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cameroon narrowly beat 10-man komoros 2-1 in the last 16 qualifying for the quarter-finals
sad news followed as reports of six people having been killed and dozens hurt in a crush
outside the stadium during the match gambia continued their winning spree
by pulling off a one-nil win over guinea advancing to the quarter-finals as well
today senegal will face cape vet while morocco will face malawi for a place in the quarterfinals
may the best team win burkina faso military says it has seized power the military in burkina faso
says it has seized power and overthrown president rook cabore the announcement was made on the
state television by an army officer who cited the deteriorating security situation for the military
takeover mr kabore had faced growing discontent over his failure to stem an islamic insurgency
his whereabouts aren't clear but the officers say that all those detained were in a secure location
the coup comes a day after troops seized barracks and gun shots were heard near the capital ogaldugu
the mutining troops demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to
fight militants linked to the islamic state group and al-qaeda the army statement said mr
kabore had failed to unite the nation and to deal effectively with the security crisis threatening
the very foundations of the coup madagascar tropical storm anna floods madagascar capital
34 dead tropical storm anna has caused widespread flooding in madagascar including in the capital
city raising the death toll from recent heavy rains to 34 people and displacing more than 55
thousands officials have said with the torrential rains continuing antananarivo's rivers are rising
and officials are urging residents to leave low-lying areas of the capital and surrounding
areas many residents have been evacuated in inflatable motorized boats madagascar's
meteorology department warned of continued heavy rains the tropical depressions have moved across
the indian ocean to the african continent causing strong winds and rain in northern mozambique
ethiopia world health organizations set aside ethiopia's request to probe tedros links to tplf
a world health organization official has said that the global body would postpone the decision on
ethiopia's request to investigate its leaders for allegedly supporting rebellious forces fighting
the ethiopian government world health executive board chair patrick ammond made a statement at
a meeting of the board in geneva where current director general tedros adenum gabriel sis bid for
a second term as head of the u.n agency is due to be discussed tedros and ethiopian nationals said
earlier this month that aide was being blocked from getting through to his home region of tigre
where rebellious forces are fighting the central government on january 14th ethiopia's foreign
ministry accused tedros who previously served as the ethiopian health minister and foreign minister
in the tplf administration of spreading this information about the war in the country's north
malawi malawi's president fires cabinet over corruption charges lazarus chacuera
has dissolved his government due to graft charges against three ministers the president is facing a
revolt over perceived inaction and corruption within the government shakuera told the nation
in a televised address that all the functions of cabinet should be reverted to his office until he
announces a reconfigured cabinet in two days he vowed to confront all forms of lawless conduct
by public officials nigeria nigeria's new dangote refinery to start processing crude oil nigeria's
new dangote refinery will start processing crude oil this year this week nigerian businessman aliko
dangote and akinwumi addisona the chief of the african development bank both toured the nigeria
greenfield crude oil refinery dangote announced the plants will begin operation by third quarter
of 2022 the plant which is located in lagos is hoped to be a game changer that will spur africa's
development and deepened regional integration the product will have at first a processing capacity
of 540 000 barrels a day it is expected to reach full capacity by the end of the year or early 2023
by 2023 this output should enable nigeria to break free from the imports of petroleum oil products
zimbabwe another chinese company tries to evict villagers for coal mine
yet another chinese miner monologue is embroiled in a bitter wrangle with villagers in binga who
are resisting a bid to evict them from their ancestral lands the villagers were recently
given a three months notice to vacate their homes and paveway for the establishment of a coal mine
by monologue the villagers laid down their demands and concerns which included good shelter roads and
clean water which are yet to be met the eviction of the binga villagers has raised concerns in
other parts of the district that they may also be relocated to pave way for their mining projects
reports of relocation reportedly bring sad memories among the tonga people who are
still angry following their forced relocation by colonizers from their ancestral lands in the 1950s
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