Year: 2021
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Health
WHO Chief Says 48 African Countries Yet To Meet Year-End Vaccination Target
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said 48 African countries are still trailing behind to…
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Ethiopia
UNHRC Orders Investigation Into Rights Violations, Abuses In Ethiopia
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday ordered an independent international investigation into allegations of rights violations and…
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South Africa
South African Gov’t Retains COVID-19 Lockdown At Level 1 Despite Fourth Wave
The South African government has retained the COVID-19 lockdown at adjusted level 1, or the lowest of a five-tier system…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC Health Authorities Officially Declare An End To Latest Ebola Outbreak In Beni
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) health authorities Thursday officially declared an end to the latest Ebola outbreak in the…
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Kenya
Kenyan Health Minister Confirms Detection Of First Omicron Variant Case In Country
Kenyan Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday confirmed the detection of the country’s first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19,…
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South Africa
South African High Court Orders Former President Jacob Zuma To Return To Jail
South African High Court on Wednesday ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail, invalidating the medical parole he…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Government Extends Lockdown Measures To Prevent Spread Of Omicron
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended lockdown measures in the country for two weeks to prevent the spread of the…
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Gambia
Gambia’s Opposition Party Files Legal Challenge To Election Result
Gambia’s main opposition party on Tuesday filed a legal complaint with the country’s Supreme Court that challenges the results of…
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Kenya
Kenyan High Court Temporarily Suspends Government’s Mandatory Vaccination Order
Kenyan High Court on Tuesday temporarily stopped the enforcement of a government directive that requires citizens to get fully vaccinated…
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Tunisia
Tunisian President Sets Constitutional Referendum, Elections Next Year
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday announced the country will hold a referendum on constitutional reform in July and new…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi Says Ugandan Army’s Stay Will Be Strictly Limited
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has vowed to restrict the Ugandan army’s presence and operations in…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Tests Positive For COVID-19 With Mild Symptoms
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms after testing positive for the viral infection…
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Mali
Mali’s Strongman Leader Assimi Goita Promises Election Timetable By Jan 31
The head of Mali’s transitional government, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Sunday promised West Africa’s regional bloc that it would prepare…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Government Shuts Down Schools For A Week To Support War Effort
Ethiopian authorities have closed all secondary schools in the country so that students can help in harvesting crop fields for…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Gov’t To Begin Giving Booster COVID-19 Shots As Omicron Spreads Globally
The Zimbabwean government will begin giving COVID-19 booster shots to frontline health workers, the elderly, and people with chronic diseases,…
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South Africa
South African Health Minister Says Country Entering Fourth COVID-19 Wave
South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday said the country was entering its fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven…
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Sudan
Sudanese Military Chief Calls Out United Nations To Support Transitional Government
Sudanese military chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday called the United Nations to support the transitional government, reported The…
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Health
Africa CDC Head Appeals For Calm Over Newly Detected Omicron Coronavirus Variant
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) appealed to the people of Africa to remain calm over…
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Health
UN Secretary-General Guterres Says Omicron Travel Restrictions Deeply Unfair & Punitive
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said that COVID-19 related travel restrictions that isolate any one country…
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Ghana
Ghana’s Health Ministry Confirms Country’s First Omicron Coronavirus Variant Cases
Ghana’s health ministry on Wednesday confirmed detection of the omicron coronavirus variant in passengers who arrived in the country in…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Government Confirms Recapturing Of UN World Heritage Site Lalibela
The Ethiopian Prime Ministers’ office on Wednesday announced the military troops have been successful in recapturing the town of Lalibela,…
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Nigeria
Nigerian Government Confirms First Case Of New Omicron Coronavirus Variant
The Nigerian government on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first cases of Omicron, the new Covid-19 variant, among two passengers who…
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Sudan
Sudanese Security Forces Fire Tear Gas On People Protesting Against Military Rule
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered in central Khartoum and marched…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Appeals Tigryan Rebel Groups To Surrender
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday made an appeal to Tigrayan rebel troops to surrender immediately, just one week…
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Botswana
Botswana’s Court Upholds Ruling Decriminalising Same-Sex Relationships
Botswana’s government on Monday lost an appeal to overturn a landmark ruling that decriminalized homosexuality in the country, reported Africa…
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