SOUTH AFRICA’S ZULU KING GOODWILL ZWELITHINI DIES AGED 72

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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CORONAVIRUS SCEPTIC TANZANIA PRESIDENT MAGUFULI ‘IN INDIA WITH COVID-19′

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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MOZAMBIQUE GENERAL DENIES AMNESTY ‘WAR CRIME’ ALLEGATIONS

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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ETHIOPIA REJECTS EGYPTIAN-SUDANESE PLAN FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION ON NILE DAM DISPUTE

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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SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WARNS FARMERS OF CITRUS DISEASE

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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OVER 131,000 INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA CRISIS: IOM SURVEY

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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