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Tunisia: Coronavirus - 39 Additional Deaths and 1,024 More Infections in 24 Hours
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 39 additional deaths and 1,024 more infections by the coronavirus out of 5,803 tests carried out were recorded on May 9, bringing the total number of deaths to 11 thousand 468 victims and that of positive tested cases to 321 thousand 837 people, according to
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Source: allAfrica.com
Zimbabwe: One Dies in Mine Shaft Collapse
[The Herald] A 37-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner from Mhangura was killed when a shaft he was working in together with his brother gave in and collapsed and buried him alive.
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Senegal: Opposition Leader Arrested As Supporters Protest
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in Dakar, Reuters reports.
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Uganda: Four Security Officers Injured As Police Car Trailing Amuriat Plunges Into Swamp
[Monitor] At least five people, four of whom are security officers, have been injured after one of the patrol cars trailing Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat plunged into a swamp in Kyegegwa District.
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Somalia Launches Aerial Spraying Against Locusts in Lower Shabelle
[Dalsan Radio] Authorities in Lower Shabelle region on Saturday launched aerial spraying in three counties in the country's north to wad off locust invasion.
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Rwanda: Murenzi Takes Over as Rayon Sports' Interim President
[New Times] Abdallah Murenzi has started his stint as President of the Rayon Sports' interim coach following Thursday's handover ceremony at Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) headquarters in Kigali.
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Nigeria: Federal Character Commission Denies Allegations of Secret Recruitment
[Leadership] Federal Character Commission (FCC) has denied an allegation of secret recruitment and giving waiver to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) levelled against its chairman, Dr Muheeba Dankaka.
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Somalia: President Kenyatta Kicks Out Somali Majority Leader Aden Duale
[Dalsan Radio] Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has cracked the whip by kicking out majority leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale has been replaced by Amos Kimunya.
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Tunisia: Interior Minister Holds Talks With Ambassador of Turkey to Tunisia
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi met on Monday with ambassador of Turkey to Tunisia, Rafik Ali Onaner, who stressed, on this occasion, "the excellence of bilateral relations", commending the measures taken by the Tunisian government to fight against the spread
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Angola: Telecommunication Minister Calls for Combined Effort
[ANGOP] Luanda -Angolan minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Media Manuel Homem said Thursday that the transformation process of the sector entails everyone's sacrifice.
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Angola: Luachimo Dam Completed By 2021
[ANGOP] Dundo -- The eastern Lunda Norte province is expected to become the most illuminated in the eastern region of Angola, with the entry into operation of the Luachimo hydroelectric dam, planned for the first half of 2021.
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Zimbabwe: Mai TT Finds New Love in Nigerian Man
[New Zimbabwe] SOCIALITE and comedienne, Mai TT has confirmed she has found new love and is now dating a Nigerian man only identified as Mr. Obina.
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Somalia: 133 Stranded Somalis Evacuated From Uganda
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Rwanda: Basketball - IPRC-Kigali Keen About Playoffs Spot
[New Times] IPRC-Kigali basketball club have said that they will be targeting a spot into the playoff games when the 2019-20 BK Basketball National League resumes in September.
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Rwanda: After 100 Days, Rwanda Records 798 Cases of COVID-19
[New Times] After 100 days of Coronavirus pandemic's outbreak in Rwanda, the country has significantly scaled up its virus testing capacity.
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Nigeria: NAFDAC Raises the Alarm Over Fake Covid-19 Vaccine in Nigeria
[This Day] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it had received reports of the importation of fake vaccine into Nigeria.
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Africa: Dr. Patrice Motsepe Elected 7th CAF President Unopposed in Rabat
[CAF] The 43rd CAF General Assembly, meeting today, 12 March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco, elected Dr. Patrice Motsepe, as President of CAF.
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Zimbabwe: Mash West Agricultural Show Fails to Live Up to Its Billing
[New Zimbabwe] THIS year's edition of Mashonaland West Agricultural Show attracted a handful exhibitors while a small crowd attended the event, between Thursday and Saturday.
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Angola: Minister of Culture Mourns Yman Death
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment Jomo Fortunato regretted last Sunday the death of the singer Mateus Luís António "Yman" of Ndengues do Kota Duro group.
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South Africa: Spooks Get Another Lashing - Concourt Rules Aspects of Eavesdropping and Spying Indeed Unlawful
[Daily Maverick] South Africa's spook agency has been dealt several blows recently, with accusations surfacing in the State Capture Commission that it was totally skewered to support Jacob Zuma and his allies. Now it has been smacked again, with a Constitutional Court ruling that several
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Kenya/Uganda: Juma Balinya Threatens to Quit Gor Mahia
[Nairobi News] Ugandan forward Juma Balinya could be the latest star player to dump Gor Mahia.
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Egypt: Senate Rejects Amendments to Education Law
[Egypt Online] The Senate has rejected in principle a government bill amending certain provisions of Education Law No. 129/1981 on secondary education final year exams (Thanaweya Amma)(higher school diploma exams).
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Somalia: Wadajir Party Leader Accuses NISA of Supplying Weapons to the Jailbirds to Free Al-Shabaab Officials
[Dalsan Radio] Wadajir Party leader Abdirahman Abdishakur has blamed the National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA] of plotting the chaotic scene at Mogadishu central prison on Tuesday night.
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Eritrea: Announcement From the Ministry of Health
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Somalia: Series of Grenade Attacks Shocks Somali Capital
[Shabelle] Details are emerging of a series of attacks waged in eight districts and a neighborhood in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Thursday night.
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Rwanda: Mirafa Nizeyimana Joins Zanaco FC
[New Times] Rwandan international midfielder, Mirafa Nizeyimana on Saturday, February 6 signed a two-year contract with Zanaco FC, one of the top clubs in Zambia.
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Tunisia: 1,298 Undocumented Migrants Have Reached Italian Coasts Last November (Ftdes)
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 1,298 undocumented migrants reached the Italian coasts last November, against 90 in November 2019 and 175 in November 2018, reads the latest report published on Wednesday by the Tunisian Social Observatory stemming from the Tunisian Forum for Economic and
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Somalia: Suicide Bomber Attacks Restaurant in Khartoum
[Shabelle] Two people died on Tuesday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant near a police base, a police spokesman and a witness said, but it was unclear who was behind the attack.
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Nigeria: Lagos Set to Launch Internet Infrastructure in 100 Public Schools
[Daily Trust] The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the state will soon roll out metropolitan fibre optics across public schools to aid learning through high-speed internet connectivity.
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