Month: January 2023
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
M23 Rebel Group Agrees To Continue Orderly Withdrawal From DRC- Says Kenyatta
The M23 rebel group has agreed to continue their orderly withdrawal from conquered territory in the eastern Democratic Republic of…
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Malawi
Malawi’s Health Minister Says Cholera Outbreak Kills 750 As World Cases Rise By 50%
Malawi’s Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda on Thursday said the cholera outbreak in the country, the worst in two decades,…
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Ethiopia
Foreign Ministers Of France And Germany Hail Success In Ethiopia Peace Deal
Foreign ministers of France and Germany on Thursday hailed the success in implementing a peace agreement signed last year to…
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Burkina Faso
ECOWAS Leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo Expresses Support For Coup-Hit Burkina Faso
ECOWAS leader and Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo have expressed support for Burkina Faso less than five months after an…
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Benin
Benin’s Opposition Party Rejects Sunday’s Parliamentary Election Voting Results
Benin’s main opposition party, Les Democrats, on Thursday, rejected the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election, claiming allies of President Patrice…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC Condemns Rwanda For Refusing To Accept Refugees Fleeing Conflict In Eastern Part
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday condemned Rwanda for saying it will no longer accept people fleeing conflict…
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Uganda
Ugandan Government Declares End Of Four-Month-Long Ebola Outbreak
The Ugandan government on Wednesday declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak after no new cases had been…
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South Africa
South African Health Minister: No Need To Impose Lockdown Or Enforce Masks
South African Health Minister Joe Phala on Tuesday said the government will not impose a lockdown or reintroduce mandatory mask…
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Ethiopia
Tigrayan Rebel Groups Begin Handing Over Heavy Weaponry To Ethiopian Army
Tigrayan rebel groups on Tuesday began handing over heavy weaponry to the Ethiopian army, as part of an African Union-led…
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Signs Bill Into Law That Curtails Striking Rights For Health Workers
Zimbabwe on Tuesday signed a bill into a law that banned organized protests by healthcare workers who could now face…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Calls National Coronavirus Council Meeting
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said he is scheduled to convene a meeting of the National Coronavirus Command…
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Electoral Body Warns Elections Could Be Canceled Amid Growing Insecurity
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday warned that the upcoming general election could be postponed or even canceled…
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Rwanda
Rwandan President Paul Kagame Says Rwanda Will No Longer Accept Congolese Refugees
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said the country will now no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in…
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Benin
Voting Closes In Benin Parliamentary Election, Preliminary Results Expected By Next Week
Voting for parliamentary elections took place in Benin on Sunday where around 6.6 million voters were expected to vote in…
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South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa Vows To Address Ongoing Energy Crisis
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday vowed to address the country’s ongoing energy crisis and enhance efforts to fight…
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Senegal
Senegalese President Declares Three Days Of Mourning After Bus Crash Kills Dozens
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Sunday declared three days of mourning starting on Monday after at least 40 people lost…
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Sudan
Indian Army Deploys Its Largest Single Unit Of Women Peacekeepers In UN Mission
The Indian government on Friday deployed army’s largest contingent of all-women peacekeepers in Sudan’s Abyei region, which is located on…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
M23 Rebel Group Withdraws From Captured Rumangabo Military Base In DRC
The M23 rebel group on Friday handed over the Rumangabo army base located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC)…
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Mali
Mali’s Military Junta Leader Goita Pardons Sentences Of 46 Ivorian Soldiers
Mali’s military junta leader Assimi Goita on Friday pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers whose arrest in July led to a…
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Chad
Chad’s Government Confirms Security Forces Foiled Coup Attempt By Military Officers
Chad’s government on Friday announced in a statement that the country’s security forces have successfully foiled an attempt by a…
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Uganda
Africa CDC Says Ebola Outbreak In Uganda Is Finally Coming Under Control
Africa CDC, which is Africa’s top public health body, on Thursday said that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is finally…
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Ivory Coast
ECOWAS Assures No Immediate Sanction Against Mali Over Detained Ivorian Soldiers
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday assured that they would not impose any sanctions against Mali…
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Health
WHO: China Providing Vague Covid-19 Data Under-Representing True Impact Of Outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday slammed the Chinese government of providing unreal COVID-19 data, warning that official statistics…
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Ivory Coast
Togolese President Gnassingbe In Mali As Efforts To Free Ivorian Soldiers Increase
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who is acting as a mediator in a diplomatic row between Ivory Coast and Mali over…
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Tunisia
Tunisia’s Central Bank Governor: Country May Face Economic Crisis Without IMF Deal
Tunisia’s central bank governor on Wednesday warned that the country may face economic crisis if it does not enter an…
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