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 Africa: AllAfrica: (Laatste update: vrijdag 15 januari 2021 05:55:23)
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Nigeria: Nigeria's State Houses of Assembly Need a Greater Online Presence
[The Conversation Africa] Nigerians are now more active online than ever. Data from the National Communications Commission and independent bodies suggest that the majority of citizens use the internet, social media and smartphones for everyday activity.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 04:28:16 GMT
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Nigeria: One-Fifth of Yellow Fever Vaccine Very Effective - Study
[Premium Times] According to the study, giving a person one-fifth of the vaccine dose is safe.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 04:26:19 GMT
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Nigeria: Ighalo Considers Super Eagles' Return
[This Day] AFCON 2019 highest goals scorer and Manchester United on loan striker, Odion Ighalo, is considering a return to the Super Eagles if the coaching crew led by Gernot Rohr deems it necessary to extend invite to him.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 04:06:37 GMT
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Nigeria: Govt Flags Off Public Works Creation for 27,000 Unemployed Borno Youths
[Leadership] Maiduguri -- The Federal government has flagged off its public works creation programme for 27,000 unemployed Borno youths .
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:56:09 GMT
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Nigeria: Presidency Lists Military's Achievements As Nigeria Marks Armed Forces Remembrance Day
[This Day] The Federal Government on Thursday reeled out the achievements of the Defence headquarters as it revealed that Nigerian soldiers in a period of 10 months in 2020 killed 1,805 Boko Haram insurgents/terrorists in the North East as well as 473 bandits in the North West.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:56:05 GMT
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Kenya: Painful January for Motorists As Fuel Prices Increase
[Nairobi News] Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced higher prices for the next 30 days starting Friday.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:55:59 GMT
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Nigeria: Nigeria Better Than We Met It in 2015 - Buhari
[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assessed his five-year-old administration with a submission that Nigeria now fared better than when he assumed office in May 2019.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:55:51 GMT
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Africa: How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How
[Premium Times] US President Donald Trump may have lost re-election but he would be escorted out of the White House on Tuesday night with a special prize: Africa's worst friend in modern times.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:55:44 GMT
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Mozambique: Cabo Delgado Hostages Freed
[AIM] Maputo -- A group of 21 people (15 women and six children), kidnapped by the islamist terrorists operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado can now return to their homes on Matemo island, after being rescued by the defence and security forces.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:49:21 GMT
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Mozambique: Govt Tightens Measures Against Covid-19
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government is tightening restrictive measures in an attempt to halt the rapid spread of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:42:22 GMT
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Uganda: Failed Biometric Machines, Broken Ballot Boxes Mar Start of Voting in Uganda
[Nation] Ugandans on Thursday turned out in big numbers at polling stations all over the country to choose their next president and parliamentary representatives for the next five years.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:29:38 GMT
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Zambia: Zambia Defaults, Economically and Politically
[ISS] Many African countries are sinking further into unsustainable debt. Last November Zambia epitomised the problem when it defaulted on a US$42.5 million payment on a Eurobond. 'The government went on a borrowing spree over the last few years and was then unable to repay,' notes Peter Leon, co-chair of the Africa group at the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:43:46 GMT
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Kenya: Mirage of Offering Lessons Under Trees
[Nation] On Monday, Regional Development Principal Secretary Margaret Mwakima was wrapping up inspection of school reopening in Kilifi when she met a shock of her life.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:41:22 GMT
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Kenya: Kenya to Get 11m Extra Covid Vaccine Doses From AU
[Nation] Kenya is expected to receive 11 million additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from the African Union (AU), which has secured a deal to procure 270 million of the same for all member states.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:41:16 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Chin'ono, Sikhala Protest Against Ill-Treatment By Prison Officers
[263Chat] Freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and Zengeza West constituency legislator Job Sikhala have protested against ill-treatment by Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officers, who are discriminating them against other prisoners by bringing them to court while handcuffed and shackled in leg irons and defying court orders.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:33:40 GMT
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Ethiopia: Insecurity and Bureaucracy Hampering Aid to Ethiopia's Tigray Region
[UN News] Nearly three months after the start of conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, hundreds of thousands of people have yet to receive assistance, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, citing information from its humanitarian coordination agency, OCHA.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:59:30 GMT
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Central African Republic: Army Quells Rebel Attack on Capital, Bangui
[DW] Government troops on Wednesday repelled an attack by armed rebels seeking to capture the capital Bangui. The conflict-ridden nation is on edge following the December 2020 election.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:39:49 GMT
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Mali: Three UN Peacekeepers Killed, Six Wounded in Attack in Mali
[UN News] Three United Nations peacekeepers in Mali were killed and six others wounded in an attack on Wednesday, by unidentified armed elements, the UN mission in the country has said.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:35:37 GMT
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Egypt: No End to Escalating Repression
[HRW] Beirut -- Authorities Punish Critics, Close Civic Space with Impunity
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:31:32 GMT
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Nigeria: Nigeria Migrates All Mineral Titles to Digital Canvas Expecting Revenue Windfalls
[Premium Times] An official of the MCO also speaks on efforts to better regulate Nigeria's mining sector.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:48:19 GMT
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Africa: Africa's Free Trade Area Opens for Business
[IPS] United Nations -- African countries opened their markets on 1st January under the continental free trade agreement and duty-free trading of goods and services across borders is now underway despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other teething problems.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:05:10 GMT
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Africa: Elections and Instability As Africa Enters 2021
[ISS] No fewer than 10 presidential elections are planned for 2021 - in Benin, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo and Zambia. Ethiopia is also having all-important general elections.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:19:39 GMT
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Africa: Africa's Leap to Clean Energy Seen Needing Policy Change, Investment
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Study predicts that fossil fuels will still account for two thirds of the electricity generated on the continent by 2030
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:18:17 GMT
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Africa: Over 3.1 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 Across Continent
[allAfrica] As of January 14, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,142,330. Reported deaths in Africa reached 75,688 and 2,562,487 people have recovered.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:09:46 GMT
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Sudan: The 'Real Politics' of Taxation in Post-Revolutionary Sudan
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:09:14 GMT
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Zimbabwe: 'Do Not Panic Over Ventilator Shortages' - Govt
[New Zimbabwe] Only a fraction of Covid-19 patients will need to be admitted in intensive care unit (ICU) and every health facility in Zimbabwe is able to isolate and manage a person seeking treatment for coronavirus.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:49:31 GMT
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West Africa: Swiss Put Billionaire On Trial, Alleging Mining Corruption in Guinea
[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] Swiss prosecutors allege that the Israeli billionaire and business associates bribed a wife of the former Guinean president to obtain lucrative mining rights.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:03:59 GMT
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Africa: Will Stolen African Artefacts Ever Find Their Way Back Home?
[East African] Heritage activist Mwazulu Diyabanza, from Congo, has been on a grabbing spree of African artefacts in European museums that were stolen from former colonies. His actions have left him with a total bill of $9,771 in fines.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:01:24 GMT
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Uganda: Uganda Decides - Where Vote Will Be Won and Lost
[Monitor] Some 18.1 million registered voters are expected to file at 34,684 polling stations across the country today to cast their ballot and pick a new president and 528 Members of Parliament.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:25:02 GMT
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