Year: 2020
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Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Prime Minister & Three Other Ministers Tests Positive For Corona
Guinea-Bissau’s Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam and three other cabinet members have tested positive for…
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Egypt
Egypt: President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Renews Long-Running State Of Emergency
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday renewed the long-running state of emergency for the next three months, citing health…
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Lesotho
Lesotho Senate Amends Consitution To Limit PM’s Powers To Dissolve Parliament
Lesotho’s Senate on Tuesday limited powers of Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to dissolve parliament and order new elections reported Africa…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: Court Sentences Presidential Candidate Guillaume Soro To 20 Years In Prison
Ivory Coast’s former rebel leader Guillaume Soro, who is also a presidential candidate in the upcoming election, was convicted in…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: President Buhari Announces Gradual Easing Of Lockdown In Key States
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday announced that the government will begin a phased and gradual easing of lockdown in…
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Libya
Libya: Eastern Commander Khalifa Haftar Declares Himself Ruler Of The Country
Libya’s eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar on Monday said his Libyan National Army (LNA) has accepted the mandate of the Libyan…
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Algeria
Algeria: Energy Minister Arkab Says Proven Oil Reserves At 10 Billion Barrels
Algeria’s Energy Minister Mohamed Arkab on Sunday confirmed the country’s proven oil reserves are currently 1.34 million tonnes, or 10…
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Egypt
Egypt Requests IMF For A Financial Package To Counter Coronavirus Impact
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Sunday said the government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial support…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC: At Least 16 Rangers, Civilians Killed In Armed Attack On Virunga National Park
At least 16 people, including 12 rangers, were killed in an attack by an unidentified armed group on Friday in…
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Egypt
Egypt: Total Coronavirus Positive Cases Cross 4,000 Mark, With 201 New Infections
Egypt’s Health Ministry on Friday reported 201 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths, taking the total toll in the country…
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Nigeria
IMF To Discuss Nigeria’s Request For $3.4 Billion In Emergency Financing On Tuesday
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to meet on April 28 to decide on Nigeria’s request for $3.4 billion…
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South Africa
South Africa: Government To Start Easing Lockdown Restrictions Starting May 1
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said the country will start getting back to normal as the government will…
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Guinea Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS Nations Recognizes Umaro Sissoco Embalo As President
A regional bloc of West African nations recognized Umaro Sissoco Embalo as president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday, after four months…
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Health
WHO Warns Deaths Due To Malaria Could Double In Sub-Saharan Africa Region
The World Health Organization on Thursday warned the number of deaths caused by malaria in sub-Saharan Africa could reach 769,000,…
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Botswana
Botswana: President Mokgweetsi Masisi Fires Two Senior Health Officials
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Wednesday dismissed the permanent secretary Solomon Sekwakya and deputy permanent secretary Morrison Sinvula with immediate…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Orders Deployment Of Over 70,000 Soldiers
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced more than 70,000 extra soldiers will be deployed in the country to help…
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World
United Nations Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Could Double Global Hunger
The United Nations on Tuesday warned that the world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by…
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Madagascar
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina Launches Local Herbal Tea Remedy For Coronavirus
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina on Monday launched a local herbal remedy that he claims can prevent and cure the novel…
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: President Julius Maada Quarantines After Guard Tests Coronavirus Positive
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio is currently in self-isolation for 14 days as a precautionary measure after one of…
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Lesotho
Lesotho: Coalition Government Agrees On Dignified Retirement For PM Thabane
Lesotho’s coalition government on Monday called for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane’s resignation, according to a joint statement, reported Reuters. The…
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Tunisia
Tunisia: Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh Announces Lockdown Extension Until May 4
The Tunisia government has extended the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus to May 4, Prime Minister Elyes…
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Ghana
Ghana Becomes First African Country To Not Extend But Lift Coronavirus Lockdown
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday lifted targeted lockdown on two major regions in the country citing improved testing of…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: At Least 47 Pople Killed In Armed Attacks In Northwestern State Of Katsina
Gunmen killed at least 47 people in attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Katsina in the early hours…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa Extends Lockdown By Two Weeks
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday announced that the government has decided to extend the lockdown by two weeks to…
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Malawi
Malawi High Court Blocks President Peter Mutharika’s 21-Day Lockdown Order
Malawi High Court on Friday blocked the government’s 21-day lockdown order that was meant to contain the spread of the…
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