Posts By VOA
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174Africa NewsBiden approves plan to redeploy forces into Somalia
The New York Times reported that Biden also approved a plan to target about a dozen suspected leaders of al-Shabab.
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280Africa News30 Burundian AU soldiers Killed in al-Shabaab attack in Somalia
A Burundian official told VOA Somali said what caught soldiers by surprise was the enormity of explosives detonated at the camp, adding...
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308Africa NewsHigh-Ranking Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking
A police statement Monday said the officers were arrested for tampering with narcotic evidence, corruption and unethical practices.
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212Africa NewsAfrica, EU to Meet After Rifts Over COVID Vaccines
Leaders from the two continents will meet in Brussels to discuss, among other things, the reaction to the pandemic and helping Africa...
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368Africa NewsBurkina Faso President Kabore Detained by Mutinous Soldiers in Apparent Coup
The apparent coup in Burkina Faso is the third in West Africa in the last 18 months, following that of Mali and...
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180Africa NewsFire Reignites at South African Parliament
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: A fire that severely damaged South Africa’s 130-year-old parliament building complex, including the parliament chamber, Sunday in Cape...
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353Africa NewsKenya Bars Unvaccinated From Public Places Despite Court Order
NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced it will enforce a rule requiring people to be vaccinated against COIVD-19 to access...
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287Africa NewsNigeria Destroys One Million Nearly Expired COVID Vaccine Doses
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria destroyed more than one million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be...
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354Africa NewsUN Condemns Reports of Sexual Assaults on Peaceful Protesters in Sudan
GENEVA – U.N. human rights officials are calling on Sudanese authorities to investigate and bring to justice members of the security forces...
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362Africa NewsMPs Exchange Blows Over Proposed Electronic Payment Tax
The government says the new tax would boost revenue for development, but parliament has been split over the idea and fights broke...
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278Africa NewsEthiopia detains three journalists for interviewing terror group
ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: A freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other local journalists have been detained in Ethiopia, according...
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418COVID-19 Update
High Court suspends govt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order
High court judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied services to unvaccinated persons beginning next...
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343Africa NewsUN Rights Commission Condemns South Sudan Security Crackdown
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — A United Nations rights commission in South Sudan says the government is harassing activists, journalists and their families, limiting...
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673Africa NewsSon of Boko Haram Founder killed, says Nigeria’s Military
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria’s military claimed Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of an Islamic State-linked extremist group blamed for killing hundreds...
