By Reuters
South Africa: COVID-19 Exposes “Brutal Inequality” in Black Townships
[COVID-19\South Africa] “COVID-19 has exposed the brutal inequality in South Africa,” said Chris Nissen, a commissioner from the South African Human Rights Commission, an ...
RWANDA GENOCIDE SUSPECT CAPTURED IN FRANCE AFTER 26 YEARS ON THE RUN
[Rwandan Genocide\Felicien Kabuga] Kabuga was indicted in 1997 on seven criminal counts including genocide, complicity in genocide and incitement to commit genocide, all in ...
TANZANIAN PRESIDENT QUESTIONS DONATED COVID-19 TEST KITS AFTER REPORTING SEVERAL FALSE RESULTS
[Coronavirus Test Kits\Tanzania] Tanzanian President John Magufuli: “There is something happening. I said before we should not accept that every aid is meant to ...
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COVID-19, MALARIA AND PREGNANCY CREATE “PERFECT STORM” FOR PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN AFRICA
[COVID-19\Africa] R. Allen: “The countries with the highest malaria burden, mainly in Africa, are also affected by conflict, population displacement, malnutrition and stress. You ...
NAMIBIA EXTENDS CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN, KEEPS BORDERS CLOSED
[COVID-19\Namibia] The sparsely populated southwest African country of under 3 million people has 16 confirmed cases of the coronavirus with no report of new ...
AFRICAN UNION REPORT: COVID-19 COULD CAUSE AFRICA 20 MILLION JOBS
[COVID-19\ African Jobs] Reuters: Under what the AU researchers deemed their realistic scenario, Africa’s economy will shrink 0.8%, while the pessimistic scenario said there ...
DISUNITED SOMALI FORCES FIGHT EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF ISLAMISTS
[South Somalia] Clashes broke out late morning between the Somali army, commanded by the federal government, and forces loyal to Jubbaland state leader Ahmed ...
GUINEA PRESIDENT ALPHA CONDE AMONG AFRICA’S LONGEST RULING LEADERS
[Africa’s Longest Ruling Leaders\Alpha Conde] A constitutional referendum on Sunday that could allow President Alpha Conde to rule for 12 more years. Photo: Facebook
ARMED MEN KILL 22 IN CAMEROON VILLAGE AMID ONGOING SEPARATIST INSURGENCY
[Cameroon\Ambazonia Separatists] Cameroon’s army has since 2017 been fighting English-speaking militias seeking to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia. Photo: Facebook
NAMIBIA’S FIRST LADY PLEDGES TO GIVE HER WEALTH TO CHARITY
[Namibia’s First Lady Monica Geingos\Wealth Inequality] First Lady Monica Geingos is on a mission to change the image of African first ladies and tackle ...
