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Uganda's Independence Day

[State Department] As Uganda celebrates the 59th anniversary of its independence, it is a pleasure to congratulate all Ugandans on behalf of the people of the United States.

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South Sudan: Currency Loses More Value Amid Plans to Change It

[East African] South Sudan's currency drastically depreciated against the dollar last week, just after the government announced plans to change it, an indication that more currency hoarders had surrendered the now seemingly old notes.

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Africa: Water Cooperation Between States 'Key' to Blue Nile Dam Project

[UN News] The Blue Nile is "critical for the livelihoods and development" of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese, the top UN official for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council on Monday, urging those States to reach a construction agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance

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South Sudan: Salva Kiir Sacks Presidential Affairs Minister

Juba — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Tuesday sacked a minister through presidential

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Sudan, Egypt urge Security Council vote for binding deal on GERD - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan

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Sudan's Nile Valley Reels As Flood Levels Peak

[Radio Dabanga] El Gezira / El Gedaref / Sennar -- High water levels and floods have wreaked havoc in El Gezira, El Gedaref, and Sennar states, as heavy rains continue to swell rivers, however Sudan's flood committee predicts that Nile levels will stabilise during the next three days.

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Uganda: Main Opposition Leaders Unite, Call for Peaceful Protests

Uganda's top opposition leaders — Robert Kyagulanyi of the People Power Movement and Kizza Besigye of the People's Government — announced Monday they are joining forces to demonstrate against President Yoweri

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Sudan: North Darfur Herders and Farmers Discuss Cooperation

Kutum / El Waha — The forum to discuss the relations between farmers and herdsmen in the localities El Waha and Kutum in North Darfur stressed the need to reduce frictions between the two

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Mass grave found of Sudanese conscripts killed in 1998, says prosecutor

Sudan's public prosecutor announced on Monday the discovery of a mass grave containing conscripts allegedly killed after trying to flee a military camp in 1998 under ousted president Omar

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South Sudan: First War, Now COVID-19 Threatens South Sudanese in Crowded Camp

Nairobi — Two people have tested positive in a crowded South Sudanese camp housing 30,000 people

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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Rwanda Donates Medical Kits to Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan

The Government of Rwanda has donated testing medical kits to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as part of its response to the Covid-19

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Africa: Don't Let Guard Down, We Must Be Ready for Long Fight - WHO's Moeti

So far, a number of countries have begun easing their lockdowns, and, according to WHO's initial analysis, the impact on doubling time - the number of days for case numbers to double in a given country - appears to be varying depending on the timing and duration of the confinement

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Rwanda: Mending Rwanda, Uganda Ties Requires Political Will, Says Biruta

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Vincent Biruta, has said that it will take political will to restore relations between Uganda and

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Central African Republic: Car Minister of Defense and Africom Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Engagement Praise Strengthened U.S.-Car Military Ties

[Africom] U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs Stuttgart, Germ -- Ambassador Andrew Young, U.S. Africa Command's deputy commander for civil-military engagement, spoke with the Central African Republic's Minister of Defense Marie-Noelle Koyara last week.

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VIDEO: Kenyan, Ugandan Truckers On Strike After Series Of Brutal Attacks In South Sudan – The Wilmington Journal

Ambushes against foreign drivers by unknown insurgents has been likened to crossing into hell. The post VIDEO: Kenyan, Ugandan Truckers On Strike After Series Of Brutal Attacks In South Sudan appeared first on Zenger News.

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Uganda coronavirus: flurry of evacuation flight arrivals | Africanews

Uganda’s president on Monday expressed his frustration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying they are not gods and should be modest as they set out guidelines to contain the spread of the

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Sudan: COVID-19 Cases Reach 5310

KHARTOUM (Sudanow) - Sudan's Ministry of Health announced 137 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 deaths bringing the country's total to 5310. The Ministry said 103 infected persons have recovered. The new cases were reported in Khartoum State (98), Gezira (33), Kassala (4), and Red Sea (2).

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Sudan Bans FGM, Allows Non-Muslims to Drink Alcohol

[RFI] In an effort to strengthen women's rights, Sudan's Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari has announced that female genital mutilation (FGM) will be banned throughout the country, and women will no longer need a permit to travel. Non-Muslims will also be allowed to drink alcohol in private.

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Kenya: COVID-19 - Turkana Residents Use Cow Urine As Sanitiser

The residents are using urine from a female cattle to disinfect their hands after the Ministry of Health issued a number of directives on how to keep the virus at

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Uganda: Our Manifesto Plan Now At 77 Percent - NRM

Government has said it has so far implemented 77.9 per cent of its manifesto in the last four years and that the remaining threshold will be completed before the next General

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Nile Dam impasse: Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan agree to AU-led talks

The leaders of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed late Friday to return to talks aimed at reaching an accord over the filling of Ethiopia’s new hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, according to statements from the three

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Sudan: Govt Has No Cash to Pay Damages for 1998 Embassy Bombings - Analyst

A Sudanese political analyst says Sudan will have a hard time finding the cash to pay the punitive damages imposed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and

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Alphabetical List of All African Countries

Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized

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Africa: The Nile That Unites Should Not Divide

Sudan on Tuesday refused to sign agreements that will enable Ethiopia to start filling the waters of its $4.6 billion Renaissance Dam from

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Kenya: Manufacturers Hard Hit as Earnings Drop

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Sudan: FM Calls for Dialogue to Address Border Clashes

Khartoum — The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, on Sunday, expressed deep concern over what it termed as" May.28 incident "along the Sudanese-Ethiopian borders, expressing condolence and deep sympathy with the families of the victims in the two

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Sudan: Six Month Extension of UNIFSA Mandate Welcomed

Alor Koul, chief administrator for Abyei, reacted positively Monday to word that the United Nations Security Council extended the mandate for Abyei for six months, but cautioned that renewing the U.N. mandate will not alone solve the dispute between Sudan and South Sudan over who controls the

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Tunisia: Jerandi to Take Part in Doha Arab League Meetings Tuesday

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied has tasked Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi with leading the Tunisian delegation to the Arab League meetings in Doha (Qatar).

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3 ex-Sudanese ministers test positive for coronavirus in jail

At least three jailed senior members of the toppled regime of former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir have the coronavirus, the country’s public prosecution service said on

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