Sat 10 July 2021: Nigerian government spokesperson Segun Adeyemi said in a statement that Germany agreed to return dozens of antiquities stolen from the country’s southern Benin Kingdom in 1897. Nigeria proposed a timeline of one year for the complete return of bronze artifacts from Germany. Information Minister Lai Mohammed, at a roundtable meeting in […]
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Sat 10 July 2021: French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that France will close all military bases in the Sahel region by 2022 as a part of its reconfiguration of the country’s military engagement in Africa. Macron announced the military drawdown, including a reduction of troops and the closure of bases during a news conference […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: Rwanda said on Friday it will send 1,000 troops to Mozambique to help the country to combat an escalating Islamic State-linked insurgency that threatens its stability. The 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) last month approved the deployment of a joint force to help Mozambique respond to the conflict that is concentrated in […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is next month expected to gain further momentum, with those aged between 35 and 49 years, set to be vaccinated. While registrations will begin on 15 July, government will begin inoculating this group on 1 August. This was on Friday revealed by Acting Health Minister, Mmamoloko […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that it currently has enough stock for 18 days. “As of [Thursday] evening, the country had in total – both the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines – 3.6 million doses. At […]
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Fri 09 July 2021: UNICEF has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the J&J single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022. Some 35 million doses are to be delivered by the end of this year. Some 35 million doses are […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: Former President Jacob Zuma’s incarceration at the Estcourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal will be dignified throughout his term, says Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola. The former statesman, 79, was sentenced to 15 months in jail on 29 June for defying an instruction to give evidence at an inquiry into corruption during […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: The Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced it has postponed the voter registration weekend by two weeks in light of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic currently sweeping the country. At a special meeting, the commission resolved to reschedule the voter registration weekend from 17-18 July to the weekend of 31 […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: Former President Jacob Zuma has handed himself over to police. The Police Ministry has confirmed that the former president has been “placed in the custody of the South African Police Service, in compliance with the Constitutional Court judgement”. “Dear South Africans and the World. Please be advised that President Zuma […]
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Thu 08 July 2021: The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) announced on Tuesday that a group of 20 galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. This large galaxy group is likely the most neutral hydrogen gas-rich group ever discovered, and it is the first time this group has been identified, despite residing […]
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