Year: 2020
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Mali
Mali: 29 Soldiers Killed In Suspected Terrorist Attack On Militant Camp In Tarkint
At least 29 soldiers were killed in a suspected terrorist attack by suspected Islamist militants on an army camp in…
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Health
South Africa Health Minister Says Number of Coronavirus Cases Surpass 200 Mark
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Friday confirmed the number of coronavirus cases in the country has spiked to…
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South Africa
South Africa To Built 40km Fence On Zimbabwe Border As Coronavirus Measure
A South African minister on Thursday announced the government’s plan to build a fence along its border with Zimbabwe to…
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East Africa
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Appeals Citizens To Refrain From Attacking Foreigners
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday urged citizens to refrain from attacking foreigners as coronavirus cases rise in the…
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Nigeria
Nigerian President Buhari Announces National Emergency Toll-Free Number
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday announced a national emergency toll-free number for Nigerians and other residents as a measure…
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South Sudan
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Calls For Rooting Out Corruption From The Country
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Wednesday warned ministers in the first-ever cabinet meeting of the Transitional Government of National…
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Health
Coronavirus Pandemic: Africa Should Prepare For The Worst- Warns WHO Head
The World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday warned Africa to “prepare for the worst” as the coronavirus…
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Libya
Libya War: Khalifa Haftar’s Forces Kill Four People In Rocket Attacks On Tripoli
East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army launched rocket attacks on Tripoli on Wednesday, killing four civilians, reported TRT…
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Health
Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Pledges To Donate Masks, COVID 19 Test Kits To African Countries
Chinese billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, has come out to support the World in combating the ongoing…
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Benin
Coronavirus: Four More African Countries Report First Confirmed COVID 19 Cases
Four more African nations including Benin, Liberia, Somalia, and Tanzania have confirmed their first coronavirus cases on Monday, reported Reuters.…
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East Africa
Sudan Offers To Mediate Between Egypt, Ethiopia Over GERD Nile Dam Issue
Sudan’s Sovereign Council’s deputy head, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, on Sunday said his country would work as a mediator to bridge…
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East Africa
Kenya Government Bars Entry Of Foreigners From Coronavirus Affected Countries
Kenya has barred the entry of foreigners from countries affected by coronavirus cases and suspended schools and colleges in a…
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Health
Libya: GNA Declares State Of Emergency In The Country Amid Coronavirus Fear
Libya’s Tripoli-based Government of National Accord on Saturday declared a state of emergency over the global coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister…
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Health
Sudan Health Ministry Reports Death Of First Confirmed Coronavirus Patient
Sudan on Friday reported the first case of the novel coronavirus following the death of a 50-year-old man, reported Reuters.…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: President Kiir Announces New Cabinet In Transitional Unity Government
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Thursday appointed key ministers to the latest power-sharing government formed last month in line…
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World
Ivory Coast: President Ouattara Confirms Won’t Seek Third Term In October Election
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday confirmed he does not intend to seek re-election when his second five-year term…
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World
South Africa’s Health Ministry Confirms First Case Of Deadly Coronavirus
South Africa on Thursday reported the first confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus in the country, reported Reuters. “The National…
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Health
WHO Confirms DRC’s Last Ebola Patient Gets Discharged From Treatment Center
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the last patient who was being treated for Ebola in a treatment center…
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World
Kenya President Warns Somalia To Stop Unwarranted Attacks On Border Town
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday warned Somalia against any violation of Kenya’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, reported Africa News.…
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World
Nile Dam: US President Says Washington Will Continue To Mediate In Negotiation Talks
The United States President Donald Trump has assured Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that Washington will continue to mediate in…
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Health
Senegal Health Ministry Reports Two Confirmed Cases Of Deadly Coronavirus
Senegal’s health ministry on Tuesday reported the second coronavirus case in the country, reported Reuters. The patient, who flew to…
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Togo
Togo Election: Constitutional Court Declares Faure Gnassingbe As Winner
Togo’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday declared Faure Gnassingbe as the winner of February’s presidential election, reported The New York Times.…
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World
Kenya Court Orders Suspension Of Flights From China Over Coronavirus Fear
Kenya’s High Court on Friday ordered the suspension of all flights from China to Kenya over the coronavirus outbreak, following…
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World
U.S. Vows To Continue To Work With Egypt, Ethiopia And Sudan On Nile Dam Issue
The United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said Washington will continue to work with the governments of Egypt,…
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Health
Coronavirus: WHO Cautions COVID 19 Outbreak Getting Bigger After Nigeria Case
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday cautioned that the coronavirus outbreak is getting bigger after Nigeria reported its first…
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