All posts tagged "Africa News"
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209Africa News20 Young People Die Mysteriously in South African Tavern
Siyanda Manana, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial health department, said the bodies were being transported to state mortuaries and autopsies...
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258Africa 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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326Africa NewsProtests rock Nigerian city after blasphemy killing of student
Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education was on Thursday stoned to death by a mob of Muslim students...
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369Africa 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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281Africa NewsCameroon: Cholera Outbreak kills 29 in one week
Since October 2021, the cholera epidemic has claimed 62 lives with nearly 2,100 cases reported.
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356Africa NewsGuinea-Bissau president sacks navy chief, army general
On February 1, heavily armed men attacked government buildings in the capital Bissau while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was chairing a cabinet...
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289Africa 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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344Africa News26 killed in DR Congo market by high-voltage cable
Videos circulating on social media showed corpses slumped over market stalls with their legs immersed in muddy water, in some cases up...
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355Africa NewsAfter coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, will Niger be next?
Some scholars predict that Niger could go the way of its neighbours and others are going so far as to urge the...
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443Africa NewsOusted Mali President Boubacar Keita dies at 76
Known by his initials IBK, Keita ran the West African country from September 2013 until August 2020, during which Islamist insurgents overran...
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682Africa NewsPresident fires security minister for alleged misbehaviour
In a terse statement issued Monday, president said he had fired the minister with immediate effect for misconduct deemed inappropriate for a...
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414Africa NewsSix people killed in suspected Al Shabaab attack in Kenya
LAMU, KENYA: Six people have been killed and homes torched in an attack Monday by suspected Al Shabaab militants in Kenya’s coastal...
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257Africa NewsSudan’s Hamdok resigns as Prime Minister amid mass protests
Abdalla Hamdok steps down as mass protests continue against a deal he signed with the military following a coup on October 25.
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598Africa NewsFULL LIST: Top 10 Notable Africans we lost in 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, it is time to remember some of the pioneering, inspiring and controversial figures on the African...
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499Africa NewsDeath toll from DRC suicide attack up to 7
The death toll from the suicide attack in the eastern city of Beni, on the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern border with...
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432Africa NewsFarmaajo suspends PM Roble on accusations of grabbing land
Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo on Monday suspended his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble from his position, raising stakes in their worsening working...
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430Africa 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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315Africa 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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398Africa 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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440Africa 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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372Africa NewsLibya 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,...
