Mon 01 February 2021: Recent presidential elections in Uganda, won by President Yoweri Museveni, have been challenged in the country’s top court by opposition leader Bobi Wine. Ugandan pop music star Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, Monday challenged the recent presidential elections in Supreme Court. The East African country’s Electoral Commission on Jan. […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President David Mabuza, who chairs the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Vaccines, will today receive South Africa’s first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine at OR Tambo International Airport. The first shipment of one million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII) left […]
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Mon 01 February 2021: Somali security forces ended an eight-hour-long siege on a hotel early on Monday following an attack by al-Shabaab militants in the capital Mogadishu. Ten people died in a weekend attack at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, and security forces ended the assault by al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters early […]
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Sun 31 January 2021: Cost of vaccinating 60% of African population will be between $10B-$15B, according to health agency of African Union As the world gears up to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and health experts in Africa are calling for equity and fairness in the distribution of vaccines to ensure the continent is not […]
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Sun 31 January 2021: The UN Libya Support Mission (UNSMIL) announced Saturday candidates for leadership of the interim unity government that will govern the war-torn country until elections are held Dec. 24. There are 24 candidates for the Presidency Council, which forms the executive authority, and 21 for the Prime Minister’s Office, according to UNSMIL. […]
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Sat 30 January 2021: The border area has witnessed tension between Ethiopia and Sudan that is still escalating-Getty Ethiopia has accused its neighbour Sudan on Friday of occupying part of its territory and fighting by proxy for a “third party”. This was reported by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), quoting a member of the Ethio-Sudan Joint Boundary […]
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Fri 29 January 2021: The Department of Health has discouraged the use of Ivermectin vaccine for management of COVID-19, until the study on its efficacy and safety is concluded. In a statement on Thursday, department spokesperson Popo Maja said that the National Essential Medicines List Committee (NEMLC) COVID-19 Sub-Committee has carefully considered all available evidence […]
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Fri 29 January 2021: A court in Algeria’s capital has upheld the prison sentences of two former prime ministers, a judicial source said Thursday. The court confirmed a 15-year prison term for former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and a 12-year term for former Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, both of whom served under ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. […]
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Fri 29 January 2021: Amid escalating violence that erupted in December 2020 ahead of the Central African Republic’s general elections, the UN Refugee Agency said the conflict has displaced over 200,000 people within the Central African Republic and in neighboring states in less than two months. At a media briefing on Friday, UNHCR spokesman Boris […]
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Fri 29 January 2021: At least 750 pelicans have reportedly perished at a bird sanctuary in northern Senegal. The 740 adult and 10 young pelicans died due to an unknown reason on Jan. 23 at Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary in the Saint-Louis region, according to local media. The director of Senegal’s parks, Bocar Thiam, said […]
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