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JOHANNESBURG. – South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has said.
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Nairobi. - Kenya said it is extending a night-time curfew and banning public gatherings and in-person meetings to slow the spread of the coronavirus, warning that hospitals are becoming overwhelmed.
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Cape Town. — Counterfeit cigarettes valued at R6 million have been seized by SA Revenue Service officials in a raid on numerous traders in Cape Town.
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NAIROBI. – Kenyan authorities have welcomed the progress made in the fight against poaching, after the publication Monday night of the first animal census conducted in the country, which should serve as a basis for improving environmental conservation.
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LILONGWE. – Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in northern Malawi, children did their school homework by candlelight: there was no electricity.
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NAIROBI. – A prominent Kenyan pathologist has warned of “vaccine apartheid” in Africa amid the slow rollout of Covid-19 jabs, echoing condemnation from senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials.
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Benin. - In the freshwater swamp forest of Hlanzoun in southern Benin, majestic trees hum with chirping birds and playful monkeys.
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Chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Cde Chris Mutsvangwa has mourned the death of South African liberation war stalwart and the leader of the Umkhonto We Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA), Kebby Maphatsoe who passed away on Tuesday.
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Three Zimbabwean men have been arrested along with 13 other people in South Africa for stealing transformers and railway line tracks in Mpumalanga province.
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Khanyi Mbau leaves her lover Kudzai Terrence Mushonga devastated and shattered in Dubai. The two are known to be on vacation in Dubai, and they’ve been serving love goals with sizzling vacay content on social media.
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Indonesia says that it is more than ready to cooperate and boost Africa’s economic recovery following the devastating Covid-19 pandemic.
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LUSAKA. – Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema has replaced the country’s top military commanders and the head of the police – and signalled a focus on the security forces being more accountable to the citizens.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week update Parliament on progress in the implementation of South Africa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan.
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In northern Mozambique, hundreds of internally displaced people who had fled Jihadist attacks that began in 2017 have begun to return to their homes following military operations involving troops from Sadc and Rwanda.
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Some of the looters who gleefully ran off with televisions during the July unrest have been foiled by technology that remotely disables stolen TV sets.