Month: September 2020
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Government To Charge Travelers Tested For COVID-19 At Entry Ports
Zimbabwe government on Tuesday announced that it will charge for COVID-19 tests done at ports of entry from travelers who…
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Tanzania
Tanzania: Electoral Body Sets Over 80,000 Polling Centers Ahead Of General Elections
Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Tuesday announced it has set a total of 80,155 polling centers ahead of the…
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South Africa
South African President Calls Out Nationals To Work Towards Employment Boosting
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday appealed the people to work towards the country’s growth and a rapid rebound…
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South Sudan
South Sudan To Reopen Learning Institutions In October Amid Declining COVID-19 Cases
South Sudan is set to partial reopen learning institutions in October amid declining COVID-19 positive cases in the country, reported…
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Health
COVID 19 Global Death Toll Crosses Agonizing Milestone Of 1 Million- UN Chief Says
The global COVID-19 death toll crossed past 1 million mark on Tuesday with many countries still reporting surging numbers of…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Announces Re-Opening Of Bars & Pubs, Schools To Still Remain Shut
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced pubs will reopen in the country on Tuesday, six months after they were…
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Business
Africa Losing Nearly $89 Billion A Year In Illicit Financial Flows- UN Study
A new report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) claims Africa is losing nearly $89…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Government Begins Gradual Re-opening Of Shools After Six-Month Suspension
Schools reopened in Zimbabwe on Monday after being shut for over six months since the coronavirus outbreak began, reported Africa…
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Mali
Mali: Interim President Ndaw Appoints Moctar Ouane As New Prime Minister
Mali’s Interim President Bah Ndaw on Sunday appointed former Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as the country’s new prime minister, Africa…
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Central African Republic
CAR: President Faustin-Archange Touadera Announces Candidacy For Upcoming Election
Central Africa Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in December on Saturday, reported…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: African Court Requests Former President Gbagbo’s Voting Rights Be Restored
Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, who has been barred from running in the October presidential election, should be allowed…
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Egypt
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Says No Intention Of Using GERD To Harm Egypt, Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday told the United Nations that his country does not intend to harm Sudan…
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Health
WHO Official Warns COVID-19 Death Toll Could Hit 2 Million Without Collective Action
An official from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned the number of COVID-19 related deaths could double to…
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Mali
Mali: ECOWAS Says It Will Uphold Sanctions Until Military Junta Appoints Civilian PM
The leader of the ECOWAS regional bloc said West African states will uphold sanctions on Mali until it appoints a…
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Guinea
Guinea: Opposition Leader Calls Out ECOWAS To Intervene As Elections Inch Closer
Guinea’s main opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo has made an appeal to neighboring West African states to turn attention to…
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Mali
Mali: ECOWAS Likely To Decide On Lifting Sanctions On Friday After Last Month’s Coup
The West African bloc ECOWAS is expected to decide whether to lift sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup…
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Egypt
Egypt’s President Holds Talks With Libyan Eastern Commander Khalifa Haftar In Cairo
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar in Cairo on Wednesday, reported Anadolu Agency. According to…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: UN Commission Report Says Senior Government Figures Embezzled $36m
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has published a report that claims that high-ranking politicians and…
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Mali
Mali: Military Junta Calls For Lifting Of Economic Sanctions Imposed After Coup
Mali’s military junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Tuesday, demanded the lifting of the economic sanctions imposed on the country…
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Health
WHO Chief Says No Guarantee If Any Vaccine In Development For COVID 19 Will Work
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the global health body does not guarantee if any vaccine in…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: UN Agency Says Over 200,000 Refugee Children Out Of School Due To COVID-19
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said over 200,000 refugee children are currently out of school…
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Kenya
Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta Extends COVID-19 Containment Measures To Month End
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday extended containment measures in the country aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, including…
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Mali
Mali’s Military Junta Appoints Former Defence Minister As Interim President
Mali’s military junta, which seized power in a coup in August after ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, announced on Monday…
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Sudan
Sudan: Ruling Council Officials To Hold Talks On Removal From US Terror List
Sudan’s ruling council on Sunday said a high-level delegation of officials will discuss the removal of the country’s name from…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Announces Reopening Of International Airport, Land Borders
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday the reopening of the country’s international airport and land borders and resumption of operations…
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