Thu 16 July 2020: ISTANBUL (AA) – Ethiopia said Wednesday it started to fill the Hidase Dam built on the Nile River. Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Seleshi Bekele, said water is being kept in the dam in accordance with construction plans, according to FANA Television. Bekele said water levels increased from 525 meters […]
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Thu 16 July 2020: Country reported 107 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, 12,757 new infections The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa passed the 300,000 mark late Wednesday, after 12,757 new cases were reported in that last 24 hours bringing the total to 311,049. South Africa has the highest number of COVID-19 infections on the […]
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Wed 15 July 2020: Shop owners in Libya are refusing to accept cash after the seizure of more than $8 billion worth of counterfeit notes which had alleged been printed in Russia to support renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar, Al Jazeera reported. The cash stash found on the Mediterranean island of Malta was en route from […]
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Wed 15 July 2020: Death toll across 54 countries almost at 14,000, recoveries nearing 317,000, says Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – The number of coronavirus cases in Africa reached 625,702 on Wednesday, according to an update by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 13,797 patients have died so far […]
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Wed 15 July 2020: No agreement on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was reached in tripartite negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources said Tuesday that it submitted a “balanced and fair” draft agreement on the Nile dam to the African Union. “Sudan delivered its final report on the […]
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Wed 15 July 2020: Corpses found in areas liberated from warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militia TRIPOLI (AA) – The Libyan army announced Wednesday that a total of 225 bodies have been unearthed from mass graves in the south of the capital Tripoli and in the city of Tarhuna and its surrounding areas in 40 days. The […]
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Tue 14 July 2020: Eleventh outbreak in DR Congo is of ‘great concern,’ says WHO’s top emergencies expert At least 49 new infections of the Ebola virus have been recorded as a part of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday. “The latest Situation Report from the […]
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Tue 14 July 2020: Hagia Sophia decision is historic turning point, says head of South Africa’s Muslim Judicial Council ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – The head of a major Muslim group in South Africa hailed Turkey’s decision last week to turn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque after decades as a museum. The Muslim […]
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Tue 14 July 2020: All 600 renounced their membership in terror group, swore oath of allegiance to the country ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Some 600 Boko Haram members were freed in Nigeria on Monday after they regretted their membership and completed a rehabilitation and reintegration program. Bamidele Shafa, spokesperson for the Nigerian military’s Operation Safe Corridor, said members […]
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Mon 13 July 2020: Country re-imposes night curfew as average daily cases cross 12,000 South Africa’s president has advised the public to follow COVID-19 measures seriously as scientists predict the virus could kill up to 50,000 people in the country this year. “Scientists and other scenario planners have presented us with models that project that […]
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