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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline international not-for-profit organization, WaterAid has called on world leaders to meet their $100 billion climate finance commitment sooner than 2023. The call is coming as WaterAid’s message to the international community in the ongoing 26th session of the United Nations (UN) Conference of Parties (COP26) holding in Glagow, United Kingdom […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has announced its plan to invest €700 million (810 million dollars) to support the phase-out of coal-fired power stations in South Africa. The funds are part of a new partnership with South Africa, which also includes Britain, the US, France and the European Union (EU). A total of 8.5 […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain said it had requested that the UN Human Rights Council convene an emergency session on Sudan following last week’s military coup. The request was sent to the president of the 47-member Geneva forum on behalf of 18 member states, more than the one-third required to convene a special session. It was […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 500 Sierra Leoneans aged 16-35 gathered in the northern town of Magburaka for the country’s first national conference for the youth. The two-day event, with the theme of “Harnessing the Future of Sierra Leone through Investments in Youth”, is being held to set the pace for the youth to brainstorm […]
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Sunday, October 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup. In Khartoum, security forces used tear gas and gunfire to try to disperse a huge crowd after protesters […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The head coach of Sierra Leone’s women’s football team has been arrested over allegations of sexual harassment, a police officer said on Saturday. The officer, who requested anonymity, said police arrested head coach Abdulai Kaloga Bah on Friday and that he spent the night in detention in the capital Freetown. Bah was […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has urged the military to show restraint and not to create any more victims as mass civil protests against the military coup planned for Saturday in Sudan. Guterres made the appeal while speaking to journalists in Rome on Friday, ahead of the weekend’s G20 Summit in the Italian […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Liberia President, Charles Taylor, has sued the Liberian government concerning its ‘refusal’ to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. African Examiner recalls that Taylor was involved in a 13-year civil war in Liberia after he led a rebellion in 1989 to remove President Samuel Doe, which […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union said Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective restoration […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Bank has granted Kenya 16.7 billion shillings (about 150 million dollars) to support the country’s climate action plan, the National Treasury said Wednesday. The Treasury said the money would be used to strengthen local resilience to the impact of climate change through a 10-year programme dubbed financially locally-led climate action starting […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 100 people have died and 200 others have been injured in several days of fighting between government troops and Islamists in the East African country of Somalia. The District Commissioner, Anas Abdi told dpa on Wednesday that around 100,000 people have fled the city of Guriel, also known as Guriceel, […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg High […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roads were blocked, shops were shut, phones were down, and mosque loudspeakers blared calls for a general strike in Sudan on Tuesday, a day after the army seized power in a coup. At least seven people were killed in unrest triggered by the military takeover, which brought a halt to Sudan’s transition […]
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Monday, October 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudan’s military seized power in a coup on Monday, while youths opposed to the takeover barricaded streets and gunfire was heard as demonstrators clashed with the security forces. The military dissolved a transitional government that had been set up to guide the country to democracy following the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar […]
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Sunday, October 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the President […]
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Sunday, October 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as the Reds thrashed their rival 5-0 at Old Trafford, handing Manchester United one of its worst defeats in recent memory. Salah became the first opposing player to score a hat trick at Old Trafford in Premier League history. Undefeated Liverpool (21 points) is now just […]
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Friday, October 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Thursday made his first public appearance since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor. Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested 14 former and current government officials over graft offenses. ACC said in a statement on Thursday, that the 14 arrested include a former Southern province Permanent Secretary, Sibanze Simuchoba. It stated that the permanent secretary and two other officials were arrested for failure to follow applicable […]
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Uganda continues to receive Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine donations, the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative said donors needed to support the distribution of the vaccines to remote areas. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO representative to Uganda, told reporters that developing countries need support to ensure that vaccines reach everyone including those in remote […]
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was alarmed by the humanitarian impact of the worst flooding in decades in South Sudan, as it affected more than 700,000 people across the country. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, disclosed this at a news conference at the UN headquarters in […]
