Fri 28 May 2021: The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Thursday said less than 2% of the continent’s population have been inoculated, appealing to the international community to provide the required number of vaccine doses to the continent considering this a “collective security issue.” “We are not winning the vaccination battle […]
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Thu 27 May 2021: Mali’s interim president and premier have been released, a military official told AFP on Thursday, three days after they were detained and stripped of their powers in what appeared to be the country’s second coup in nine months. “The interim president and prime minister were released overnight around 1:30 am […]
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Thu 27 May 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday host President Emmanuel Macron of the Republic of France on a State Visit at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria. “President Macron’s first visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Ramaphosa is aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries, which is […]
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Thu 27 May 2021: President Joe Biden said he is deeply concerned about violence in Ethiopia so US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will return to the region for consultations with government officials in the region. “I am deeply concerned by the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic […]
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Thu 27 May 2021: The Moroccan House of Representatives (lower house of parliament) has approved a bill on the use of cannabis for medical purposes, MAP news agency reported. The bill was approved by the government in March. The lower house of parliament adopted the text on the lawful use of cannabis in the medical, […]
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Wed 26 May 2021: Mali’s transitional president and prime minister resigned during mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide and an international diplomat said. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup […]
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Wed 26 May 2021: South African elite athletes will be vaccinated through the Sisonke Study ahead of international sporting events including the Tokyo Games kicking off in July. This comes after the approval granted by the South African Health Product Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to make available a “modest” number of the remaining COVID-19 Johnson & […]
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Tue 25 May 2021: The coronavirus pandemic and related border restrictions severely affected over 300,000 migrants across the East and Horn of Africa last year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. The UN agency draws on its fresh annual report on migration trends and population movements in the region that highlights how […]
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Tue 25 May 2021: The Gauteng Traffic Police has vowed to act against people who impersonate traffic officers. “The law enforcement authorities will stop at nothing to ensure that those impersonating officers and taking the law into their own hands are removed from our public roads. We cannot allow road users to be held hostage […]
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Tue 25 May 2021: Mali is experiencing increased military activity in the capital Bamako amid reports that the military has conducted a coup. Soldiers in Mali have detained the president and prime minister of the interim government, according to the United Nations and the African Union, deepening political chaos in the sub-Saharan African country just nine months […]
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