Tue 12 January 2021: Immature locust swarms continue to migrate southwards from different breeding areas in eastern Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Monday. In its desert locust situation update, the FAO cited the migration of immature swarms from eastern Ethiopia and central Somalia to southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. It also showed […]
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Ramaphosa said the country would remain on an adjusted level 3 lockdown, but announced additional measures to contain the virus President Ramaphosa said, The pandemic in our country is now at its most devastating. The number of new infections, hospital admissions and deaths is higher now than it has ever been since the first case […]
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Mon 11 January 2021: A former Algerian prime minister has admitted selling gold bars on the black market, Algerie Presse Service (APS) has reported. Ahmed Ouyahia, 68, received the gold in his official capacity as gifts from the leaders of Gulf countries. Ouyahia is on trial for corruption, and told state prosecutors that he sold 60 such […]
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Sat 09 January 2021: The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in Khartoum has signed an agreement with the US Treasury Department to settle Sudan’s debts at the World Bank. Finance Minister Heba Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of Sudan along with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. According to a statement issued by […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: The Tunisian Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday the launch of an investigation into the “deliberate leaking” of classified ministry documents on social media. In a statement, the ministry confirmed that following the “deliberate leaking of documents” on social media, an investigation was opened into the incident to determine who was […]
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Fri 08 January 2021: About 10,600 people have been displaced following recent attacks in two villages in Niger’s Tillaberi region, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The Saturday attack claimed 105 lives — 73 in Tchombangou and 32 in Zaroumadareye villages. Hundreds of survivors fled the scene on foot, […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: South Africa will receive 1.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, the country’s health minister Zweli Mkhize announced Thursday. Mkhize said the first million doses will arrive this month, with the remainder delivered in February. Vaccination priority in the first round of inoculations will be given to the nation’s more […]
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Thu 07 January 2021: The Somali opposition has warned US oil firms not to sign deals with the Somali government, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of one of the opposition leaders. The opposition announced in a statement posted on Monday that the federal government in Somalia is planning to sign a secret oil […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: France said it killed dozens of fighters in a weekend air raid in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by fire from a helicopter. The French military said “several dozens” of extremists were killed in a Sunday afternoon airstrike led […]
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Wed 06 January 2021: Some 150 Somali army soldiers are receiving special commando training in Turkey under a military cooperation pact between the two countries, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The training of the Somali Armed Forces soldiers is taking place at the Counter-Terrorism Training and Exercise Center in Turkey’s southwestern province […]
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