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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 41 migrants died after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, the UN said on Friday. Three people were rescued. The boat sank off the coastal city of Sfax on Thursday evening, the International Organisation for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said. Initially, coastguard officials said 20 migrants […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 55 people were killed and more than 40 injured as three villages were burnt during fighting in the central African country of Chad, a governor told dpa on Friday. The clashes in the south-eastern region of Salamat erupted between different ethnic groups on Wednesday night. The affected were the villages […]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somalia’s health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in the Horn of Africa nation. The country’s deputy minister of health Ahmed Hussein received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine during the launch of the exercise in […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Monday inaugurated the Acupuncture Centre and Museum in collaboration with Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Acupuncture Centre and Museum was first conceptualised a few years ago, with renovations and design commencing in 2019. The UJ Dean of Faculty of Health Science, Sehaam Khan, […]
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Sunday, April 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday expressed his country’s support for Egypt’s efforts to reach a fair and comprehensive agreement regarding the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River. Saied’s remarks came during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi […]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Parliament will in Monrovia meet for the first time in 2021 to discuss ways of fostering women empowerment in the West-African sub-region. The meeting which will hold from April 13 to 17 has the theme, ‘Empowerment of Women in the ECOWAS Region.’ Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Mohamed Tunis will […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 4,291,017 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 114,344, while 3,858,461 patients […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libya has received its first shipment of vaccines against COVID-19, with 101,250 doses from Russia, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The Sputnik doses arrived in the capital Tripoli and will be stored in the Health Ministry’s warehouses, the ministry added, according to Libya’s official news agency LNA. No date has been […]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somali National Army (SNA) said on Saturday that relative calm has been restored in two bases after foiling a dawn attack by al-Shabab militants in the southern region. Odowa Yusuf Rage, the Somali Army chief, told Somalia National Television that several al-Shabab fighters, including their leaders, were killed after launching simultaneous attacks […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four peacekeepers were killed in an offensive against a complex attack on their camp in Aguelhok, Mali’s northern region of Kidal. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) confirmed this in a press release on Friday. “This April 2, at about 6.15 a.m., the peacekeepers valiantly repulsed a complex […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, after a failed coup attempt The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. But the Sahel country’s instability and […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oko –Oba sawmill was again gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning while the concerted efforts of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining shanties and residential areas. This was announced by the Acting Controller, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt has begun a formal investigation into the massive container ship, Ever Given, grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking the world’s major waterway for almost a week, a canal official said on Wednesday. “The investigation will include examining the ship’s components and whether they were used correctly before the accident,’’ Captain Sayed […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was called-off with around ten minutes remaining after Ghana’s referee Charles Bulu collapsed on the pitch and was stretched to the hospital. The fourth official, who is reported to be an Ivorian, was unable to take his place and the match was […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has warned Malawians against complacency, especially during Easter activities, amid falling COVID-19 test positivity rates. Average COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week was 6.3 per cent, down from around 30 per cent in February, Chakwera said during his regular monthly update on developments in the country. […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday that 483 illegal migrants had been rescued off Libya’s western coast. The UN migration agency said the illegal migrants were rescued in two separate operations by the Libyan Coast Guard. “While IOM teams were there to provide emergency assistance, including medical support, we […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President, Joe Biden, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to a virtual climate change summit fixed for April Biden extended the invitation to President Buhari to attend the summit alongside 39 other world leaders including four presidents from Africa The White House in a statement on Friday disclosed that the ‘Leaders’ summit […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally welcomed former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika. African Examiner writes that Ihejirika disclosed his interest in February to join the party. On Friday, Ihejirika met with Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni, Chairman APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- An election observation mission from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is in Benin for the 11 April presidential election. The 10 experts, who are members of the ECOWAS long-term Election Observation Mission to be deployed throughout the country, arrived on Tuesday and will spend 25 days. Members of the team, […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African finance ministers have expressed their joint concern over the slowness in accessing Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines as they appealed funding for vaccine equity. In their joint communique issued late Tuesday concerning Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for low-income and middle-income countries, the ministers noted with deep concern the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
