Tue 28 July 2020: Nearly 45 million people in 13 countries in southern Africa are food-insecure as a result of drought and flood and the impact of coronavirus, the region’s bloc said Tuesday. The tally has risen almost 10 percent over last year, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said in a report. “Common climate-induced […]
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Tue 28 July 2020: Zimbabwe’s ruling African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has called the US ambassador to the country a “thug” and accused him of funding the opposition ahead of this week’s planned anti-government protests. Patrick Chinamasa, a spokesman for ZANU-PF, told reporters on Monday that Ambassador Brian Nichols was involved in subversive activities to […]
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Tue 28 July 2020: The International Monetary Fund will lend South Africa $4.3 billion in emergency financial support to help the country repair the catastrophic economic damage wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The IMF approved $4.3 billion in emergency financial assistance under the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to support the authorities’ efforts in addressing the […]
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FILE PHOTO Mon 27 July 2020: KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – At least 60 people were killed and 54 others injured in tribal clashes in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the Central committee of the Sudanese Doctors said on Monday. In a statement, the committee said the clashes erupted in Mesteri village, accusing government militias of involvement […]
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Mon 27 July 2020: 151 allegations of serious child rights violations recorded in May-June period, UNICEF says The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided life-saving assistance to 100,000 children and their families in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN agency said on Monday. In a statement, UNICEF said […]
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Mon 27 July 2020: Such investments will support country’s climate resilience and greening ambitions, says premier Ethiopia on Monday showcased its first locally assembled electric car to push forward the country’s “greening and climate resilient aspirations.” It is the “[…] first electric car fully assembled locally (in Ethiopia) by a Hyundai dealership, Marathon Motors,” office […]
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Mon 27 July 2020: Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement on Monday called on Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi to form a government of national unity. “Ennahda wishes success for Mechichi in his mission,” a source with the movement’s executive office told Anadolu Agency. The source said Ennahda wants to “form a government of national political unity” that meets […]
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Sun 26 July 2020: Deaths surpass 17,500 while over 484,000 patients recovered so far: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 828,214 on Sunday, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 17,509 more people died of the virus across 54 countries in […]
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Sun 26 July 2020: Regional powers on their respective turfs, the increasing bellicosity between Addis Ababa and Cairo has been affecting both countries adversely in multiple ways. They should be encouraged to carry on the African Union’s (AU) proceeding course and a tremendous deal is achievable by pushing the UN, the World Bank and US […]
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Sun 26 July 2020: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency renovates mosque built 135 years ago in Cape Town Turkey’s state-run aid agency has renovated an Ottoman era mosque in South Africa. The Nur el-Hamidia Mosque was built 135 years ago with the support of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II in Cape Town, the Turkish Cooperation and […]
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