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Saturday, June 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank approved a donation of 1.1 million US dollars to the Rwandan government for the implementation of the Project of commercial competitiveness of the value chain of the meat. The donation, coming from the resources of the African Trade Fund (AfTRA), should contribute to the improvement of meat production, […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal has allowed students sitting for national exams back in schools but under strict guidelines that include hand-washing, keeping distances, temperature checks and wearing face masks. It’s taken weeks of preparation for schools to re-open, including cleaning and disinfection of classrooms. Learning days will last for six hours ending at 15:00 local […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The burial of former Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza will take place today in the administrative capital Gitega, government announced. There is a solemn, somber mood in the capital and other parts of the country as the man who led the country for the last 15 years is given his final send-off. Government […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. criticized Tanzania’s arrest of eight opposition leaders during their party meeting on Wednesday, saying the action stifles democratic norms. ACT-Wazalendo party leader Zitto Kabwe and other members were taken by authorities, citing alleged illegal assembly.“The police detained us for more than 30 hours,” Zitto told reporters, adding it was politically […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gambia’s renowned justice minister, Abubacarr Tambadou, who established a probe to investigate abuses under the country’s ex-dictator and spearheaded the international defence of Myanmar’s Rohingya, has resigned, the government said Thursday. The West African state said that Tambadou will step down as minister and attorney general effective from June […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Ghana has promised to rebuild the demolished Nigerian Embassy in Accra last weekend by alleged private aggressors to its original state. The country apologised again to the government and people of Nigeria over the demolition of part of its residential Embassy building stressing the Ghana-Nigeria relations was very cordial […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, has quarantined himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. His office disclosed in a tweet on Thursday that the president tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution. Recall that a Senegalese lawmaker, Yeya Diallo, announced earlier […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Algerian criminal court sentenced a former prime minister and energy minister to prison on corruption charges, in the latest crackdown on former officials in an OPEC nation struggling to allay youth discontent with the former regime. Former Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, was sentenced to 12 years while ex-Energy Minister Youcef Yousf […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to buy legendary musician Papa Wemba’s home and turn it into a museum, President Félix Tshisekedi has said. In a virtual address to the Council of Ministers on Friday, Tshisekedi directed the Ministry of Culture “to examine as soon as possible the possibility of buying up […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chifundo Kachale, the Chairman of Malawi Electoral Commission, has stated that results are being transferred manually for further collation and he cautioned against allegations of rigging and urged the media to refrain from announcing unofficial results. Speaking in a news conference on Wednesday in Blantyre, Kachale warned against “fake […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sent apologies to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a building in the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Ministry […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President of Uganda, Yoweri Musveni, has lamented his frustration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), stressing that they are not gods and as such the organization should be modest as they set out guidelines to contain the spread of the pandemic. The president who stated this when addressing Uganda on […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. If Zuma arrives at the high court in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, that is. In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Malawians on Tuesday headed to the polls in a historic re-run of 2019 presidential elections that were declared null and void by the country’s Constitutional Court. In February, the court found that the elections, which saw incumbent President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected for a five-year term, had been riddled with irregularities and ordered […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has temporarily closed its consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, confirmed the development in a statement Monday. “On a sad note, the nation is informed that the consulate in Johannesburg has temporarily closed after two confirmed […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen entered the Nigerian high commission in Accra, Ghana on Friday and destroyed some apartments that were under construction. Reports say the affected buildings were constructed to house staff and visitors of the commission but a Ghanaian businessman had complained that the commission trespassed as the building encroached his land. It […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Regional Police Command has arrested 131 for breaching COVID-19 safety protocols. Paul Manly Awini, Regional Police Commander COP, stated that the arrested persons were arrested for not wearing nose masks and they will soon be charged to court. “We are very much aware that our role is a humanitarian one […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities in Kenya have stated that there has been a significant rise in teenage pregnancies since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic. Available data indicated that the health ministry reveals that about 4,000 teenage girls have become pregnant since the start of the year. It could be recalled that schools were closed nationwide […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameron and Nigeria have been declared polio free by the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN health agency is expected to formally present the countries with a certificate and also declare Africa free of the wild polio virus. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Nigeria’s head of primary health care agency, described the achievement as […]
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN Examiner) – United Nations, June 18, 2020 (NAN) Kenya has defeated Djibouti to clinch a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. Kenya will serve a two-year term in the powerful council beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Its victory came during the second round of voting by member states in the General Assembly […]
