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Fire burst forth Mount Kilimanjaro

Moshi. Mount Kilimanjaro, which is Africa’s tallest mountain at almost 6,000 metres, is on fire. The motive of the fire which is believed to be taking place thousands of metres above sea level is but to be established. An eyewitness say efforts with the aid of nearby communities to extinguish the wild fires are underway […]

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Africa: Covid-19 cases pass 1.55M, deaths near 38,000

ADDIS ABABA Coronavirus cases in Africa are now over 1.55 million (1,556,262), the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in an update on Saturday. At least 37,922 people have died across the continent, it said. However, the figures also indicated that more than 1.29 million (1,292,306) patients have recovered. Southern Africa […]

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South Africa: Zuma ordered to testify in graft probe by Panel

A South African judicial panel on Friday ordered former president Jacob Zuma to testify next month over allegations of state corruption during his nine-year rule, forcing the embattled politician to appear in court despite his plea that the judge was biased against him. The subpoena came just weeks after the scandal-tainted former president hit out […]

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South Africa: Mkhize explains reason for rise in Covid-19 deaths

A total of 160 more Covid-19-related deaths have been recorded since the last report, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Thursday, who admitted that there has been an investigation into the ’’noticeable increase in the number of deaths recently’’. A total of 105 deaths were recorded in KwaZulu-Natal, 18 in the Eastern Cape, 6 in […]

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#EndSARS: ‘Nigeria has failed to stop impunity of SARS police’

Nigeria has failed to tackle the impunity enjoyed through the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), whose brutality and corruption is “becoming more and more brazen,” human rights enterprise Amnesty International stated Tuesday in a report.  “Last weekend, the Nigerian police introduced but any other ban on events patrols by means of SARS and different tactical squads […]

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Iran Announces Military Technology Transfer To Yemen To Manufacture Missiles And Drones

Iran has stepped up weapons transfers to the Houthis, the militia war the Saudi-backed authorities in Yemen, U.S., Western and Iranian officials inform Reuters, a development that threatens to prolong and intensify the 19-month-old war. The extended tempo of transfers in recent months, which officials stated consist of missiles and small arms, should exacerbate a […]

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Hundreds ask transitional government to resign in Sudan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to eyewitnesses and photos on social media, protection forces mounted a cordon in front of the presidential palace and the headquarters of the Sudanese Army in Khartoum. The protesters held banners pronouncing “Down with the government […]

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Iran announces the transfer of military technology to Yemen to manufacture missiles and touch aircraft

A spokesman for the Iranian forces, Abu al-Fadl Shikaraji, said that Iran has transferred its technological experience in the defense field to Yemen so that the Yemenis can manufacture missiles and drones themselves. The spokesman for the Iranian forces: “We do not send missiles to Yemen, but they are now making them themselves to launch […]

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Sudan: Protesters shut port in protest of peace deal

Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups. On Saturday, the Sudanese transitional government signed a power-sharing deal with the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, in the course of a ceremony held in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. […]

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Sudan government, rebel groups sign peace deal

Sudan’s transitional government signed a peace deal with various rebellion corporations on Saturday, amid excessive hopes for an end to years of conflict in regions across the country. The settlement between the government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, used to be signed at a ceremony in Juba, the capital […]

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Fahad Yasin hosts Qatar’s deputy spy chief secretly, wants opposition denied coverage

A storm is brewing in Mogadishu which could put the Federal Government and the opposition at loggerheads and probable check the integrity of a free media, Garowe Online reports. At the center of the latest intrigues is the Director of National Intelligence and Security Agency Fahad Yasin Dahir, who secretly held a meeting with media […]

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South Africa: 1749 new Covid-19 cases detected

The National Health Ministry has demonstrated that South Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 depend stands at 677 833 with 1749 new cases suggested in the closing 24 hours. On Friday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, announced that 1749 extra deaths had been reported. “Regrettably, we file forty three extra Covid-19 related deaths: three from Eastern Cape, eight […]

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Fahad Yasin and others receiving secret training in Qatar – report

Reliable sources have confirmed to KnowAfrika that the Government of Qatar has begun education Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) forces. According to the sources, about 14 NISA officers from 4 special devices have been present process education for the last two weeks in the Qatari capital, Doha. The officers present process the training, […]

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Qatar’s deputy spy chief pays secret visit to Yasin

Reliable sources have instructed Somaliaffairs that the deputy director of Qatar’s intelligence agency, Abdallah Mohamed Mubarak Salah al-Khalifi, arrived in Mogadishu the day prior to this (29 September). The highly-trained Somali Gaashaan (Shield) Force took cost of his security. Al-Khalifi, who spent closing night with his apprentice, Fahad Yasin, pursuits in his trip to make […]

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Nigeria: Death toll from floods climbs to 95

The dying toll from floods in Nigeria has risen to 95, in accordance to local media reports Wednesday. Sixteen extra people had been killed in floods brought on with the aid of heavy rains in 19 regions of Jigawa state, Alhaji Yusuf Sani Babura, govt secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told […]

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Somalia Must Save Itself from Yasin, Al-Shabaab and Qatar

Qatari have an effect on and Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s over-reliance on Doha have reversed years of safety progress. by Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Somalis, each at home and abroad, have been confident when Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was once elected Somalia’s president in February 2017. Diplomats and the improvement community shared this optimism, believing Farmajo […]

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South Africa records more COVID-19 deaths, cases

South Africa noted eighty one new coronavirus-related deaths in the preceding 24-hour period, bringing the complete range of fatalities to 16,667, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced late Tuesday. Mkhize moreover stated the country had registered 903 new COVID-19 instances for a 2nd day in a row, inserting the total vast range of cases at 672,572. […]