Month: June 2021
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Rwanda
Rwandan President Says Africa Building Partnerships To Make Covid-19 Vaccine
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said African nations are trying to establish partnerships to enable the production of COVID-19…
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Tunisia
Tunisian Govt Extends Lockdown To Three More Governorates As COVID-19 Cases Rise
The Tunisian government on Sunday extended lockdown to three another governorates as the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic worsens in…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopians All Ready To Vote On Monday In A Twice Delayed National Election
Ethiopians are set to vote on Monday in a crucial parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is widely…
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Mali
ECOWAS To Continue Monitoring Mali Before Lifting Membership Suspension
The ECOWAS on Saturday said they will carry on monitoring events in Mali following a coup before deciding to lift…
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South Africa
South African Govt Deploys Army Personnel To COVID-Hit Gauteng Province
South African government on Friday announced it has begun deploying army medical personnel in the country’s most populous Gauteng province…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Tightens Anti-Coronavirus Measures As Virus Cases Surge
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday announced new strict anti-coronavirus measures in a bid to curb a second wave of…
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Sudan
Sudanese Military Announces New Joint Force To Crack Down On Insecurity
Sudanese military has announced it is planning to form a joint force to keep a tab on growing insecurity in…
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Guinea
WHO Chief Expects Guinea To Announce End Of Ebola Outbreak On Saturday
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said he expected the Guinea government to announce the…
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Kenya
Kenyan Health Ministry Announces Strict COVID-19 Measures In Hotspot Areas
Kenyan Health Ministry on Thursday announced a slew of strict measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus in some…
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Zambia
Zambian Government Announces Death Of Founding President Kenneth Kaunda
The Zambian government has announced Kenneth Kaunda, the country’s founding president, died at the age of 97 on Thursday, days…
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Health
Africa CDC: COVID-19 Cases Surge In African Countries, Crosses 5.1 Million Mark
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in African…
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Ethiopia
AU To Launch Inquiry To Probe Human Rights Violations In Ethiopia’s Tigray
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday said it is going to launch an inquiry into allegations of abuses in Ethiopia’s…
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Egypt
Ethiopian Government Rejects Arab League’s Proposal On Controversial Nile Dam
The Ethiopian government has rejected an Arab League proposal that calls for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in…
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South Africa
South African President Announces Level 3 Lockdown As Covid-19 Cases Shoot Up
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced strict restrictions on public gatherings and the sale of alcohol in the…
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Health
WHO Head Says Africa’s Rising Numbers Of COVID-19 Cases ‘Especially Concerning’
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Africa…
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Egypt
Sudanese Irrigation Minister Says Open To Interim Deal On GERD Dam With Ethiopia
Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasir Abbas on Monday said Sudan is open to a partial interim agreement on Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Ready To Reopen Embassy In Somalia As Soon As Possible
Kenyan authorities on Monday said it will reopen its embassy in Mogadishu as soon as possible, reported Africa News. The…
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Mali
Mali’s Interim Prime Minister Sets A Roadmap Towards Civilian Rule In 2022
Mali’s newly appointed interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga announced an ambitious roadmap towards a return to civilian power in…
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Health
South African President Ramaphosa Urges G7 Countries To Fill In COVID-19 Funding Gap
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called out the Group of Seven countries (G7) to meet their commitments and help…
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Egypt
Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok Stresses Need To Reach A Legal Deal On GERD
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok on Sunday stressed the need to reach a binding legal agreement about the filling and…
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South Africa
South African Government Agrees To Privatize South African Airways
The South African government on Friday announced it has decided to sell a majority stake in cash-strapped flagship carrier South…
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Central African Republic
CAR: Former Finance Minister Henri Marie Dondra Becomes New Prime Minister
The Central African Republic’s (CAR) presidency on Friday announced the appointment of former finance minister Henri Marie Dondra as the…
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Mali
Mali’s Coup Chief Appoints New Cabinet, Allots Key Ministries To Military Officers
Mali’s transitional government on Friday announced a new cabinet with military officers receiving the key ministries of defence, security and…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Reopens Airspace To Flights To And From Somalia
The Kenyan government on Thursday announced it has decided to reopen its airspace for flights to and from Somalia, reported…
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Ethiopia
UN Says More Than 350,000 Suffering From Famine Conditions In Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations (UN) led agencies and aid groups have warned that more than 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region…
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