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Lilongwe. - The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Saturday fired its presenter Ian Simbota who is the current president of the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM).
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) have partnered to document the road SADC has travelled as the region is set to commemorate its 40th anniversary this year.
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heads of state of different African countries have issued strong statements and taken action to support their health, internal and foreign ministries in preventing the spread of coronavirus within their territories.
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CAIRO. — The leading Islamist terrorist Hesham al-Ashmawy, who has been convicted of orchestrating several high-profile attacks, was executed yesterday, Egypt’s armed forces said in a statement. Ashmawy, a former Egyptian special forces officer and one of Egypt’s most wanted terrorists, was extradited in late May last year to Egypt from Libya where he was […]
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NAIROBI. - MPs who were set to attend a meeting in US on gender equality have cancelled their trip over coronavirus fears.
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DAKAR. – Police in Niger have rescued 232 victims of sex trafficking and forced labour, including girls as young as 10, in a major operation in the capital Niamey, Interpol said on Wednesday. “Operation Sarraounia” involved more than 100 police officers who conducted a series of raids over 10 days in late January, said the global […]
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NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA. – Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestation in generations. A lack of expertise in controlling the pests is not their only problem: Kenya temporarily ran out of pesticides, Ethiopia needs more planes and Somalia and […]
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LILONGWE. — Malawi Parliament Monday agreed that the country’s fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court’s February 3 nullification of the May 2019 presidential poll. The constitutional court had ordered in its ruling that fresh presidential elections should be held in 150 days and that Parliament should […]
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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak – ousted by the military in 2011 – has died in Cairo at the age of 91.
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JOHANNESBURG. — Belgian coach Luc Eymael is not happy with the lack of professionalism in the Tanzanian league and is considering leaving Young Africans at the end of the campaign. The 60-year-old penned an 18-month contract with Yanga in January shortly after parting ways with South African Premiership side Black Leopards. His contract allows him […]
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GENEVA. — The World Health Organisation warned countries yesterday to be ready for a “potential pandemic” as new deaths and infections in Europe, the Middle East and Asia triggered more drastic efforts to contain the new coronavirus. The number of fatalities in China — where the virus emerged late last year — also continued to […]
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JOHANNESBURG. — The first witness in the retrial of rape accused televangelist Timothy Omotoso has taken the stand in the Eastern Cape High Court and painted a picture of how she first caught his attention. Omotoso and his co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho, face 97 charges, including rape, human trafficking and racketeering. Yesterday, 30-year-old […]
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MASERU. — Lesotho’s ruling party gave its embattled prime minister an ultimatum to resign by today after his wife was charged in connection with the murder of her rival. Thomas Thabane’s current wife Maesaiah Thabane (42), appeared in court on Tuesday over the murder of the prime minister’s previous wife, who was gunned down two […]
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LUANDA. – Angola’s ex-president has defended his son and a former central bank governor who are accused of embezzling US$500 million from the country’s sovereign wealth fund, court documents showed on Tuesday. Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ family are in the spotlight after his billionaire daughter was indicted in Angola last month for a host of […]
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Kabarak. — Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the East African country for more than two decades, was laid to rest yesterday after soldiers marked the occasion with a 19-gun salute. Military officers presented the canon salute near his gravesite in Kabarak. Military aircrafts flew over Kabarak in aerial salute known as missing […]