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 Africa: AllAfrica: (Laatste update: donderdag 20 januari 2022 09:54:40)
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Zimbabwe: Commuters Left Stranded As Police Impound 6 000 Unregistered Vehicles
[New Zimbabwe] Police have impounded nearly 6 000 unregistered vehicles in a national blitz that started last week, leaving thousands of commuters stranded as some of the seized cars operated as illegal taxis.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:45:47 GMT
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Africa: True Scale of Antibiotic Resistance Worldwide Revealed
[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation] Based on estimates across 204 countries and territories, the 'Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 204 countries and territories in 2019' paper provides the most comprehensive estimate of the global impact of antibiotic resistance to date and reveals that AMR has now become a leading cause of death globally. Published in The Lancet following rigorous external peer review by independent experts, the paper highlights specific areas of concern and equips governments and health co
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:38:18 GMT
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Nigeria: Govt Hires Firm Sacked Over Corruption in Congo, Mali
[Premium Times] Documents show that the company, Frabemar UK Ltd, which is the technical partner to the consortium--MedTech and Rozi International-- was accused of impropriety and corruption.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:28:37 GMT
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South Sudan: South Sudan Signs Peace Deal With Splinter Opposition
[Ghanaian Times] South Sudan's government has reached a peace deal in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with the break-away faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/ Army-In-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) under General Simon Gatwech Dual.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:13:05 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Bulawayo's Umzingwane Dam Water Level At 8% Despite Heavy Rains
[New Zimbabwe] Despite the current rains pounding most parts of the country, Bulawayo's water supply dams remain low with the dams recording only 22% combined inflows since the inception of the rains.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:00:19 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Former State Security Minister Ncube's Nephew Disqualified From Contesting Zanu-PF Primaries
[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF Midlands Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) disqualified the nephew of under-fire former State Security Minister Owen 'Mudha' Ncube from contesting in the party primary election for Kwekwe Central.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:47:05 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Chinese Miner Engages Residents Over Dangamvura Mountain Quarry
[New Zimbabwe] Mutare -- A Chinese mining company, Freestone Mines will consult local residents on its planned quarry mine operations earmarked at the deforested Dangamvura Mountain, NewZimbabwe.com can report.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:45:47 GMT
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Africa: How Covid-19 Gave Countries the Opportunity to Improve Public Health
[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic has tested Africa's public healthcare systems. It exposed weaknesses, gaps and inequalities - but also some potential solutions.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:42:04 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Floods Leave Budiriro Residents Stranded
[The Herald] Homeowners living on wetlands around Harare were this week left counting their losses after their homes were flooded following incessant rains received this week, with some calling on the Government to help service the land they are occupying to avoid further losses.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:35:58 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Chief Chikwaka Testifies in Prophet Freddy Trial
[The Herald] The trial of Goodness and Mercy Ministries Church leader Prophet Tapiwa Freddy on rape charges continued yesterday with Chief Chikwaka (Murambiwa Witness Bungu), yesterday describing in court how his niece had reacted after the first alleged assault.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:35:57 GMT
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Zimbabwe: First Lady Engages Farmers in Tree Planting, Urges Environment Protection
[The Herald] ENVIRONMENTAL patron First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday rolled out an initiative to plant exotic trees like gum trees and croton trees while educating farmers, mainly those into tobacco production, on the need to curb the indiscriminate cutting down of trees which exposed the country to erosion and depleted forests.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:35:51 GMT
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Kenya: Police Investigating Bodies Dumped in River in Western Kenya
[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenyan police say they are sending investigators to the Yala River in western Kenya, where locals have been finding bodies tied up in sacks.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:09:16 GMT
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Uganda: Political Activist Stella Nyanzi Flees to Germany Citing Political Persecution
[Nile Post] Political activist and academic, Dr. Stella Nyanzi has yet again left the country, citing political persecution and threats to her life.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:55:58 GMT
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Uganda: We Shall Do Everything and Anything to Discredit Museveni Abroad - Bobi Wine
[Nile Post] The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has said they will do everything legal to make sure that President Museveni is disempowered and ensure that Ugandans are liberated.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:55:53 GMT
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Ethiopia: UN Chief Lauds 'Demonstrable Effort to Make Peace' in Ethiopia
[UN News] The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was "delighted" to learn that "a demonstrable effort to make peace" in Ethiopia is finally underway, according to information relayed to him by the African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:48:26 GMT
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Africa: 2021 Joins Top 7 Warmest Years On Record - UN Weather Agency #AfricaClimateCrisis
[UN News] Last year joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh consecutive year when the global temperature has been more than 1°C above pre-industrial levels; edging closer to the limit laid out under the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:40:31 GMT
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Nigeria: Pictures of Northern Governors With Associate of Banditry Kingpin Turji Raise Dust
[Premium Times] Musa Kamarawa has been arrested and confessed to working with wanted notorious banditry kinpin, Turji.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:28:55 GMT
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Reintegration Process - Weaknesses and How They Can Be Fixed
[The Conversation Africa] In Nigeria, the advent of Boko Haram terrorism and its wanton destruction of lives and properties has led to untold hardship, especially in the country's north-eastern region.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:25:52 GMT
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South Africa: Biotech Billionaire Launches 1 Billion-Dose Covid-19 Vaccine Plant in Cape Town
[DW] A vaccine-manufacturing facility to improve Africa's ability to produce jabs for diseases including COVID-19 opened after an investment by a South African-American billionaire. Follow DW for the latest coronavirus news.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 06:06:42 GMT
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Africa: Are the Continent's Armies More of a Problem Than a Solution?
[DW] Many armies in African countries are perceived as underfunded, underequipped and ineffective. They are also seen as prone to staging coups and violating human rights. But experts say a more nuanced view is needed.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:55:43 GMT
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Tanzania: Party Politics Still the Only Game in Town in Tanzania
[ISS] The silencing of the National Assembly speaker shows that the politics of patronage still shapes parliamentary business.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:48:08 GMT
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Africa: New Patent-Free Covid-19 Vaccine Could be a Pandemic Game-Changer Globally
[The Conversation Africa] The world now has a new COVID-19 vaccine in its arsenal, and at a fraction of the cost per dose.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:05:19 GMT
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Nigeria: How Private Hospitals Can Respond to the Medical Brain Drain
[Nigeria Health Watch] Editor's note: In today's Thought Leadership Piece, Ayoola Oladipupo, an early career consultant with an interest in private sector engagement for African development, particularly in the healthcare sector, writes on the effects of the medical brain drain on private hospitals in Nigeria and shares insights on how private hospitals can sustain high quality of care.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:36:35 GMT
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Nigeria: Nnamdi Kanu's Rights Violated By Govt, Court Rules
[Premium Times] The court, however, refused to nullify the ongoing trial of Mr Kanu for alleged terrorism, saying it lacked jurisdiction over the matter.
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 04:34:12 GMT
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Tanzania: Tanzania, Uganda Agree to Remove Non-Tariff Barriers to Ease Trade
[Nile Post] Uganda and Kenya have signed several Memorandum of Understanding among them those that will see the removal of non-tariff barriers between the two countries as one of the ways to ease trade.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:01:05 GMT
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Sudan: El Burhan Orders an Investigation Into Sudan 'January 17 Massacre'
[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Wad Madani -- Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, Commander-in-chief of the Sudan Armed Forces and head of the Sovereignty Council, decided on Tuesday to form a fact-finding committee that will investigate the violence used against protesters during the March of Millions on January 17. Rebel movements have condemned the violence. People reported attacks on mourners. A number of detained protesters were beaten up.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:03:08 GMT
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Chad: Attacks in Darfur and Chad Leave Three Dead, More Than 40 Injured
[Radio Dabanga] Seleia / El Fasher / Mukjar / Mile -- Three men were killed and 20 people were injured in Darfur last weekend. In eastern Chad, 21 women refugees from Darfur were attacked with knives.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:02:56 GMT
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Congo-Kinshasa: Thousands in Precarious Conditions as Violence Set to Repeat in Ituri Province
[MSF] Overwhelming violence has tormented people in Djugu's territory, Ituri's province, north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since 2017, as community tensions have sparked the resurgence of an armed conflict.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 10:17:51 GMT
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Zimbabwe: Travellers Fail to Access New E-Passports
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabweans seeking new electronic passports (e-passports) are failing to access the travel documents with officials at the Registrar General's (RG's) Office saying they were unaware when they will start issuing them.
Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:40:19 GMT
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