Fri 12 March 2021: he South African Mint, an agency of the South African Reserve Bank, has announced the circulation of a new R2 coin. “The wait is over! We are happy to announce there is a new R2 circulation coin you will soon be seeing in your change. The final edition in the SA25 […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: Goodwill Zwelithini, the king of South Africa’s Zulus, has died at the age of 72 after spending weeks in hospital for diabetes treatment, his palace announced. The king wielded great influence among millions of Zulus through his largely ceremonial and spiritual role despite having no official power in modern South Africa. […]
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Fri 12 March 2021: Tanzania’s main opposition leader said on Thursday that President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for nearly two weeks, is in India receiving medical treatment for the virus and is in a serious condition. Tanzanian government spokesmen have stayed mum during days of speculation over the 61-year-old Magufuli’s […]
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Thu 11 March 2021: Health Minister, Dr Zwelini Mkhize, says government remains committed to vaccinate 65% of the population, or 40 million people, as per the original plan by the end of the year to help the country reach herd immunity. This, he said, is owing to vaccine doses being delivered by the manufacturing companies […]
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Thu 11 March 2021: A senior Mozambique general on Sunday denied a recent Amnesty International report accusing government forces, a private security company and militants of killing hundreds of civilians in the country’s insurgency-hit northeast. Jihadists have launched a string of attacks on towns and villages in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province since a first […]
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Thu 11 March 2021: Nearly 12 million people, or 20% of the country’s population, are facing severe food insecurity at the height of the lean season, (IPC 3 or above) according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) preliminary results. The situation has worsened since the lean season started in September 2020. The […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the mediation proposal presented by Egypt and Sudan, stressing the country’s adherence to African mediation. The ministry said that “Ethiopia firmly believes that solving African problems can be done through African solutions and that the African Union and the Democratic Republic of the Congo […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: Although they were expected to leave Libya last month, the Wagner mercenaries, estimated at about 2000, continue to operate in eastern and southern Libya backed by fighter planes sent by Russia. So far, Moscow is unwilling to consider the withdrawal of the forces which support the renegade of General Khalifa Haftar […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on Wednesday warned citrus farmers about the Asian Citrus Greening disease, which poses a serious threat to the citrus industry. Also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), Asian Citrus Greening disease is caused by the bacteria, Candidatutus Liberibacter asiaticus, which is an insect vector-transmitted […]
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Wed 10 March 2021: Over 131,000 people are displaced in 39 accessible locations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and neighbouring Afar and Amhara according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) survey, the first official data of this type on the crisis in Northern Ethiopia that began in November 2020. On […]
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