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Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:43:36 GMT
Africa: Total Number of Covid-19 Deaths Across Continent Exceeds 106,000
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of March 9, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,973,332.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:18:19 GMT
Equatorial Guinea: Death Toll From Bata Explosion Rises to 98
[DW] The number of people killed in the blasts in Bata more than tripled from the initial estimates. The president attributed the explosions to "negligence" and ordered a probe into the incident.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 04:44:34 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: ICC Orders Record Compensation for Victims of Warlord
[DW] Child soldiers and other victims of Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda are to be awarded millions of dollars by the International Criminal Court.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:57:50 GMT
Senegal: Opposition Leader Freed Amid New Clashes
[DW] Government critic Ousmane Sonko was charged with rape but then freed from detention as police clashed with protesters in Senegal.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:29:27 GMT
Zimbabwe: Anti-Graft Body Probes Grace Mugabe's U.S.$10 Million Land Grab
[New Zimbabwe] Former First Lady Grace Mugabe and a group of her associates are coming under investigation from anti-corruption authorities following complaints that they grabbed residential stands worth US$10 million without paying from an upmarket ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:28:57 GMT
Kenya: New Twist in 'Secret' Nakumatt Store Operations
[Nation] The Nakumatt store that has been secretly operating at Prestige Plaza, Nairobi, has abandoned receipts and price labels branded with the fallen retailer's logo.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:22:49 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Veteran Singer Josky Kiambukuta Dies in Kinshasa
[East African] Kinshasa -- Legendary TPOK Jazz singer Josky Kiambukuta died in a Kinshasa hospital on Sunday.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:17:39 GMT
Zimbabwe: Lyon Drop Kadewere Bombshell, Musona Back in Form
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabweis in danger of being forced to field a severely depleted squad for their decisive 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia at the end of the month after star striker Tino Kadewere became the latest key player to be ba...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:09:20 GMT
Uganda: Pressure Mounts on U.S. to Act on Country's Abuses
[East African] U.S. Senators on the Committee on Foreign Relations have given the Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, up to March 31 to present a detailed analysis of the US-Uganda relationship "informed by an inter-agency review of whether continue...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:03:02 GMT
Somalia: African Union Mission on the Spot Over Errors, Double Payments
[East African] The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and faulty personal information, pointing to unr...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:41:18 GMT
Kenya: Lupita Nyong'o Launches African Superhero Series
[Nairobi News] Lupita Nyong'o has a new superhero project in the works which she will be the executive producer.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:27:13 GMT
Rwanda: Gender Equality is Not Just a Women's Issue - Kagame
[New Times] As Rwanda joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women's Day, on Monday, March 8, President Paul Kagame called on both local and international communities to combat gender disparity and exclusion,

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:26:36 GMT
Uganda: Court Allows Bobi Wine to Withdraw Election Petition
[East African] The Supreme Court in Uganda has accepted the withdrawal of a presidential petition filed by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni during the January 14 ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:51:36 GMT
Zimbabwe: 'I Have Quit Politics' - Former VP Joice Mujuru
[New Zimbabwe] Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has said she no longer has any political ambitions and is now concentrating on raising her family and farming.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:48:32 GMT
Ethiopia: Addis Ababa May be a Victim of its Own History
[East African] Addis Ababa may be a victim of its own history, even as it walks the thin line between handling the Tigray crisis while fighting off pressure from international community.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:42:29 GMT
Ethiopia: Security Forces Kill Scores of Civilians, Arrest Several in Metekel - Eyewitness
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- An eyewitness told Addis Standard that on February 26, 2021 members of the military opened fire on civilians killing 26 people including women and the elderly in Albasa kebele of Dibate Woreda, Metekel zone, Benishangu...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:35:10 GMT
South Africa: Home Affairs Signs Agreement to Deal With Backlog of Asylum Seekers
[SAnews.gov.za] Over 153 000 asylum seekers who have been waiting for many years for a decision on their applications for asylum will have their cases heard and decided, thanks to a new agreement signed on Monday by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and t...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:30:06 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Biden Administration Forces Israeli Mining Magnate Back Into Sanctions Straightjacket
[Daily Maverick] The Joe Biden administration has reinstated Magnitsky sanctions on Israeli businessman Dan Gertler for 'extensive public corruption' in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), overturning a secretive and irregular action carried out ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:26:37 GMT
South Africa: What Former President Zuma Told Ruling Party Top Six in Virtual Meeting
[Daily Maverick] The ANC says the meeting went well, but all indications are that the former leader will continue to cold-shoulder the Zondo Commission.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:41:15 GMT
Kenya: Infections Rise as Experts Warn of Third Covid-19 Wave
[Nation] Experts have warned of a possible third wave of Covid-19 in the country due to the recent spike in new cases.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:40:51 GMT
Kenya: Hope as New Road Takes Trucks Off Mombasa Road
[Nation] Beleaguered motorists on Mombasa Road can breathe a sigh of relief following the completion of a new road linking the Nairobi Inland Container Depot and the Southern bypass.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:26:28 GMT
Nigeria: 10 Million Additional Girls At Risk of Child Marriage Due to Covid-19 - UNICEF
[Leadership] Abuja -- Ten million additional child marriages may occur before the end of the decade, threatening years of progress in reducing the practice, according to a new analysis released by UNICEF.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:26:25 GMT
Nigeria: Hijab Controversy - Before Kwara Slides Into Religious Crisis
[This Day] There is no doubt that the current impasse in Kwara - with the sobriquet State of Harmony - over the order of the state government to all public schools, including schools founded by Christian missions in the state, to allow female Muslim ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:06:22 GMT
Nigeria: Army Denies Deploying Troops Based On Ethnicity, Religion
[Premium Times] Islamic scholar, Ahmed Gumi, had alleged that the army deploys troops based on ethnicity and religion hence bandits seek vengeance by killing residents.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:00:51 GMT
Nigeria: Memory Practices Are Not Enough to Remedy Nigeria-Biafra War Injustices
[The Conversation Africa] People return to the past for different reasons. For some, it is to recover an idea of a glorious past, a memory which may be pertinent for present and future reconstructive projects. For others, it is to seek the origins of...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 04:55:52 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: Tensions High As Voters Await Election Results
[RFI] Cote d'Ivoire is waiting for official results in Saturday's legislative election, with both the opposition and ruling party claiming victory.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 04:52:24 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Became a Fighter to Get Revenge' - A Guerrilla Tells Her Story
[DW] In eastern Congo, militias killed more than 2,000 people in 2020. The many rebel groups in the volatile region have several women as members. DW met a female combatant who was a victim of violence before taking up arms.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:36:13 GMT
Uganda: Uganda Gets 100,000 More Covid Vaccines
[Monitor] By Stephen Otage

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 10:08:43 GMT
East Africa: Egos, Unfair Trade Shake EAC As DR Congo Eyes Entry
[Monitor] Once upon a time, the East African Community (EAC), a six-member regional bloc of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan - admitted in 2016 - was both vibrant and buoyant. Not just to keen observers, but anyone could tell ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:35:45 GMT
Africa: Launch of State of UHC in Africa Report Charts Detailed Path to Achieving Health for All on the Continent
[Global Health Strategies] The independent Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) Commission has today unveiled the State of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa Report, a comprehensive document that maps the progress of African c...



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