Thu 29 October 2020: A suspected mass grave holding 5,000 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group has been discovered in Gatsibo district in eastern Rwanda, Anadolu Agency reports. Officials and survivors said the victims are believed to have been killed on orders of the former Mayor of Murambi Commune, Jean Baptiste Gatete, after they […]
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Thu 29 October 2020: Intellectuals and politicians from southern African nations blasted France on Tuesday for President Emmanuel Macron’s insulting remarks about Islam and Prophet Muhammad. “This narrative that is racist and bigoted that leaders like Macron are espousing is to deter and strike fear and hatred,” Muhammad Khalid Sayed, lawmaker from South Africa’s governing […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has begun a period of self-quarantine following the positive Covid-19 diagnosis of a guest at a dinner attended by the President on Saturday, 24 October. The event for 35 guests was held at a Johannesburg hotel where Foundation guests were the only people hosted by the […]
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Wed 28 October 2020: Severe flooding in South Sudan is affecting the lives of roughly 800,000 people, leaving them without adequate food, water or shelter, Medecins Sans Frontieres said Tuesday. “Many areas [in South Sudan] have been flooded since July, while river levels are continuing to rise, worsening the crisis,” the Medecins Sans Frontieres, or […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: Calls are growing in the Muslim world to boycott French goods in protest of President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial plans to crack down on “Islamist separatism,” and continue publishing blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. While trade groups and netizens in many nations have announced their boycott of French products, young Somalis […]
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Tue 27 October 2020: “A world without justice cannot be a safe place for anyone. It only produces more conflict and suffering. And it makes everyone unsafe and insecure,’’ the diplomat wrote. A Turkish diplomat has asked South Africa to support Turkey’s efforts in promoting a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through mediation. In […]
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Mon 26 October 2020: Over 41,200 deaths while more than 1.4M patients recover, says health authority The number of infections of the novel coronavirus in Africa has crossed 1.71 million, says an update released by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday. The number of fatalities crossed 41,262 across the continent while […]
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Sun 25 October 2020: Ethiopia demanded Saturday that the US “clarify” remarks by President Donald Trump in which he said Egypt may try to “blow up” the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam currently under construction in the East African country. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew summoned US Ambassador Mike Raynor to demand an explanation, according […]
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Sun 25 October 2020: At least 3.6 million people were affected by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains across East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report Saturday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the floods have compounded an already challenging situation for people across […]
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Sun 25 October 2020: An estimated 7,000 Cape fur seals have been discovered dead at a breeding colony in central Namibia. Conservationist Naude Dreyer of the charity Ocean Conservation Namibia (OCN) began noticing dead seals on the sandy beaches of Pelican Point colony – a tourist destination known for its colony of seals and schools […]
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