April 30, 2021
Southern Africa: SADC Military Mission Warns of Terror Attacks on Mozambique's Allies
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A Southern African military mission which has assessed the current conflict in northern Mozambique is warning that so-called “al Shabaab” insurgents could conduct… Read more »
South Africa: Continent Nears 4.1 Million Covid-19 Recoveries
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As of April 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,547,351 while over 12,401,980 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
April 29, 2021
South Africa: Over 12 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
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As of April 29, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,531,818 while over 12,002,674 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
April 28, 2021
Africa: How Will Global Health Be Decolonised? [analysis]
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Recently, Dr. Ngozi Erondu and colleagues wrote an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, which called out international funders of science and development in Africa and has… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 120,000 Across Continent
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As of April 28, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,523,057 while over 10,600,820 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
Senegal: Senegal Has A Law Criminalizing Slavery - Here Is Why That Matters [guest column]
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It has been eleven years since Senegal's National Assembly passed a law declaring the Atlantic slave trade and the enslavement of African people a crime against humanity. The law… Read more »
April 23, 2021
Africa: Most Covid-19 Bail-out Money Goes to Big Business - Survey
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Most of the money paid out by the governments of Kenya and Sierra Leone to those struggling with the economic effects of the coronavirus has gone to big corporations and not the… Read more »
Africa: Countries With Free Primary Healthcare More Successful in Malaria Fight #ZeroMalaria
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"As we commemorate World Malaria Day this year, we must remember that this is a disease that is preventable and treatable and yet it kills more than 400 000 people every year. We… Read more »
Africa: Continent Nears 120,000 Covid-19 Deaths
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As of April 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,474,055 while over 10,600,820 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
South Africa: AKA Breaks Silence on Fiance's Death, Says 'He's Heartbroken'
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The popular rapper Kiernan Forbes, best known as AKA, has broken his silence two weeks after his fiancée Anele 'Nellie' Tembe's tragic death. Read more »
April 22, 2021
South Africa: Marijuana Farm License Body's Board Are Constitution Delinquents - Black Farmers Association [interview]
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On April 22, the Black Farmers Association of South Africa (BFASA) is protesting against the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)'s role in the… Read more »
Africa: Over 4 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Across Continent
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As of April 22, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,461,834 while over 10,466,215 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
April 21, 2021
Africa: More Protected Areas Not the Solution to Climate Change - Survival International
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While humanity is scrambling to prevent the cascading effects of climate change, a new global plan to turn 30% of the earth into environmental sanctuaries by 2030 is not the… Read more »
South Africa: Indigenous People Being Excluded From Marijuana Industry - Black Farmers Association
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Black farmers are taking on the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) over the exclusion of indigenous people in the handing out of cannabis licenses. Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 118,000 Across Continent
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As of April 21, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,450,504 while over 9,263,298 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
April 20, 2021
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Holds Key to Addressing the Global Climate Crisis [guest column]
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The road to a clean energy future runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more »
Chad: President Deby Dies After Attack
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It has been confirmed that newly elected President Idriss Deby died today, apparently of injuries sustained in an attack. Read more »
April 19, 2021
Africa: When Will Women Have Equal Access to Land? [opinion]
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In Kenya, residents of a women-only village established in 1990 were finally granted ownership of their tract of land this month. In Tanzania, the government affirmed its… Read more »
South Africa: Howling Winds Worsen Cape Town Fires, Evacuations Continue
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Firefighters in Cape Town, South Africa, have been battling fires on Table Mountain that began near Rhodes Memorial. Residents living in the Vredehoek suburb were evacuated, Walmer… Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Patients Evacuated in Johannesburg Hospital Fire
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Nearly 700 patients were evacuated on Saturday from Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital because of a fire in parts of the facility, AP reports. Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Nears 118,000 Across Continent
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As of April 19, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,431,640 while over 9,263,298 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
April 18, 2021
Chad: U.S., UK, France Warn of Fighting Approaching Chad Capital
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The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel, including families of diplomats, out of Chad, as armed groups advanced towards the capital N'Djamena. Read more »
April 17, 2021
Nigeria: Armed Insurgents Target Aid Groups in Borno State Attacks
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United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO… Read more »
April 16, 2021
Burkina Faso: Former President Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Murder
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A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara, Read more »
Africa: Rising From Devastation - IMF Says Africa Will Bounce Back (Slowly)
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Sub-Saharan Africa's economies will begin to recover from last year's coronavirus shock and grow again this year. But a predicted 3.4 percent growth rate will fall behind that of… Read more »
