Month: March 2021
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Rwanda
Rwandan Health Ministry Receives 500,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
Rwandan Health Minister Daniel Ngamije on Tuesday said the country has received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to…
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Health
WHO’s Long-Awaited COVID-19 Origin Report Gets Criticized By 14 Nations
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) long-anticipated report on the origins of Covid-19 has been criticized by the United States and…
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South Africa
South African President Bans Off-Site Alcohol Sale Over Upcoming Easter Weekend
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said the country would remain on alert level 1 lockdown as a precaution…
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Egypt
Egyptian President Warns No One Can Take A Drop From Egypt’s Water Over GERD Issue
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday warned there would be severe regional consequences if the country’s water supply were…
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South Africa
South African President Urges People To Take Precautions Ahead Of Easter Weekend
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged the people to take extra precautions as the country prepares for the…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Health Ministry To Receive 300,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
The Ethiopian government on Monday said it would receive 300,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) on…
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Egypt
Sudan Says EU, U.S. Ready To Mediate In Ethiopia’s Controversial Nile Dam Issue
Sudan’s Sovereign Council on Monday said the United States and the European Union have expressed readiness to mediate in the…
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South Africa
South African Govt Planning To Vaccinate 200,000 People A Day Starting May
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the health authorities are planning to administer coronavirus vaccines to up to 200,000…
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Health
WHO Head Urges Countries To Donate 10 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged countries to immediately donate 10 million COVID-19 vaccine…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Announces A Slew Of New COVID-19 Restrictions
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced some new COVID-19 restrictions to combat a surge in the number of infections,…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: President Ouattara Names Patrick Achi As New Prime Minister
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara on Friday named Patrick Achi, one of his close confidants, as the country’s new prime…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian PM Says Eritrea Agrees To Withdraw Troops From War-Torn Tigray
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday said Eritrea has agreed to pull its troops out of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray…
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South Africa
South African President To Address People On COVID-19 Measures For Easter Soon
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is soon expected to make an announcement on the measures to be implemented to curb…
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Health
WHO Africa Calls For Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Access To African Countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) Africa on Thursday called for equitable COVID-19 vaccine access to African countries, reported Anadolu Agency.…
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South Sudan
South Sudan Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment Through Covax Facility
South Sudan on Thursday received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. A total of 132,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine…
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Libya
Libya: New Unity Government Calls For Withdrawal Of Foreign Forces, Mercenaries
Libya’s newly formed unity government on Thursday demanded immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries in a bid to…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa Receives First Shot Of Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday received his first shot of the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, reported Reuters. He got…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa To Appear Before Zondo Inquiry Commission
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture (Zondo Commission)…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Rights Group Says Eritrean Troops Killed Over 100 Civilians In Tigray
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said Eritrean soldiers killed more than 100 civilians in a November massacre in…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Orders Closure Of Dadaab, Kakuma Refugee Camps
The Kenyan government on Wednesday gave two weeks’ time to the United Nations refugee agency- UNHCR- to come up with…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Scientists Develop Two Vaccines To Combat COVID-19 In Scientific Breakthrough
Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Tuesday announced the country’s scientists have developed two COVID-19 vaccines, reported CGTN Africa.…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Says His Country Does Not Want A War With Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday said his country does not want to have a war with Sudan, as…
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Republic of the Congo
Republic Of Congo: Denis Sassou Nguesso Wins Presidential Election With 88.57% Votes
The Republic Of Congo’s incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso won the presidential election with 88.57% of the vote, according to preliminary…
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Nigeria
UNICEF Says One-Third Of Nigerian Children Do Not Have Access To Enough Water
The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF on Monday said nearly one-third of Nigerian children do not have access to enough…
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South Africa
South African Health Ministry Sells AstraZeneca Vaccines To Other AU Member States
South African health ministry on Sunday concluded the sale of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to other African Union (AU) member states,…
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