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758AfricaPfizer says Covid pill 89% effective against severe disease
Pfizer's is the second anti-Covid pill after that of Merck, which is actually an influenza medicine rebranded to fight the coronavirus. Pfizer's...
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1.2KAfricaGarang’s son Mabior meets President Salva Kiir
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: The son of late South Sudanese revolution leader John Garang met President Salva Kiir on Monday, in what was...
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905AfricaEthiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels advance
ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s cabinet on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent...
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775AfricaWorld Bank suspends aid to Sudan after military coup
The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following the military takeover that deposed the prime minister. “I am...
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913NewsFormer South Korean president Roh Tae-woo dies
AFP NEWS: Former South Korean president and general Roh Tae-woo, who was instrumental in crushing the Gwangju Uprising at a cost of...
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947AfricaSoldiers storm Sudan TV and radio headquarters, detain staff
KHARTOUM, SUDAN: Soldiers stormed the headquarters of Sudan’s state broadcaster and detained some employees on Monday, the information ministry said, as part...
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874AfricaSouth Africa’s Zuma makes first public showing since parole
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Forer South Africa president Mr. Jacob Zuma on Thursday made his first public appearance since his release from prison...
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665AfricaDR Congo starts Ebola vaccinations in east of country
KINSHASHA, DRC: Vaccination against the deadly Ebola disease began on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni, the...
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1.0KNewsWorld’s oldest white rhino dies aged 54
AGENCIES: Toby, the world’s oldest white rhino, has died at the age of 54 in a zoo in northern Italy, a spokeswoman...
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1.1KAfricaOver 100 feared dead after vessel capsizes in DR Congo
KINSHASHA, DRC: More than 100 people are believed dead or missing in the sinking of a makeshift vessel on the Congo river,...
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1.4KAfricaCol Doumbouya: Guinea coup leader sworn in as transitional president
GUINEA, AFRICA: Colonel Mamady Doumbouya on Friday promised to respect Guinea’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule as he was sworn...
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1.0KAfricaRwandan YouTuber jailed 15 years for anti-Kagame posts
KIGALI, RWANDA: Court in Rwanda on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor to 15 years in prison for “inciting...
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1.1KEntertainmentSinger R. Kelly found guilty of 16 counts of sex trafficking
NEW YORK, USA: American Singer Robert Kelly alias R. Kelly was on Monday convicted of leading a decades-long sex crime ring, with...
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854AfricaOpposition candidate wins Sao Tome presidency
SAO TOME & PRINCIPLE: An opposition candidate Carlos Vila Nova has won the presidency in Sao Tome and Principe, an archipelago in...
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759World NewsUS forces must be out of Afghanistan by August 31, Taliban warn
The Taliban have warned that there would be “consequences” if the United States and its allies try to remain in Afghanistan beyond...
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792Big StoryThis is going to hurt: Top 10 Covid-19 scams
From the sophisticated to downright strange, the pandemic has set off a wave of scams around the world from bogus doses and...
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1.2KAfricaTwo killed, five injured in Mogadishu suicide bombing
AFP NEWS: At least two people were killed and five wounded Thursday after a suicide bomber detonated a device inside a cafe...
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1.1KEditorialUS hails Ugandan govt for taking in Afghans
AFP NEWS: The United States on Thursday saluted Albania, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Uganda for agreeing to take in Afghans being evacuated...
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1.2KAfricaForty-seven killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attack
Burkina Faso’s president declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an...
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840World NewsHaiti earthquake death toll rises to 2,189: official
The death toll from a devastating earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend rose by almost 250 on Wednesday to 2,189, the...
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922AfricaYou’re on your own, Govt tells off its nationals trapped in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, troubled for the last two decades, fell into the hands of the Taliban after it overran the national army, three weeks...
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1.1KAfricaZambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win
Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims...
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975AfricaHichilema: ‘Cattle boy’ takes Zambia’s top job at sixth bid
LUSAKA | AFP: Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s veteran opposition politician and a business tycoon, tried six times for the country’s presidency before finally...
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1.0KBig StoryTanzania suspends state-owned paper over ‘false’ Suluhu story
DAR-ES-SALAM, TANZANIA: Tanzania on Wednesday suspended for two weeks the newspaper owned by the ruling party after it published a “false” story...
