All posts tagged "Africa News"
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1.1KAfricaZambia votes in closely contested polls
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA | AFP NEWS: Zambians were voting in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and...
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1.2KAfricaCholera outbreak kills 12 people in Niger, health minister says
NIAMEY, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A cholera outbreak in southern Niger has killed 12 people and infected 201 others across three regions,...
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1.1KAfricaShock of more than a hundred children killed at IDP camp in Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA | AFP: Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Afar region was...
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1.2KAfricaFirst case of deadly Marburg virus confirmed in West Africa
Officials in Guinea have confirmed a case of the Marburg virus disease, the first appearance of the deadly illness in West Africa,...
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1.3KAfricaEnergy minister arrested over fuel tender scam
The Anti-Corruption Bureau said its investigations had revealed that the minister had "attempted to influence" the National Oil Company to award multi-million...
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947AfricaJournalist murdered in eastern DR Congo
A journalist for DR Congo’s national broadcaster had his throat slit in North Kivu in the country’s east where massacres and clashes...
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951AfricaDeadly fighting erupts between rival factions of S. Sudan VP Machar’s party
Deadly fighting erupted on Saturday between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a...
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872Africa16 Civilians Killed In Suspected Militia Attack In DR Congo
Suspected members of an Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of...
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889AfricaLeader of Tanzania’s main opposition party arrested
DAR-ES-SALAM: The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday ahead of a planned conference to...
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1.4KAfricaDRC ex-President Joseph Kabila earns Master’s Degree
By Nation.Africa Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has earned a Master’s degree as he utilises his break from active...
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1.5KAfrica13 killed, 11 injured after fuel tanker explodes in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA: Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in...
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1.0KEast AfricaSHOCKING: 20 Year Old Man Admits To Killing & Sucking Blood from 10 Kids
A 20-year-old man described as a “bloodthirsty vampire” by Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations has been arrested in connection with the “cold-blooded murders”...
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728AfricaRAMAPHOSA: South Africa civil unrest planned and coordinated
Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | The civil unrest characterized by looting and burning of property was planned and coordinated, President Cyril Ramaphosa...
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959AfricaSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa deploys troops after 10 killed in ‘rare’ unrest
JOHANNESBURG: President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the deadly unrest gripping the country is unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa as he deployed...
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1.1KAfricaSouth Africa ex-President Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months over contempt of court
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country. The jail sentence...
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1.3KAfricaWorld Bank, AU partner to vaccinate 400m Africans
The World Bank and African Union have partnered to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative with resources to allow countries to...
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1.1KAfricaRuthless Father Remanded For Defiling & Impregnating 14-Yr-Old Girl
SHOCKING: A 56-year-old man, Taiwo Pata and his 23-year-old son, Josh Joseph, have been remanded for allegedly having canal knowledge of a...
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885AfricaKenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President dies at 97
LUSAKA: Zambia’s founding father and former President Kenneth Kaunda has died in the capital Lusaka aged 97. Kaunda was hospitalized last week...
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1.7KBig StoryUPDF Soldier Abducted By Rwandan Soldiers at Cyanika Border
Rwandan soldiers on Saturday evening crossed into Uganda’s territory abducted a UPDF soldier attached to 35th Battalion based in Kisoro. The abducted...
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1.5KAfricaRwanda deports more Ugandans in Less than a week, says they’re prohibited immigrants
KIGALI: Authorities in Rwanda have yet again deported two more Ugandans under unclear circumstances in a period of less than a week....
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1.2KNewsUAE bans entry on travelers from Uganda over Covid-19 scare
DUBAI | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The UAE has suspended the entry of travellers from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...
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2.8KAfricaSouth African Woman Gives Birth to 10 Babies to Break World Record
A South African woman from Gauteng province has given birth to 10 babies, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima...
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1.1KAfricaBoko Haram leader ‘kills self’ in fight with rival jihadists
Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
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1.4KAfricaProphet TB Joshua: Nigerian Televangelist, preacher dies at 57
Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua, a popular Nigerian preacher and televangelist, has died, family sources told popular...