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Deadly suicide bomb attack at bar in eastern DRC

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today At least six people have died and several others injured in an explosion in...

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Kenya Bars Unvaccinated From Public Places Despite Court Order

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced it will enforce a rule requiring...

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Nigeria Destroys One Million Nearly Expired COVID Vaccine Doses

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria destroyed more than one million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on...

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UN Condemns Reports of Sexual Assaults on Peaceful Protesters in Sudan

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today GENEVA – U.N. human rights officials are calling on Sudanese authorities to investigate and...

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MPs 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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Ethiopia detains three journalists for interviewing terror group

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: A freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other...

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Koffi Olomide sentenced in France over dancers’ kidnapping

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today Congolese singer Koffi Olomide has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for the kidnapping...

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Experts warn Africans to brace for more COVID-19 variants

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Experts have warned that Africa will continue seeing a cycle of...

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34 suspected ADF Rebels captured in ongoing Military Operations in DRC

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF and Congolese Forces have captured 34...

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Zimbabwe confirms presence of omicron variant in country

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwean Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga...

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Global concern grows as more countries confirm new Omicron Covid-19 variant cases

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today New cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected around the world, with two...

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Libya election body rejects Gaddafi son’s presidential bid

Both presidential and legislative polls had been slated for December 24, but in early October parliament split the dates of the votes,...

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Kenzo wins East African Best Male Artiste of the year in AFRIMA Awards 2021

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today ENTERTAINMENT: Ugandan musician and East Africa’s first BET Award winner Edirisa Musuuza alias Eddy...

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Two UPDF soldiers to serve death sentence for killing civilians in Somalia

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – XINHUA: Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in...

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Ethiopia rebels to ‘join forces’ to overthrow Abiy government

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Nine rebel groups battling Ethiopia’s government will “collaborate and join forces” Friday,...

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Pfizer 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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Somalia expels Ugandan diplomat Simon Mulongo

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today MOGADISHU, SOMALIA: Authorities in Somalia have expelled Ugandan diplomat Simon Mulongo, the Deputy Head...

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Garang’s son Mabior meets President Salva Kiir

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: The son of late South Sudanese revolution leader John Garang met...

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Ethiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels advance

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s cabinet on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan...

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World Bank suspends aid to Sudan after military coup

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following the military...

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Soldiers storm Sudan TV and radio headquarters, detain staff

DailyExpress is now on TikTok Follow Us Today KHARTOUM, SUDAN: Soldiers stormed the headquarters of Sudan’s state broadcaster and detained some employees...