Month: April 2021
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Libya
Libya Receives First Batch Of 57,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From COVAX
Libya on Friday received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from the Covax initiative at the Mitiga International Airport in…
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Djibouti
Djibouti: Voting Begins As Long Time President Ismail Omar Guelleh Seeks Fifth Term
Voting began on Friday in Djibouti where President Ismail Omar Guelleh is seeking a fifth term after ruling the country…
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Health
Africa CDC Drops Plan To Aquire AstraZeneca Vaccine, Which COVAX Will Supply
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday said it has decided not to secure AstraZeneca…
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Egypt
Egypt, Uganda Sign Military Intelligence Sharing Agreement Amid Nile Dam Row
Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda on military intelligence sharing, Ugandan officials confirmed on Thursday, amid growing…
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Egypt
Egyptian President Warns All Options Open After Dam Talks End Sans A Deal
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday warned that “all options are open” after the latest round of talks over…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast’s President Says Gbagbo Is Free To Return Following Acquittal
Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday said that his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo and his former youth minister Charles Ble…
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Somalia
Somalia’s Political Deadlock Far From Over As Latest Negotiation Talks Fail
The latest round of talks aimed at resolving Somalia’s election deadlock ended without any progress in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a…
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Republic of the Congo
Republic Of Congo’s Constitutional Court Confirms Sassou’s Re-Election Victory
The Republic of Congo’s Constitutional court on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s appeal to annul the March presidential election’s result, reported…
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Egypt
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Confirms Latest Round Of Negotiation Talks On GERD Fail
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday confirmed that the latest round of negation talks between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the…
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Tanzania
Tanzanian President Hassan Says It’s Not Proper To Ignore COVID-19 Pandemic
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday said it is not proper to ignore the COVID-19 pandemic, hinting at a…
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Health
WHO Confirms Possibility Of COVID-19 Transmission From Humans To Animals
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic on Monday said the international health body has confirmed the…
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Sudan
Sudan: Forty Dead As Violence Escalates In West Darfur’s El Geneina City
The United Nations on Monday said at least 40 people have been killed and 58 injured in violent tribal clashes…
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Egypt
Sudan Calls For Adopting New Approach In Latest Round Of GERD Negotiation Talks
Sudan on Monday called for adopting a new approach to negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the…
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Libya
Libya: Presidential Council Announces Reconciliation Commission
Libya’s Presidential Council on Monday announced the formation of a National Reconciliation Commission that will work to establish social peace…
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Guinea
Guinea Health Authorities Report First New Ebola Virus Case In Nearly A Month
Guinea on Thursday detected its first new case of the Ebola virus in almost a month, according to the World…
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Niger
Niger’s New President Mohamed Bazoum Swears-In, Vows To Tackle Terrorism
Niger’s newly-elected President Mohamed Bazoum was sworn into power on Friday in the capital, Niamey, reported Africa News. The swearing-in…
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Ethiopia
G7 Countries Call For Independent Probe Into Alleged Rights Abuses In Tigray
The G7 group of countries including the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom on Friday…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Says More Than 1.4 Million People Facing Starvation Due To Drought
A Kenyan government official on Thursday said over 1.4 million people in Kenya are currently at risk of hunger, starvation,…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC To Host Negotiation Talks On Controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Issue
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will host a three-day meeting in Kinshasa where foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and…
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Mozambique
Mozambique: African Union Calls For Urgent Action After Recent Attack On Palma
The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Thursday condemned the terrorist attacks in Mozambique and the recent violence…
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Namibia
Namibia: President Hage Geingob Thanks China And India For Vaccine Donations
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Wednesday lauded China and India for their vaccine donations, reported CGTN Africa. “It is in…
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast: ICC Judges Uphold Acquittal Of Former President Laurent Gbagbo
Judges at International Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the acquittal of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and youth minister…
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