Mon 23 May 2021: With Africa Day set to be celebrated on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the continent to deepen its efforts to achieve a sustainable and lasting social and economic recovery for its citizens. “Ours must become a continent that is thriving and prosperous, not one from which its people are […]
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Sun 23 May 2021: An audio recording believed to be of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is trending in Nigeria two days after his reported death. “I want to reaffirm my earlier statement of yesterday in Barbaji. I have informed them that some people have deceived us with the connivance of some people within us […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: The Mount Nyiragongo volcano suddenly burst into activity on Saturday, spewing red fumes into the night sky, said an AFP reporter in the nearby Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma. Power was cut in the city and some residents began leaving their homes and heading towards the nearby border with […]
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Sat 22 May 2021: The Zimbabwean government has decided to lock down the central city of Kwekwe for two weeks starting from Friday after the detection of a coronavirus variant first identified in India. Various measures have been implemented in the city to curb the spread of the variant, including a curfew, closure of bars […]
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Fri 21 May 2021: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is died during an ambush by his rival the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), when the group tried to capture him in his Sambisa Forest hideout, he detonated a suicide vest, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing Nigerian officials and intelligence it reviewed […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: Saudi Arabia will invest $1.0 billion to support African nations in their recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told a summit in Paris, state media said. The summit, which brought together African leaders and global financial institutions in the French capital on Tuesday, promised to help Africa […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it has taken the hard but necessary decision to shut down 10 diplomatic missions abroad. According to the department, this was in response to the country’s fiscal constraints, exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the media ahead of her […]
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Thu 20 May 2021: More than 80 per cent of the construction of the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam has now been completed, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water and Irrigation Seleshi Bekele announced. Bekele added that the dam’s reservoir will be filled for the second time as planned during the upcoming rainy season and that “we are […]
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Wed 19 May 2021: The Council of Education Ministers (CEM) has pulled the plug on all contact sports with immediate effect, following COVID-19 cluster outbreaks in public schools. According to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the decision was taken during a virtual meeting held on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the department said non-contact sports training […]
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Tue 18 May 2021: Russia will continue to help Chad in training personnel, including those for the armed forces, President Vladimir Putin said during presentation of letter of credence ceremony on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, Putin received credentials from 23 newly appointed foreign ambassadors. “The strengthening of Russia’s political and economic ties with the […]
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