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COVID-19: Zimbabwe postpones school reopening due to cyclone
The government has indefinitely deferred the re-opening of schools that had been scheduled for January 4 2021 on the backdrop…
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COVID-19: Floods leave Kenyan learners’ fates uncertain
Several schools in Nyando, Kisumu County, might not reopen next week due to extensive damages to their classrooms and other…
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Bobi Wine ‘Restrained’ then forcibly airlifted home
Police say they have “restrained” National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine for continuously holding massive…
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COVID-19 pandemic is ‘not necessarily the big one,’ a more deadly pandemic could sweep the globe – WHO warns
The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is ‘not necessarily the big one’ and that a more…
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Central African Republic poll results expected on January 4
Bangui — People in the Central African Republic (CAR) voted on Sunday to elect the country’s president for the next…
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Ethiopia and Sudan tackle border clashes
Sudan and Ethiopia have chosen dialogue in an attempt to resolve a perennial border crisis caused by clashes over arable…
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Africa pilots anti-Illicit financial flows project
Africa has been selected to pilot a United Nations-funded project to reduce illicit financial flows. The pilot by the United…
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COVID-19: Africa nears 2.7 million confirmed cases
As of December 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 2,698,318. Reported deaths in Africa reached 64,068 and 2,256,722…
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President Kabore sworn in for second term
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was sworn into office on Monday in the capital Ouagadougou as he won…
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South Africans back to lockdown level 3 over Covid-19 case surge
Cape Town — South Africa is once again at Alert Level 3 due to a surge in confirmed cases of Covid-19, with…
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