September
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday informed Parliament about his decision to extend the deployment of 20,000 soldiers, a…
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World
WHO Calls For Stringent Measures As African Countries Resume Commercial Flights
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged African governments to take effective measures to mitigate the risk of an…
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Botswana
Botswana: President Mokgweetsi Masisi Goes Into Coronavirus Quarantine
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday went into a 14-day self-isolation after an employee in the presidential office was confirmed…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Government Announces Resumption Of Domestic Flights From July 8
Nigeria’s Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika on Wednesday confirmed that the government will begin reopening the country’s airports from July 8,…
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Burundi
Burundi: President Evariste Ndayishimiye Vows To Tackle Coronavirus Seriously
Burundi’s new President Evariste Ndayishimiye has promised that his government will take the ongoing coronavirus pandemic seriously unlike his predecessor…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Protests Erupt As Popular Musician Haacaaluu Hundessa Shot Dead In Addis Ababa
At least 10 people died and more than 80 were injured in blasts and protests in Ethiopia’s capital and the…
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Sudan
Sudan: Thousands Come Out On Streets Demanding Faster Reform
The people of Sudan came out on the streets on Tuesday to pressure transitional authorities, demanding justice for those killed…
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