AFRICA
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COVID-19: Schools in Kenya reopen after 10-month closure
Millions of children are returning to primary and secondary schools in Kenya amid guidelines meant to prevent the spread of…
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COVID-19: South Africa hopes to get virus vaccines next month
South Africa hopes to obtain doses of Covid-19 vaccines as early as next month, but this will depend on the…
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UN rejects vote rigging claims in CAR
Bangui, Central African Republic — THE United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has denied allegations…
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COVID-19: Latest statistics from African countries
As of January 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 2,785,714. Reported deaths in Africa reached 66,125…
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Why Ethiopia and Sudan have fallen out
The armed clashes along the border between Sudan and Ethiopia are the latest twist in a decades-old history of rivalry…
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COVID-19: Guinea begins vaccinations on Gov’t ministers
The West African nation of Guinea has begun administering coronavirus vaccines, making the country among the first on the continent…
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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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