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Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:58:22 GMT
Nigeria: Concerns as Govt Injects U.S.$9 Billion Into Moribund Refineries
[Daily Trust] At least N3.8 trillion has been put into the four petrochemical refineries in Nigeria, which have been moribund, even as concerns heighten over the country's continuous importation of refined petroleum products, despite investment in th...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:56:46 GMT
Nigeria: Northern Nigeria and the Unholy Trinity
[Daily Trust] Poverty. Insecurity. Hunger. Call them the unholy trinity with a cold grip on northern Nigeria. Last week, the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation released a report indicating that the old region was in the co...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:31:51 GMT
Seychelles: 'Power of Conservancy' Shines As Green Turtle Numbers Make Huge Gains
[Seychelles News Agency] Since the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) started monitoring green turtles' nesting in the early 1980s, there has been an almost 500 percent increase in the number coming ashore to lay eggs, an officer at the foundation s...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:30:03 GMT
Malawi: Nation Slipping on Poverty, Hunger, Unemployment, Other Indicators - Study
[Nyasa Times] Malawi is doing worse on reducing poverty, hunger, and unemployment and other indicators, according to a recent Afrobarometer Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Scorecard for the country.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:09:47 GMT
Kenya: Superb Kipchoge Defends Olympic Title With Authoritative Race
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Eliud Kipchoge became only the third man in history to successfully defend the Olympic Marathon crown after running a commanding race to win the Tokyo title in a time of 2:08:38.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:23:04 GMT
Southern Africa: Cabo Delgado - Rwandan, Mozambican Forces Encircle Major Port City
[New Times] Rwandan and Mozambican forces battling the Islamic State-linked terrorist group in Cabo Delgado Province are advancing on the strategic port city of Mocimboa da Praia from three fronts.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:20:14 GMT
Rwanda: The Adoption of Video-Assisted Technology for Lung Surgery
[New Times] A team of thoracic surgeons from different countries headed by Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas had a two-day training visit at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) to introduce a uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) technique in Rwanda.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:18:06 GMT
Nigeria: Second Batch of Covid-19 Vaccines to be Administered August 10
[Premium Times] Nigeria had commenced COVID-19 vaccination on March 5, 2021, having received approximately four million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:14:02 GMT
Nigeria: Boko Haram Resorts to Propaganda to Attract New Fighters
[Nation] Following sustained government offensives that have seen several insurgents defect, terror group Boko Haram has resorted to video propaganda, falsely portraying lavish lifestyles, to recruit new fighters.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:06:24 GMT
Africa: AU Commission Defends Decision to Grant Israel Observer Status
[Nation] The African Union Commission has defended the continental body's decision to grant Israel member status, saying it was at the "express demand of many member states".

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:01:48 GMT
Africa: AU Set to Roll-Out 400 Million Covid-19 Doses Across Continent
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The African Union has announced the start of monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to the AU member states.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:59:56 GMT
East Africa: Inside the Friendship of Uganda's President Museveni, Kenyan Vice President Ruto
[East African] Ugandans have not forgotten the 2007-08 post-election violence in Kenya. Ugandan truck drivers have told and retold many harrowing tales of what they went through during that trying period.

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:54:57 GMT
South Sudan: Public Pressure On Kiir to Quit Yields No Fruit
[East African] Attempts to ignite a popular uprising by civil society groups in South Sudan was off to a rocky start.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:45:47 GMT
Nigeria: Farmers Trained On Bee Colony Management, Pollination Services
[Daily Trust] The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), through the Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA), has trained farmers on the management of bee colonies for pollination services, as well as the use of the pollinatio...

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:56:54 GMT
Kenya: Hellen Obiri Calls Time On Track Career After Tokyo Olympics
[Nation] Hellen Obiri, the double world 5,000 metres champion and Olympic silver medallist over the distance, has announced she is signing off from the track to launch a career in road running.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:43:02 GMT
Kenya: Kenya Jets Out to Egypt for Davis Cup Tournament
[Nation] Kenya's Davis Cup team leaves the country early Sunday brimming with confidence ahead of the Africa Group III tournament slated for August 11-14 at the Smash Tennis Academy in Cairo, Egypt.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:26:07 GMT
Mozambique: Report - Mozambique Soldiers Trap Civilians in Insurgent-Hit North
[VOA] Johannesburg -- Mozambican security forces are preventing tens of thousands of civilians displaced by jihadist attacks around the northern town of Palma from moving to safer areas, Human Rights Watch said.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:04:46 GMT
Morocco: International Pressure Increases on Morocco to Cease Repression in Occupied Sahrawi Territories
[SPS] Brussels -- Morocco is facing mounting pressure over its crackdown on civilians and human rights activists in the occupied Saharan territories, the International Crisis Group has affirmed.

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:59:38 GMT
Nigeria: Constitution Review - Restructuring, Gender Equality, Other Key Recommendations From Nigerians
[Premium Times] The National Assembly is carrying out its fifth amendment to Nigeria's 1999 Constitution

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:51:55 GMT
Nigeria: Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Not a Flop for Team Nigeria After All
[Leadership] After two weeks of drama, emotion, highs and lows, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will climax on Sunday.

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 09:49:33 GMT
East Africa: Tanzania Maize Exports to Kenya Surge Sixfold After Suluhu Visit
[Nation] Maize imports from Tanzania jumped more than sixfold to 118,329 bags in May on the back of President Samia Suluhu's visit to Kenya that saw Dar and Nairobi reach a deal to lift a ban that had been put in place.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:40:00 GMT
Nigeria: How Plateau Youths Are Making Brisk Business From Flower Farming
[Daily Trust] Young farmers in Plateau State are gradually becoming horticulturists as they are now shifting their attention to growing flowers.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:38:06 GMT
Nigeria: Team Nigeria Returns Home Hours Before Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony
[Daily Trust] The Team Nigeria contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics arrived Abuja yesterday afternoon, hours before the official closing ceremony of the games.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:53:51 GMT
Nigeria: Enough With the Strikes!
[Daily Trust] Resident doctors in Nigeria have been on an indefinite strike action since Monday last week, following which, given previous experience of industrial actions in Nigeria, may not end soon.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:25:21 GMT
Egypt: Trade Minister Says Keen On Integrating Informal Sector Into Formal Economy
[Egypt Online] Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea said that her ministry is keen on merging all informal productive businesses into the formal economy.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:21:17 GMT
Rwanda: Twenty-Three Rwandans Deported From Uganda, Four Test Positive for Covid-19
[New Times] A total of 23 Rwandans were on Friday, August 6, deported from Uganda after being illegally detained in the neighbouring country.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 07:12:42 GMT
Kenya: Deputy President Protests Turkish Friend's Arrest, Accuses Govt of Targeting Investors
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President William Ruto is a bitter man and is no longer mincing his words. Not anymore after state officials blocked him from flying out the country for a 'private visit' to Uganda in which he was to accompany a Turkish...

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 11:02:46 GMT
Uganda: MPs Blame Medics, Patients' Deaths On Drugs, PPE Deficits
[Monitor] The parliamentary taskforce on Covid-19 response has faulted the National Medical Stores (NMS), and the Health ministry on ignoring the plight of frontline medical workers across the country.

Sat, 07 Aug 2021 10:43:06 GMT
Kenya: Can Your Dad 'Marry' Your Bride On Your Behalf? Apparently
[Nation] Many people look forward to getting married, a day when they get to say "I do" to the person they love.

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 06:49:58 GMT
Nigeria: Abba Kyari's Dramatic U-Turn
[This Day] It is not always advisable to hastily react when one is accused of any wrongdoing. This is what happened in the case of the suspended Commander of the police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari.



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