Wed 16 December 2020: Muslim groups in South Africa have written to their government asking for an intervention to stop Sri Lanka from forcibly cremating Muslims dying of the novel coronavirus. A letter seen by Anadolu Agency addressed to Naledi Pandor, minister of international relations and cooperation, requests her to help intervene in the matter. […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Somalia yesterday cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya, accusing the latter of meddling in its political affairs. “Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats to leave Somalia within seven days,” Somali Information Minister, Osman Dube, told the state news agency. “This is an answer to the […]
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Wed 16 December 2020: Facebook announced Tuesday it has removed hundreds of accounts linked to rival French and Russian networks that sought to sway public opinion in Africa. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts denouncing each other as “fake news”. […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: South Africa is set to receive initial vaccines from the COVAX facility to cover 10% of its population in the early part of 2021. President Cyril Ramaphosa made this announcement during his address to the nation on Monday, on developments in relation to the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new lockdown measures at both national, and district level for South Africa. President announced that the sale of alcohol from retail outlets will only be permitted between 10am and 6pm from Monday to Thursday. He also announced that the national curfew has been extended from 11pm […]
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Mon 14 December 2020: Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19 four weeks ago, has died at age 52 after being hospitalised in South Africa. “Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the nation of the sad and untimely passing away of His Excellency the Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini,” Deputy Prime […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: An armed group has abducted nearly 400 male students at a boarding school in northern Nigeria, local media outlets reported on Saturday. The attack on the secondary school took place in the morning hours in the Kankara town of the northwestern Katsina province along the Niger border. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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Sun 13 December 2020: The first non-governmental aid convoy since fighting started arrived in the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Saturday, as the government ordered businesses to re-open and officials to return to work, Reuters reports. The federal government restricted access to Tigray after fighting began on Nov. 4 between its troops and the Tigray […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: The Empowerment Elimination, Anti-Corruption, and Funds Recovery Committee in Sudan announced the confiscation of a farm owned by former Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden as well as ending the services of 30 ambassadors from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, it was reported that land would be seized under the […]
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Sat 12 December 2020: The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said it has received an “overwhelming” number of reports about Eritrean refugees in Tigray being killed, abducted or forcibly returned to Eritrea since fighting in Ethiopia’s northernmost region began more than a month ago. “If confirmed, these actions would constitute a major violation of international […]
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