All posts tagged "Africa News"
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1.2KAfricaSix 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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828AfricaSudan’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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1.7KAfricaFULL 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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1.3KAfricaDeath 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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1.3KAfricaFarmaajo 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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1.2KAfricaKenya 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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1.1KAfricaNigeria 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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1.1KAfricaUN 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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1.2KAfricaMPs 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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961AfricaLibya 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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1.1KAfricaTwo UPDF soldiers to serve death sentence for killing civilians in Somalia
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – XINHUA: Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in August while serving under the African Union peacekeeping...
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1.1KAfricaGarang’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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932AfricaSoldiers 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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1.1KAfricaUN 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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1.3KAfricaSon 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...
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989AfricaRwanda arrests 13 suspected of plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks
KIGALI, RWANDA: Rwandan police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people suspected of plotting “terrorist” attacks in the capital Kigali and...
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2.0KAfricaPROFILE: Who is Col Mamady Doumbouya, the man who led Guinea’s coup?
AGENCIES: Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers...
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1.1KAfricaGuinea president Alpha Conde detained in apparent military takeover
CONAKRY, GUINEA: Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again on Sunday as army putschists said they had captured the...
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1.1KAfricaTwo 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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1.2KAfricaForty-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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869AfricaYou’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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904AfricaHichilema: ‘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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882AfricaZambia opposition leader Hichilema wins landslide in presidential election
LUSAKA, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election,...