Month: March 2021
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: President Alassane Ouattara’s Party Wins Majority In Legislative Elections
Ivory Coast’s election commission on Tuesday declared the ruling party has won an absolute majority in parliament, three days after…
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Morocco
Morocco’s Health Ministry Vaccinates More Than Four Million People Against COVID-19
Morocco’s Health Ministry on Tuesday said it has vaccinated over four million people since the launch of the COVID-19 vaccination…
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Health
WHO Says Africa’s Epidemic Managing Experience Helped In Controlling Coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Monday said Africa reacted better to the pandemic not only because…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast’s President Ouattara Appoints Patrick Achi As Interim Prime Minister
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara on Monday selected his close confidant and chief of staff Patrick Achi to be the…
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Senegal
Senegalese Opposition Leader Ousmane Sonko Calls For More Peaceful Protests
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Monday called for bigger but peaceful anti-government protests after he was charged with rape…
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Uncategorized
Rights Group HRW Says Eritrean Forces Shot Dead Hundreds In Ethiopia’s Tigray
International Human Rights Organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Friday said Eritrean forces shot dead hundreds of children and civilians…
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Libya
Libya: PM Dbeibah Presents New Government Proposal To Parliament For Approval
Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has submitted a proposed government lineup to parliament for approval, which is a key…
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Guinea
WHO Warns Ebola Risk Is Extremely High For Guinea’s Neighboring Countries
A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Friday warned the risk of an Ebola outbreak spreading to Guinea’s neighbors is…
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Ghana
Ghana: Supreme Court’s Order Retains President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Election Victory
Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President Nana Akufo-Addo’s election victory, rejecting a challenge by the opposition leader and runner-up…
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Senegal
Senegal: One Person Killed In Clashes Between Police & Ousmane Sonko’s Supporters
One person was killed on Thursday in clashes between Senegal’s police and supporters of arrested opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who…
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Ethiopia
UN Calls For Independent Investigation Into Possible War Crimes In Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations (UN) on Thursday called for an independent investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ethiopia’s…
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Lesotho
Lesotho Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Via Global COVAX Initiative
Lesotho received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday via COVAX, a multilateral vaccine initiative, reported CGTN Africa. The…
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Ghana
Ghana Signs Trade Agreement Worth $1.6 Billion With United Kingdom
Ghana signed a trade agreement worth $1.6 billion with the United Kingdom on Wednesday. The agreement is one of the…
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South Africa
Interpol Seizes Thousands Of Fake Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines In South Africa, China
Global police agency Interpol on Wednesday revealed security officials have seized thousands of counterfeit doses of the coronavirus vaccine in…
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Egypt
Egypt, Sudan’s Foreign Ministers Raise Concern Over Filling Of Controversial Nile Dam
Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Sudan on Tuesday warned against any unilateral move by Ethiopia in filling the controversial Nile…
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Mozambique
Amnesty International Accuses Mozambique Govt, Private Firms, Fighters Of War Crimes
International Rights Group Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Mozambique’s government forces, private military contractors, and armed groups of committing war…
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Nigeria
Nigeria Receives First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine Through COVAX Initiative
Nigeria on Tuesday received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the third country in Africa to get the vaccines…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: All 279 Abducted Schoolgirls Freed, Released To Zamfara Government
The hundreds of teenage girls abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Jangebe region last Friday have been released are…
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Health
WHO Chief Says Global Coronavirus Infection Numbers Rise For First Time In 7 weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the number of new coronavirus cases globally rose…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Vice President Kembo Mohadi Resigns Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Zimbabwean Vice President Kembo Mohadi resigned on Monday after local media reports accused him of improper conduct, including accusations of…
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