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Guinea: UN Advises Against Hate Speech

As Guinea elections approaches the United Nations (UN) has advised against the use of ethnic hate speach in the wake of the forthcoming presidential election. Wanindara, a predominantly Fulani suburb of Guinea’s capital Conakry, few say they will vote for Alpha Conde, the 82-year-old bidding for a controversial 1/3 presidential time period on Sunday. But […]

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Work Set To Begin In Libya’s Biggest Oil Field

Work is set to begin in Libya’s Biggest oil field so as to facilitate the distribution of oil to various part of the nation and other countries at large. The National Oil Corporation stated in a assertion that it had given guidelines to begin manufacturing arrangements, after achieving an “honour agreement” under which forces loyal […]

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Foul Play in Tanzanian Politics – Amnesty Intertional

The Amnesty International alleges in a document posted on Monday that Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s authorities is actively repressing the political opposition as rapidly-passed legal guidelines restricting the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association are being weaponized to control and stifle anyone inside the populace that opposes the modern head of state. A tactic […]

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Nigeria Govt Dissolves SARS After Series Of Protests From Citizens

Nigeria Government listened to the pleas of Nigerians on Sunday, They dissolved a distinctive police unit set up to fight violent crimes such as kidnapping and Armed robbery after deadly protests and a social media marketing campaign backed via song and cinema celebrities rose up in opposition to years of alleged abuses. The president’s office […]

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Tunisia’s Economic Crisis Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic

An Economically Unforgiving Pandemic Tens of thousands of Tunisians have lost their jobs in a worsening economic crisis exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic as nearly a third of small to medium-sized businesses face bankruptcy. Ali Ben Rached, owner of the café “La Javanaise,” is frustrated, “If there is no terrace or anything (allowed to be […]

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Health: Uganda’s hospitals run out of blood

Uganda’s coronavirus cases may be small but the pandemic is constraining the delivery of health services regardless. A blood shortage that has hit major hospitals in the country has delayed, even halted life-saving surgeries and in some cases, patients have died. The China-Uganda hospital, Naguru in Kampala is a vital source of health care for […]

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Mali’s opposition leader Soumaila Cisse released after prisoner swap

Mali’s presidency on Thursday announced that opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé had been freed. The announcement, over Twitter, added that Cisse was on his way back to the capital Bamako. The news will likely warm the hearts of Cisse’s supporters who have held rallies waiting for his arrival since reports of his release broke out days […]

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No show from hostages, despite speculations in Mali

They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate the announced return of their candidate, who has been held hostage for over six months. Soumaïla Cissé was campaigning in Timbuktu ahead of the legislative elections when he was kidnapped on March 25th. But authorities […]

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Ethiopian Senate Votes to Sever All relations with Tigray’s Parliament

Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan leaders chose to unilaterally hold elections — initially scheduled for August, last month in defiance of the decision made back […]

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South Sudan set to campaign against child marriage

South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies are facing.  In South Sudan, 52% of all ladies are married before they attain 18 and round one 1/3 of all ladies are pregnant earlier than turning 15, depriving them of their simple rights, and […]

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Health chief salutes Africa’s fight against COVID-19

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths since February. These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to decline. Early interventions […]

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Injured Ethiopian Star Runner Pulls Out of London Marathon

A Hurt World Champion Five-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele, announced in a video on social media Friday that he will no longer be competing in the highly anticipated London Marathon on Sunday that would have seen him face Kenyan icon and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge. An event that industry […]

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Major boost to farmers, Ivory Coast sets new cocoa

The price of cocoa paid to farmers for the 2020-2021 harvest in Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer, has been set at 1,000 CFA francs (1.52 euros) per kilo, up 21%, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced, one month before the October 31 presidential election. “We have decided to increase the price from 825 to 1000 […]

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UN peacekeepers warn of fresh rebel violence ahead of vote in Central African Republic

Major Ashif is tense as he watches from the turret of his armoured vehicle as the muddy road in front of him slowly unwinds. His is the lead vehicle in a UN escort shepherding a convoy through northwest Central African Republic (CAR), one of the world’s poorest and most violent countries — and the thick […]

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Togo’s first female Prime Minister Victoire Tomegah Dogbé?

Togo made history this week by appointing its first female prime minister. Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, 60, was named on Monday and immediately set to work to form a new government. She is well known in political circles and has held various ministerial positions. She has been a development minister and chief of staff of the […]

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WFP Seeks Aid for South Sudan Flood Relief

Heavy seasonal rainfall causing devastating floods since June have impacted over 700,000 people across South Sudan — already in a precarious situation due to food shortages from an overwhelming locust infestation and a health crisis from the global Covid-19 pandemic. A large part of the country is under water with the Nile River at its […]

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Central African Republic: President Touadera looks for a second term in office

Central african republic president Touadera has announced on saturday he will be running for a second term in office. “It is a heavy duty, a very heavry one. I accept to be your candidate”, Touadera said in front of his party members in capital city Bangui. If the President hadn’t officially announced he would be […]

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DR Congo: 19 dead in Lubumbashi firefight, attackers repelled

Democratic Republic of Congo’s second biggest town Lubumbashi has been at the center of at attack by armed militiathis saturday. Two police officers and a soldier were killed as a result of the firefights. “16 attackers were neutralised. Severa others wounded and captured” added Haut-Katanga regional Interior minister Fulbert Kunda Milundu. According to Milundu, the […]