Month: July 2021
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Mali
Mali’s Interim President Assimi Goita Doing Well After Assassination Attempt
Mali’s interim president Assimi Goita’s office confirmed the premier was safe and sound after he had been attacked by two…
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South Africa
South African Former President Jacob Zuma’s Corruption Trial Postponed To Next Month
South African former president Jacob Zuma’s long-running corruption trial has been postponed to next month, reported Africa News. “The trial…
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South Sudan
South Sudanese Gov’t Shuts COVID-19 Vaccination Centers After Exhausting Vaccines
South Sudanese health authorities said they have closed down COVID-19 vaccination centers after it exhausted all the AstraZeneca vaccine doses…
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Namibia
Namibian Gov’t Aims To Vaccinate 750,000 People Against COVID-19 By September End
Namibian Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula on Monday said the government aims to vaccinate around 750,000 people against COVID-19 by September…
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Egypt
Ethiopian Government Completes Second Phase Of Filling Of Controversial Nile Dam
The Ethiopian government on Monday said it had fulfilled its second-year target for filling the mega Nile dam, a move…
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Rwanda
Rwandan Health Authorities Report Nearly 2,000 Covid Cases In A Single Day
Rwandan health official on Sunday said the ongoing mass testing in the capital city Kigali led to the detection of…
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Algeria
Algerian Government Recalls Ambassador To Morocco In Row Over Western Sahara
The Algerian government on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Morocco for consultations as a new diplomatic spat broke out between…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Government Put Six States On Red Alert As COVID-19 Cases Continue To Increase
The Nigerian government has put six states on red alert due to a recent spike in the number of COVID-19…
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Botswana
Botswana’s Health Ministry Counts On Other Vaccines As It Runs Sort Of AstraZeneca Shots
Botswana’s health ministry on Friday said about 15,000 people will not be able to get the second dose of AstraZeneca’s…
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Senegal
Senegalese President Threatens To Reimpose State Of Emergency As Covid Cases Surge
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday threatened to close the borders and re-impose a state of emergency after the country…
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South Africa
South African President Visits KwaZulu-Natal, Says Unrest Was Planned Beforehand
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the violence-hit eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal on Friday to check the extent of damage…
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Senegal
Senegalese Gov’t Urges People To Avoid Travel During Eid As Covid Cases Rise
Senegalese health authorities have urged people to avoid travel during the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday as the number of coronavirus…
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Health
WHO Warns COVID-19 Surging In Africa, 43 Percent Surge In Deaths In A Week
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said COVID-19 deaths in Africa jumped 43% last week as several countries continue…
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Rwanda
Rwandan Government Locks Down Capital, Eight Other Districts As Covid Cases Surge
The Rwandan government on Wednesday announced it has put the capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country under…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Vows To Repel Attacks By Rebels In Tigray
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday vowed to defend and repel attacks by enemies after rebels in Tigray launched…
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World
IOM Report Says Number Of Migrant Deaths Nearly Doubled In First Half Of 2021
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday said the number of migrants who have died at sea trying to…
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South Africa
AU Chief Condemns Increasing Violence In South Africa Post Zuma’s Jailing
The African Union (AU) on Tuesday condemned the increasing violence in South Africa that has resulted in the deaths of…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Government To Receive Millions Of Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine From COVAX
The Nigerian government is expecting to receive about 3,930,910 doses of Pfizer-Bio-N Tech COVID-19 vaccine in donation from the United…
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Ethiopia
UNHRC Approves Resolution Calling For An End To Human Rights Violations In Tigray
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an immediate end to all violations…
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South Africa
South African Gov’t Deploys Military To Quell Riots Linked To Zuma Jailing
The South African government on Monday deployed military to quell violence that erupted in two provinces, including its economic hub…
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Mozambique
Rwandan Government To Deploy Forces To Battle Islamic Militants In Mozambique
The Rwandan government on Friday said it would deploy 1,000 security personnel in norther Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province to help…
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Burkina Faso
France To Begin Withdrawal Of Military Troops From Africa’s Sahel Region
France will begin withdrawal of its military troops from the Sahel region of West Africa before the end of the…
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Health
WHO Africa Head Warns Covid-19 Cases Have Surged 20%, With Worse To Come
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned Africa had just had its most devastating week of the pandemic, with…
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Libya
Libyan Unity Government Closes Borders With Tunisia Due To Rise In COVID-19 Cases
The Libyan unity government on Thursday announced the closure of its borders with Tunisia for a week due to the…
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Egypt
Egypt, Sudan Calls Out UNSC To Intervene & Resolve Nile Dam Issue With Ethiopia
Egypt and Sudan on Thursday urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene and undertake preventive diplomacy and call…
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