Mon 13 July 2020: Tributes, condolences pour in after death of South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark Zindzi Mandela JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Tributes and condolences have started pouring in to the Mandela family, following the death of Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark and daughter to global icon Nelson Mandela. “I offer my deep condolences […]
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Mon 13 July 2020: Since alcohol sales were reintroduced in June, hospitals have experienced a spike in emergency ward admissions. South Africa extended measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus Sunday as the number of cases in the country continued to rise. In a nationally televised address on Sunday, Ramaphosa said top health […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: In wide-ranging reforms, Sudan promised women freedoms and criminalized practice of female genital mutilation KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan has approved wide-ranging amendments in its criminal laws that include repealing the death penalty for apostasy. According to the 1991 Criminal Law brought by the ousted Omer al-Bashir government, the punishment for […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Mali’s embattled president has announced the dissolution of the country’s constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African nation amid arrest of more opposition leaders. The president said he said would not tolerate such violence. The court has been at the centre of controversy […]
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Sun 12 July 2020: Warlord Khalifa Haftar wants equal distribution of oil revenue and proceeds to be deposited in foreign bank TRIPOLI (AA) – Renegade warlord Khalifa Haftar, leader of illegitimate armed militias in eastern Libya, said on Saturday that he will continue to block oil production until his conditions are accepted. Sharing a video […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Police arrest over 40 suspects linked to incident, including 3 security force personnel JOHANNESBURG (AA) – Five people were killed outside a church near the South African capital as a hostage situation played out early on Saturday, local police announced. Four men who were shot dead and burned in a vehicle outside the compound […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Story of rags to riches for Massai herdsman, who discovered the largest Tanzanite worth $3.4 million DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AA – A small-scale semiliterate artisanal miner in the East African country of Tanzania became a millionaire overnight after his mining team unearthed the world’s two largest rough Tanzanite gemstones. On […]
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Sat 11 July 2020: Following measles cases in South Sudan, WHO, and UNICEF launched a 12-day campaign to immunize children despite COVID-19 Juba, South Sudan (AA) – Despite COVID-19 related restrictions, 94,000 children in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal province have been vaccinated against measles, Dr. Olushayo Olu, World Health Organization (WHO) representative said […]
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Fri 10 July 2020: Ethiopian authorities said they have arrested two suspects over the killing of a popular political singer, whose death last week sparked protests in which hundreds of people were killed. The shooting of Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a musician widely revered among his Oromo ethnic group, ignited protests in Addis Ababa and the surrounding […]
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Thu 09 July 2020: Abdallah Hamdok governs North African country in tandem with military following 2019 power-sharing deal KHARTOUM, SUDAN (AA) – Sudanese prime minister is set to reshuffle his 18-member Cabinet amid protests in the North African country, the Council of Ministers announced on Thursday. “Based on the commitment he made in his address to […]
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