here is your latest african news africa wide afghan highlights at least three countries
have qualified for the 2021 african cup of nations afghan round of 16 cameroon was the first country
to qualify for the afghan last 16 after wins over burkina faso and ethiopia ghana suffered
a humiliating group stage exit at the africa cup of nations after the four-time champions
were beaten by the debutants comoros meanwhile the last group stage matches will commence today
cameroon will face cape fed while ethiopia will clash with bukhina faso sudan sudan barricades
treats as two days civil disobedience starts sudanese have shot at shops and barricaded streets
with burning ties and rocks on staging angry rallies to protest against one of the bloodiest
days since the coup derailed the country's democratic transition responding to the forces for
freedom and change an influential civilian bloc has called to start two days of civil disobedience
security forces earlier this week opened fire killing at least seven people as thousands marched
against the army's october 25th takeover protesters sometimes numbering in the tens of
thousands have regularly taken to the street since the coup led by general abdel fattah al-buruhan
nearly three months ago the military power grab derailed the fragile transition to civilian rule
following the april 2019 oust of autocrat omar al-bashir with prime minister abdullah resigning
earlier this month warning sudan was at a dangerous crossroads threatening its very survival
chad chad freeze 250 rebels ahead of talks the transitional authorities in chad have released
from prison the first of some 250 members of armed groups they promised to set free under an amnesty
chad's justice minister ahamad muhammad al-habou led a short ceremony at a prison near the capital
where 22 detainees would be convicted of taking up arms against the government were released
rebel groups have been invited to join national peace building talks which are due to start
next month one of those officially pardoned samedi tod tunnel thanks those who made it possible and
said he hoped others could benefit from such a gesture in the future the amnesty was proposed
following president idris debbie's death at the battlefront last april nigeria nigeria to retrieve
1030 benin bronze from germany commission nigeria will receive no fewer than 1030 benin artifacts
from germany in 2022 the director general national commission for museums and monuments abba tijani
has said the objects were taken from the country during the punitive expedition of benin in 1897
according to him when the artifacts are received it will give the commission the opportunity to
build new museums and attract more tourists across the world he also added that this would also give
them opportunities to view the cultural objects from the nigerian context africa wide new space
africa conference 2022 to be held in nairobi in april the inaugural edition of the new space
africa conference 2022 organized by space in africa will be held in nairobi kenya from 25th
to 27th of april 2022 the theme for the event is making africa the new hotspot for space business
the new space africa conference 2022 is a higher level gathering of industry leaders decision
makers commercial space companies investors and other key stakeholders who convened to discuss
innovative ways to turn africa into a reputable space power in the past decade african countries
have increased participation in the space scene and as a result are enjoying a corresponding boom
in the commercialization of space the boom is also evident as it has translated into creating
about half of the new space companies operational in the continent new space africa conference 2022
will offer a unique opportunity to all delegates to actively participate and showcase their latest
development in front of a widely engaged audience in addition the conference aims to provide ample
networking opportunities for participants and facilitate collaboration with other space actors
angola angola school children ordered to take cover jab government launched vaccination angola's
government has warned that secondary school children above the age of 12 will be bought from
classrooms from next month if they have not taken at least one dose of a vaccine aimed at preventing
the spread of carving 19. teachers without booster shots in secondary schools should also be denied
entry the government launched a vaccination campaign for children in early december only 13
of angola's population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus according to a world in data nigeria
nigeria to launch second satellite into orbit nigeria has mapped out strategies
to launch a second satellite sat2 into orbit to enhance the communication status of the nation
minister of communication and digital economy professor isa ali pantami disclosed this during
a one-day facility visit and interaction with the staff of the nigerian communications satellite in
luke bay abuja stressing that president buhari has given approval for the purchase of the satellite
the minister who noted that he had gone further to lobby the minister of finance to ensure that this
is included in the 2022 budget however did not disclose the amount approved and how many
satellites are to be purchased sources indicate that the federal government has allocated about
2.5 billion naira for satellite true project in the 2022 budget estimate in 2011 nigeria
launched the existing sat 1r with a lifespan of 15 years which will expire in the next four years
eretrial erectrians raise 500 000 dollars for cancer patient in 24 hours erections in the
diaspora have raised nearly 560 000 within a day of launching a fundraising campaign for a
man back home to get treatment abroad for a rare form of blood cancer the money of eunestis gay
was raised through a gofundme appeals started by canadian-based erection mibret hedre in a video
linked to the campaign mr yonas and his family who live in a village south of eritrea's capital
mara described their circumstances the authorities told him to seek medical treatment abroad
but his family is unable to afford this she says thanks for watching please subscribe share and
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