Month: October 2022
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Government: Death Toll From Worst-Ever Flooding Crosses 600 Mark
Nigeria’s ministry of humanitarian affairs on Sunday said over 600 people have lost their lives in the worst flooding the…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Rebel Leaders In Tigray Ready To Abide Ceasefire Following AU’s Plea
Ethiopia’s rebel leaders in the embattled Tigray region have announced they would respect a ceasefire as fighting intensified in the…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Announces Raft Of Measures To Control Current Ebola Outbreak
The Ugandan government on Saturday announced a raft of measures to stop the spread of Ebola in the country, reported…
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Chad
Chad’s Interim President Names Ex-rebels As Ministers In New Unity Government
Chad’s military leader and interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has named several former rebels to ministerial posts in the…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s National Forum Declares Ibrahim Traore As Transitional President
Burkina Faso’s national forum on Friday unanimously declared coup leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré as the country’s transitional president, reported The…
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Uganda
Ugandan Health Minister Says Capital Kampala Remains Ebola-Free Despite Death
Ugandan health authorities on Friday said the country’s capital Kampala remains Ebola-free despite a 45-year-old man dying from the virus…
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Burkina Faso
National Meeting Begin In Burkina Faso To Appoint New Transitional President
A national meeting has begun in Burkina Faso on Friday to appoint a transitional president who will serve the country…
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Lecturers’ Union ASUU Suspend Prolonged Strike After Eight Long Months
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday announced that it has decided to suspend a prolonged strike which…
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Malawi
Malawi’s Authorities Appeal To WHO For More Vaccines To Battle Cholera Outbreak
Malawi’s health authorities have made an appeal to the World Health Organization (WHO) for more Cholera vaccines as the water-borne…
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Uganda
Ugandan President’s Son Asks Kenyan President To Forgive Him Over Kenya Invasion Tweets
Ugandan Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has apologised to Kenya’s President William Ruto over his tweets about…
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Health
WHO Working With Uganda To Stop Spread Of Ebola In Neighboring Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Wednesday said the organization is working with Ugandan health authorities to prevent a…
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Chad
Chad’s Interim President Mahamat Deby Appoints Saleh Kebzabo As New Prime Minister
Chad’s military leader and interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday appointed veteran Chadian politician and former opposition figure…
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Mali
Mali’s Junta Leader Assimi Goita Receives A Draft Of A New Constitution
Mali’s junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita on Tuesday received a draft of a new constitution, an important part of the…
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Lesotho
Lesotho’s RFP Party Forms Alliance With Two More Parties After Poll Breakthrough
Lesotho’s diamond millionaire, whose newly formed party Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) won the most seats in last week’s election but…
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Chad
Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Padacke Resigns To Pave Way For New Government
Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke on Tuesday resigned to pave the way for a new government after the Central…
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Sudan
Sudan’s Political Crisis Getting Closer To Settlement, Says Tripartite Mechanism
Sudan’s political crisis is getting closer to a satisfactory settlement, a tripartite mechanism tasked with facilitating intra-Sudanese dialogue announced on…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian President Zewde Reiterates Call For Negotiation To End Ongoing Civil War
Ethiopian President Sahle-work Zewde on Monday reiterated calls for negotiations and other means of peaceful resolution to put an end…
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Chad
Chad’s Opposition Describes Deby’s Swearing-In As Evidence Of Democratic Regression
Chad’s main opposition party has described the swearing-in of Mahamat Idriss Déby as the interim president for another two years…
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Lesotho
Lesotho’s Electoral Commission Declares Matekane’s RFP Party As Election Winner
Lesotho’s Independent Electoral Commission on Monday announced business mogul Sam Matekane’s Revolution for Prosperity party has won 56 of the…
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Libya
UNSMIL Strongly Condemns Heinous Killing Of At Least 15 Migrants In Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Sunday strongly condemned the heinous killing of at least 15 migrants…
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Chad
Chad’s Military Leader Idriss Deby Itno To Get Sworn-in As Interim President
Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, will be inaugurated as the country’s interim president in the capital city of…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s New Transitional President To Be Picked Soon, Says Decree
Burkina Faso’s new military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore on Saturday signed a decree that calls for a national meeting next…
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Health
WHO Says Africa Has Highest Suicidal Death Rate, Launches Suicide Prevention Campaign
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa has the world’s highest suicide rate, reported The Africa News. In…
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South Africa
Former South African President Jacob Zuma Set Free After Prison Term Ends
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been released from prison following the expiry of his prison sentence for contempt…
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Ethiopia
AU Sponsored Ethiopia Peace Talks In South Africa Delayed Over Logistics: Diplomats
The African Union (AU) sponsored peace talks scheduled for this weekend between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigrayan rebel leaders…
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