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LILONGWE. — Malawi has said several of its diplomats had been expelled from South Africa after they were found guilty of peddling duty-free alcohol. Malawi’s foreign affairs ministry in Lilongwe said on Friday that South Africa had given the diplomats and their families 72 hours to leave the country. South Africa’s ministry of international relations […]
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The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reports that some 70 000 people have fled the Cabo Delgado in Mozambique since 24 March, bringing overall displacement to nearly 800 000. People have been escaping daily for districts further south, or to neighbouring Tanzania. Thousands more are reported to be stranded in areas around Palma, with restricted humanitarian […]
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Pretoria. – A Gauteng woman has given birth to 10 babies, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cissé who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to her decuplets – two more than doctors had earlier detected during the medical scans – at a […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave.
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ABUJA. – Nigeria has directed all TV and radio stations to “suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately” and described its use as unpatriotic, the country’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said. On Friday, Nigerian government announced the suspension of Twitter’s operations in the country indefinitely over “the persistent use of the platform for activities that we capable […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – Family members of Nigerian clergyman and televangelist, TB Joshua, says that they will make an announcement on preparations for his burial in due course. Tributes have been pouring in from around the world for the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Nigeria. Temitope Joshua, popularly called prophet TB Joshua, died […]
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WINDHOEK. – Germany’s offer to fund projects in Namibia worth more than €1 billion ($1.22 billion) over 30 years to atone for its role in genocide and property seizures in its-then colony more than a century ago is not enough, Namibian Vice President Nangolo Mbumba has said. “No amount of money in any currency can […]
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YAOUNDE. — The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations finals, set for Yaounde, Cameroon, on June 25, has been postponed, the Confederation of African Football said yesterday. It said the postponement was due to “logistical reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic” and a new date would be announced in due course. Sierra Leone and […]
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Nigerian prophet and founder of the Synagogue Church of All nations(SCOAN) Temitope Balogun Joshua popularly known as TB Joshua has died.
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The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria.
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The Nigerian government has expressed doubts about Twitter’s mission in the country, accusing the US technology company of double standards and supporting the secessionists in the west African country.
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Another possible coronavirus-linked corruption scandal is embroiling South Africa’s government as there are serious allegations of wrongdoing against Health Minister Zweli Mkhize.
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Zambia’s electoral body suspended campaign rallies before an August 12 election, as daily new confirmed coronavirus cases surged in the southern African nation.
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Only 9 percent of students studying to become advocates passed exams for the 2019/2020 academic year in Uganda, prompting calls to scrap the bar course.
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OVIDY KARURU’S club, Black Leopards, have been relegated from the South African Premiership, with a game still to be played, in the marathon. The Limpopo side crashed to a 1-3 defeat, at the hands of Cape Town City yesterday, to crash out of the top-flight league. The hosts came from behind, to win, giving returning […]