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NEWS: Tourism Hoping Namibia Reopens Border to International Flights

Borders are Open in Namibia Ready for takeoff! Aeroplane runways in Namibia, as the Southern African country reopened its borders on September 1. The country hopes to fix hundreds of jobs in the country’s Covid-19 pandemic hard-hit tourism region — its third-largest source of overseas trade after the mining and fishing industries. As ultimate year […]

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Zimbabwe: Covid-19 hits border prisons

Border prisons at Beitbridge and Plumtree have been sealed off after six people — four inmates and two prison officers — tested positive for Covid-19 following PCR tests done to prevent the spread of the virus in jails. Two inmates and one officer are from Plumtree while another pair of inmates and one officer tested […]

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Ethiopian militias, Sudanese army clash close to the border

Clashes between Sudan’s military and Ethiopian militias have taken place near the border with Ethiopia over the past three days, a spokesman for the Sudanese army said late Thursday. Brigadier General Amer Mohamed Al Hassan said in a televised statement that Ethiopian militias backed by the Ethiopian army have attacked territories in Gadaref state in […]

Kenya shuts Somalia and Tanzania borders to stem virus outbreak

The president of Kenya on Saturday announced its borders with neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania would be closed as the African country continued to battle the coronavirus outbreak. In a briefing, Uhuru Kenyatta said the border would only be open to lorry drivers, but they would have to undergo tests before being allowed into Kenya. Kenya’s […]

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Burkina Faso: Army kills 20 terrorists close to border

Security forces in Burkina Faso killed 20 terrorists in a clash near the border with Niger, the army said Wednesday. In a statement, the General Staff of the Armed Forces said an army patrol in Yagha province was ambushed by armed attackers. It said the troops killed 20 terrorists but eight soldiers lost their lives […]

Reopen Katuna border no later than February 21

Ugandan and Rwandan delegations once again met in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday. They issued a joint communique at the end of the meeting. The communique, signed by Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa on behalf of Uganda and Mr Olivier Nduhungirehe on behalf of Rwanda, shows that there is more work still to be done, in […]