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KAMPALA. – Unvaccinated Ugandan MPs will be denied access to the country’s parliament building from yesterday. Deputy Speaker Anita Among said the move was to “demonstrate a good example in support of the government’s public health policy”. The privately-owned Nile Post website reported that Uganda’s parliament becomes the third state institution to ban non-vaccinated people […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – South Africans voted in municipal elections on Monday, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) hoping to avert its worst result since the end of white minority rule. There has been little reliable political polling, but based on the climate of discontent and the few surveys that have been conducted some pundits predict […]
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NAIROBI. – Police in Kenya have been ordered to re-open the case of a young woman who was allegedly killed by a British soldier in 2012. The Kenyan Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, said he’d given instructions to compile all available evidence and witness accounts to ensure the case can be concluded in court. […]
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WINDHOEK. – Namibia suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from Germany and the Netherlands on Monday after outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in the European countries. Germany reported the bird flu outbreak at a goose farm last week while commercial farms across the Netherlands were ordered to keep all […]
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The United Nations Security Council on Friday called on all sides to resume negotiations toward a solution in Western Sahara as it renewed a UN mission in the disputed territory for one year. The resolution was spearheaded by the United States, which under former president Donald Trump broke with the world to recognise Morocco’s claim […]
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a US$57,67 million loan to Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, South Africa’s public electricity utility — and Africa’s largest — to harness battery storage technology that will increase electricity generation from reliable and efficient renewable energy sources. The bank’s financing, a concessional loan, will come […]
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KHARTOUM. – Sudan’s ruling military has sacked six ambassadors and security forces have tightened their crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, even as international pressure against this week’s coup grows. The decision, announced late on Wednesday on state media, included Sudan’s ambassadors to the United States, the European Union, China, Qatar, France and the head of the […]
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KANO. – Islamic religious police in northern Nigeria arrested a man who put himself up for sale to escape biting poverty, a local official said on Wednesday. Aliyu Idris, 26, was arrested on Tuesday by the morality police in Kano after pictures emerged on social media showing him holding a placard indicating he was up […]
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KHARTOUM. – The African Union said yesterday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective restoration of […]
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KIGALI. – A senior official of the African Union Commission Tuesday urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the […]
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CAPE TOWN. – An independent external investigation found that the Pretoria News was “reckless” to publish a story penned by editor Piet Rampedi, which claimed that a Tembisa woman, Gosiame Sithole, had given birth to 10 babies. The veracity of the story was widely questioned when several elements couldn’t be proven, including where Sithole had […]
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Ouagadougou. – A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad to assassinate Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago. The trial unfolding at a military court in Ouagadougou is being closely followed by the Burkinabe public, many of whom hope it will shed […]
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By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Sudan’s military seized power in a coup on Monday, arresting members of a transitional government that was supposed to guide the country to democracy following the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir in a popular uprising two years ago. Gunfire was heard as opponents of the […]
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In a township in Johannesburg, South Africa, volunteers are turning litter into bricks, which are later used to build classrooms for local children. A non-existent budget and need for a new classroom is what sparked the innovative idea for Diana Musara. Musara leads the Khensani’s Collection, an education organisation that offers after school classes to […]
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A deadly blast in Kampala late on Saturday appeared to be an act of terrorism, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said yesterday. He said the explosion in the capital killed one person, although the Uganda Police chief political commissar Asan Kasingye said late on Saturday that two people were killed. At least seven people were injured, […]