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chad chad's future rocked by president's
battlefield
death contentious certainly and
sometimes brutal
debbie had been a huge figure in the
politics and the power of west
central africa his death leaves a gaping
question mark
south sudan the country has reopened
schools after one year of closure
thousands of children in south sudan are
excited as schools
reopen the schools were closed as a part
of the country's covet 19
preventative measures egypt
egyptian railway boss sacked after
deadly crash
the head of egyptian railways has been
sacked following the latest deadly crash
on the network ashraf ruslan is among 10
top executives to be dismissed
or reshuffled kenya
world's only known white giraffe gets
fitted with a tracking device
the only known white giraffe in the
world has been fitted with the gps
tracking device in an effort to protect
him from poachers in kenya
lesotho to be the first in africa to be
granted
eu licence for medical cannabis
a company in lesotho has become the
first in africa to receive a license
to sell medical cannabis to the eu
malawi malawi to burn sixteen thousand
astrazeneca doses amid fears of the rise
in vaccine hesitancy health campaigners
are concerned that the possible rumors
that people were being given out of days
doses
of the vaccine were putting people off
from coming forward
to be vaccinated ghana the girls
powering up
ghana solar cars a team of female
engineers graduates
are aiming to overcome gender barriers
in ghana's male
dominated automobile industry by
assembling
one of a kind solar powered fleet of
vehicles angola heavy rains in luanda
kill at least
14 people and leave 8 000 people
homeless
angola has experienced brutal flooding
accompanied with heavy terrestrial rain
the intensity of the downpour which
lasted for about seven
hours collapsed bridges uprooted trees
and submerged vehicles rwanda
french government bears significant
responsibility for the genocide
the french government holds significant
responsibility for enabling the rwandan
1994 genocide
since it was aware that it was being
prepared according to an american report
published by
kigali africa wide
youtube reading challenge to promote
african authors
youtube has launched an online reading
marathon dubbed
the africa reading challenge as a way of
backing african writers
it will bring on about 54 readers drawn
from kenya nigeria
and south africa aimed at promoting the
reading culture
in africa ethiopia
will premiere ahmed win the battle but
lose the pr war as ethiopians prepare
for the belated national elections on
the 5th of june
prime minister abir ahmed's popularity
is waning
in part due to the ongoing conflict in
the tigray region
the gambia the gambia eliminates tacoma
as a public health threat the gambia has
successfully
eliminated trachoma as a public health
problem
becoming the third african country to be
validated by the world health
organization
as having eliminated the disease as a
public health threat
kenya kenya's police crack a whip on
curfew violators
elicits mixed reactions dozens of police
erected barricades on various major
roads and highways to nab on motorists
past
8 pm curfew crackdown on the curfew
violators on major city roads
has actually elicited mixed reactions
across the east
african country sudan
ranges bats or human encroachments in
sudan's biggest park
tucked away by the ethiopian border
sudan's dinda national park
boasts the country's most diverse
wildlife but rangers face a daily battle
to protect it
as human encroachment mounts
africa over 4 million covet 19
recoveries across
the african continent as of april 22
confirmed cases of covet 19 from 55
african countries
have reached 4 461
834 while over 10 million 466
215 vaccinations have been administered
across the continent
reported deaths in africa reached 118
919
000 and over 4 million people have
recovered
kenya kenyans take to socials to ask the
international monetary fund
not to give out any more debt angry
kenyans on tuesday took to social media
to protest a 2 billion
international monetary fund loan to
kenya
arguing that the east africa country is
already overburdened with loans
tanzania tma warns that the tropical
cyclone
joble could hit tanzania the tanzania
meteorological agency tma have said a
tropical cyclone
jobo which has appeared in the indian
ocean may
impact the country's weather systems
causing strong winds
and waves especially in the coastal belt
of lindy and muduara regions
namibia indigenous leaders want a big
oil out of kavango basin
reckon africa believes the okavanga
basin in namibia and botswana could
generate
billions of barrels but
environmentalists and indigenous leaders
wanted the area to remain untouched
south africa amazon to open its first
african office
in south africa amazon u.s retail giant
has announced
that it would be opening its first
african office
in the country with the real estate
investment of
over 4 billion rand
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zimbabwe zimbabwe to sell hunting rights
for endangered elephants zimbabwe will
soon
start selling rights to shoot as many as
500
elephants this year the country
announced the wildlife and parks
spokesman explained the move is due to
low tourism
revenue that has affected that has been
affected by the covet 19 pandemic
south africa from the ashes library vows
to rebuild
unrivaled africa collection cape town is
reeling after one of its
worst fires in recent history tore
through the university of cape town
campus
through digitizing and worldwide
donations
the university of cape town now plans
to preserve african history lost to the
fire
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