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KAMPALA. – The United Nations Secretary General said all five permanent members of the council agreed Africa must have due representation in the body. Guterres on Sunday addressed the third summit of a group of developing countries known as Group of 77 in Uganda’s capital. “[…] in recent declarations, public declarations, I’ve seen the permanent […]
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LUSAKA. – While still battling to control a cholera outbreak, Zambia has also activated Covid-19 monitoring systems after registering an increase in new cases. Zambian Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said the move had been triggered by hospital admissions and two deaths in Lusaka and the Copper Belt. “The positivity rate for those being tested has […]
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Kudakwashe Mugari in Kampala UGANDA Non Aligned Movement (NAM) leaders have adopted the Kampala Declaration where Heads of State and Government agree to strengthen the unity and cohesion of the movement as a political force in the international political arena so as to push back unilateral actions made against international law. The leaders, who included […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – A multi-country cholera outbreak covering Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia – with isolated cases now detected in South Africa – could be hard to contain thanks to a shortage of vaccine supplies. According to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, there are doses of cholera vaccines to meet immediate demand, but a sharp rise in emergencies […]
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DAR ES SALAAM. – At the beginning of 2024, China and Africa are ready to enhance their long-standing friendship by honouring a fine diplomatic tradition for the 34th year. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, this week visited Egypt, Tunisia, Togo […]
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The ruling Zanu PF party has hailed the South African government for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for genocide in Gaza, where over 20 000 Palestinians have been killed in the past four months. Presenting its case to the ICJ last week, South Africa argued that the Israeli government’s attack on […]
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ABUJA. – Almost US$9 million stored in tax havens on the English island of Jersey will be returned to Nigeria. The funds had been confiscated by the Royal Court before a court decided to return them to Abuja. According to the Jersey court, the money was earmarked for the purchase of weapons and aeronautical equipment […]
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DAR ES SALAAM. – Tanzania said yesterday it had reinstated approval for Kenyan national carrier Kenya Airways, opening a new tab to operate flights between the Kenyan capital Nairobi and Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. In a tit-for-tat move, Tanzania announced on Monday it had banned Kenya Airways flights after Nairobi refused to grant […]
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LUSAKA. –LUSAKA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Zambia yester day commenced the administration of the oral cholera vaccine in the shanty compounds of Lusaka, the country’s capital, most affected by the current outbreak. The authorities started administering 1.4 million doses out of the 1.7 million vaccines received from the World Health Organization in Matero township, one […]
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KINSHASA . – The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, which helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades before being asked by the Congolese government to leave, will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by the end of 2024, the mission has said. A three-phased withdrawal of the 15 000-force […]
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LUSAKA. – Zambia is dealing with one of its worst cholera outbreaks in recent years as 351 people have died and nearly 9,000 active cases have been registered. Health workers say they are scrambling to contain the crisis that has the potential to be the worst the country has seen since the first in 1977. […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – The South African legal team that presented its case against Israel for the genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) returned to a hero’s welcome at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The stellar legal team consisting of John Dugard, Max Du Plessis, Adila Hassim and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, among […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – President Cyril Ramaphosa has said he was proud of the way the South African legal team presented its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in The Netherlands this week. Pretoria wants the Israeli government to stop what it calls a genocide of the people of Palestine. […]
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Thupeyo Muleya–Beitbridge Bureau The trial of two Zimbabwean women recently arrested in South Africa’s Mpumalanga for abducting three children — including a four months old infant — in the Kriel area has been postponed to January 20 so they can engage laywers. In addition, the National Prosecuting Authority in that country says it also wants […]
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A ship carrying 23 000 tonnes of Russian fertilisers, mainly potash fertilisers, donated to Zimbabwe has docked in Beira Port, officials said on Tuesday. The shipment was donated by one of the largest fertiliser producers in Russia and the world, Uralchem Group, and is part of many similar consignments given to a number of African […]