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The Former President of the Swiss Confederation and current Swiss Minister for Environment, Traffic, Energy and Communications, Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga, yesterday started a working tour of Ghana and Senegal.
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The former president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has paid tribute to the demise of TB Joshua.
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Police in Zambia have started arresting members of the resident doctors association after their leaders announced a strike on Friday.
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YouTube has suspended the account of influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua over allegations of hate speech.
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An African-based research centre focused on extensive research on Africa-China relations, the Afro-Sino Centre of International Relations (ASCIR), was virtually launched on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
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The UN, the US, Canada, the African Union and several European nations have called on Somalia’s political leaders to “show leadership” by reaching an agreement on elections that were delayed due to squabbling over the voting process.
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A state funeral is being held in Tanzania's capital, Dodoma, for former President John Pombe Magufuli.
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On the 21st of March 1990, Namibia gained its independence. On that day, the founding President and father of the Namibian Nation, Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma declared, “I move in the name of the people that Namibia is forever free, sovereign and independent”
Mary Mensah
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Cote d’Ivoire heads to the polls today in a parliamentary election.
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A Covid-19 antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests that four million people in Lagos state alone have had the virus - more than has been officially recorded for the whole of Africa.
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A special plane carrying a consignment of Ebola vaccines has landed in Guinea, which will allow a vaccination campaign to begin later on Tuesday.
Mary Mensah
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When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s Prime Minister in 2018, the country was full of promises and excitement for a better future. But this year, hope has turned to horror as headlines of ethnic violence and war have superseded those of peacemaking.
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A Nigerian man accused of creating and sharing a fake video of President Muhammadu Buhari marrying one of his female cabinet ministers has been charged in the northern Kano state.
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The Ethiopian prime minister, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, has rejected a request for peace talks as the conflict in Tigray deepens.
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Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a controversial third term in office in an election boycotted by the opposition.
Getrude Ankah Nyavi
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A Kenyan judge has sentenced two men to 18 and 33 years in jail after they were convicted of helping Islamist militants attack a shopping mall in 2013.
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The governing party in Guinea has asked President Alpha Conde to seek a controversial third term in office.
