Sun 27 December 2020: Boko Haram have seized about 40 loggers and killed three others in north-east Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, militia sources and residents have said. “A group of more than 40 loggers left Shehuri on the outskirts of Gamboru on Thursday and never returned by evening as usual,” said a group […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar traveled to Libya on Saturday flanked by top military officers to inspect Turkish units in the war-torn country. The unscheduled visit comes after eastern Libyan putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar called on his fighters to “drive out” Turkish forces backing the United Nations-recognized government, as talks drag […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: The Sudanese Minister of Information Faisal Mohamed Saleh has accused the Ethiopian army of being behind the attacks targeting Sudanese territory over the past few days, constituting the latest escalation in the discourse between the two countries on the ongoing border crisis. The Sudanese minister confirmed that intelligence reports indicate that […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people, a volunteer from the country’s Red Cross told Reuters on Friday. “Yesterday we buried 207 people who are the victims and 15 more from the attackers,” said the volunteer, Melese Mesfin. The […]
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Fri 25 December 2020: South Africa reported 14,305 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 968,563, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced Thursday. Mkhize said the country also lost 326 more people to COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities to 25,983. At least 822,978 people […]
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Thu 24 December 2020: The Department of Water and Sanitation says South Africans are poised for a bumper wet Christmas following persistent rains that fell over large parts of the country in the past month. The latest weekly report by the department shows that the persistent downpours have improved the country’s water situation drastically, with […]
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Thu 24 December 2020: Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the Algerian authorities to halt the deportation of “seven Yemeni asylum seekers”. “Seven Yemeni asylum seekers face imminent deportation from Algeria, which is considered a serious violation of international law,” Amnesty said in a statement. It pointed out that the refugees had expressed their “fear […]
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Thu 24 December 2020: The judge presiding over the trial of Sudan’s ousted President Omar Al-Bashir over the 1989 coup that brought him to power announced yesterday that he is stepping down, citing health concerns, the official TV station reported. In the trial’s ninth hearing, Judge Essam Mohamed Ibrahim told the court that this is […]
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Wed 23 December 2020: The Pentagon has sent several naval vessels and a marine expeditionary unit off the coast of Somalia to support the withdrawal of some 700 personnel from the country, the Pentagon said Tuesday. In November, it was announced that U.S. President Donald Trump planned to draw down U.S. troops in Somalia, part […]
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Tue 22 December 2020: The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, says 690 people lost their lives on South African roads from 1 December to 20 December 2020, compared to 732 people who passed away over the same period last year. “While this represents a 5.7% decline year-on-year, it is no reason to celebrate. One life […]
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