Mon 27 April 2020: The Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council has revealed that Ethiopian forces and militias have seized a large part of his country’s territory along the border. “There are old problems. Herders have lost their livestock and farmers have lost their lands. The armed forces had nothing to do but to protect them […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: (AP) One of the hard lessons the World Health Organization (WHO) learned during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa was this: Other diseases can be forgotten and take a deadlier toll. WHO is now warning that the battle against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, where it already kills hundreds of thousands of […]
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Fri 24 April 2020: Operation neglects to control airspace, borders through which arms and ammunition reach renegade commander The head of Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has rejected a new EU military operation in the Mediterranean, Al Ahrar TV reported early Friday. Fayez al-Sarraj sent a message to the UN Security Council saying […]
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Thu 23 April 2020: The number of malaria deaths in Africa could double to 769,000 this year, as efforts to curb the disease are disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Thursday. The region has more than 25,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 1,200 deaths, and governments working with partners such […]
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Thu 23 April 2020: South Africa’s president has authorized the deployment of an additional 73,180 soldiers to help police enforce lockdown regulations intended to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. In a letter to parliament, Cyril Ramaphosa said the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase across the country and the troops will help […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: The southern African nation of Lesotho’s coalition government has agreed that embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane should immediately resign, according to a joint statement released Monday. Thabane, 80, has been under pressure to step down after he was accused of being involved in the murder of his estranged wife, 58-year-old Lipolelo […]
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Mon 20 April 2020: Saudi Arabia’s Ports Authority announced on Sunday it has started operating its new shipping line between the Kingdom and East Africa, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. King Fahd Industrial Port in Yanbu received its first container ship (CONTSHIP ONO) that was carrying the Siberian flag. The announcement comes as Saudi Arabia […]
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Sun 19 April 2020: Total of 201 malaria outbreaks reported throughout Zimbabwe; 90 controlled At least 131 people have died and more than 135,000 infected in a malaria outbreak as a COVID-19 pandemic hits Zimbabwe. “The cumulative figures of malaria are 135,585 and 131 deaths, a total 201 malaria outbreaks have been reported throughout the […]
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Sun 19 April 2020: Nigeria still lags far behind Ghana, South Africa and Uganda in the testing of suspected cases of the coronavirus, an investigation has shown. Although the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has so far conducted tests on 7,153 persons, the figure pales beside the 50,719 tests conducted by Ghana; 25,000 by […]
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Sun 19 April 2020: Thomas Thabane, under pressure to step down, sends troops, accusing law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy. Lesotho’s embattled prime minister has announced that he has sent troops onto the streets to “restore order”, accusing unnamed law enforcement agencies of undermining democracy. Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is under pressure to step down […]
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