Fri 20 November 2020: The head of the World Health Organization has denied taking sides in the conflict that has erupted in Ethiopia’s northernmost region of Tigray. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the world’s highest-profile Tigrayan, tweeted this evening to say that his heart was breaking for his home, Ethiopia and called for all parties to work […]
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Fri 20 November 2020: A Malawi magistrate released a businessman and self-proclaimed prophet, Shepherd Bushiri, and his wife Mary from custody, saying the arrest of the couple, who face charges of money laundering, theft and fraud in South Africa, was illegal. The move came on Thursday as Principal Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba said the couple’s […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa said Wednesday that the international health body was planning to vaccinate at least 20% of the continent’s population for COVID-19. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said in a teleconference that all African countries should prepare themselves for the COVID-19 vaccinations, adding the WHO planned to […]
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Thu 19 November 2020: A self-proclaimed “prophet” and controversial millionaire has been arrested in Malawi after handing himself over to police following his mysterious return from South Africa, where he was on trial for fraud and money laundering charges. The incident last week has threatened a diplomatic rift between the two southern African countries, with […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday evening engaged in a telephonic call with US President-elect Joe Biden to discuss ways to strengthen US-Africa relations and overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. President Ramaphosa says he is hopeful of a strong partnership between the United States and the African continent in promoting peace and stability […]
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The Libyan government confirmed yesterday that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held at the end of next year, “whether the [Libyan] parties agree or not”. This came in a statement made by the spokesman of the Presidential Council of the internationally recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), Ghaleb Al-Zaqlai, to Fawasel website. It had […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: Eskom says it has been inundated with requests to conduct investigations into scams that purport to sell “cheap electricity” vouchers. According to the power utility, the dishonest scheme is promoted through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp by duping people into paying for this “cheap electricity” through electronic […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that includes reductions of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, US officials said on Tuesday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said nothing had been finalized and that no orders for Somalia have been […]
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Tue 17 November 2020: The United Nations said Tuesday that thousands of people were fleeing Ethiopia’s conflict-torn northern Tigray region and the border area with Sudan now faced a profound humanitarian emergency. “A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding,” UN refugee agency spokesman Babar Baloch told a virtual press briefing, adding that some 4,000 people were fleeing across the border every […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: A new mass grave was found in Libya’s southwestern city of Tarhuna that was recently liberated from the putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s forces, the Libyan government said Sunday. “The grave was discovered in Alrabet area, a former stronghold of Haftar’s militia in the city,” Lutfi Tawfiq, the director of the General […]
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