Tue 03 November 2020: Police on Tuesday detained Ugandan presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, his party said, just moments after the pop star-turned-politician registered his nomination to challenge Yoweri Museveni in next year’s election. Wine, a 38-year-old opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was forcefully pulled from his car and thrown into a van […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: The total number of recoveries from the novel coronavirus in Africa topped 1.46 million, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. The total number of cases on the continent surpassed 1.79 million, while the death toll rose to 43,176, it said. Southern Africa is the hardest […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: Algeria will change the country’s constitution after a referendum on the issue last week, despite less than 25 per cent of the population turning out to vote. Sunday’s voter turnout, which accounted for only 23.7 per cent of 24.5 million eligible voters, is believed to be the lowest in Algeria’s electoral history. […]
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Mon 02 November 2020: Nairobi – Tanzanian police have arrested Freeman Mbowe, the leader of the main opposition party Chadema, according to Tundu Lissu, the party’s candidate in last week’s presidential election. The opposition has demanded a repeat election, citing widespread irregularities, and called for protests against the outcome, which returned President John Magufuli to […]
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Sun 01 November 2020: Talks came one day after Sarraj said he had withdrawn his resignation Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj held talks on Saturday with UN Acting Libya Envoy Stephanie Williams on efforts to reach a political solution to the Libyan crisis, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a statement by the Libyan government, the two sides […]
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Sun 01 October 2020: Tanzanian President John Magufuli won a resounding election victory with 84% of the votes amid allegations of irregularities by the opposition. The main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu won only 13% of the vote. “The commission declares John Magufuli of CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) who garnered the majority of votes as the winner in […]
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Sun 01 November 2020: On the eve of the referendum on constitutional amendments, which are supposed to meet their demands, residents of Bab El-Oued neighbourhood, the stronghold of the popular movement, in the Algerian capital, were divided over the modifications proposed by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Rashid Berkani, a former employee in the National Transportation Company, […]
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Sat 31 October 2020: Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj, who planned to step down on October 31, has taken back his decision to resign at the end of October. Sarraj will remain in office until the ongoing intra-Libyan political dialogue talks come to an end, Libyan government spokesman Galib al Zaklai said on Twitter. […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: COVID-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparations for a second wave, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. Over the past four week, cases have increased by 45% per week on average in Kenya, by 19% in Democratic Republic […]
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Fri 30 October 2020: At least 140 migrants trying to reach Europe drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized, a U.N. agency said on Thursday. It marked the deadliest shipwreck recorded in 2020, and happened along a route where at least 414 people have now died this year, the […]
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