Category: Africa
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Combatants, 56 civilians killed as military fight rivals for power in Sudan
Sudan’s military launched air strikes on a paramilitary force’s base near the capital in a bid to reassert control over the country on Sunday following clashes in which scores of combatants and at least 56 civilians were killed.
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Ghana first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine
Ghana on Thursday said it is the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with children under the age of three-years-old in line to benefit. The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 people each year, most of them children in Africa, and scientists have been trying for years…
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Cameroon to begin online visa application service
Cameroonian foreign minister, Lejeune Mbella, on Friday said that all applications for entry visas to Cameroon will be done online as from April 30. According to the minister, applications would be carried out “exclusively”
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U.S. VP, Kamala Harris shares epic throwback photo of herself in Zambia
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday took to Twitter to share an epic throwback photo of her young self in Zambia.
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U.S. military conducts first-ever maritime drills with West African forces
The United States military has organised the first-ever maritime exercise to bolster the skills of West African forces. The drill which was held in Ghana’s Volta river on Saturday was carried out under the U.S.’ long-running Flintlock programme.
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Reason for violent extremism in sub-Saharan Africa revealed
The United Nations (UN) Development Programme (UNDP) has disclosed that lack of job opportunities is the leading factor driving people to join fast-growing violent extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa.
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FG condemns killing of Nigerian pilgrims in Burkina Faso
The Federal Government has condemned the gruesome killings of some Nigerian in Eastern Burkina Faso travelling to Senegal on pilgrimage.
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Pope Francis lands in Congo for long-awaited visit
Pope Francis arrived in Congo on Tuesday afternoon for the start of a six-day trip to Africa.
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What you contribute in marriage is what you take in divorce – Supreme Court of Kenya rules
The Supreme Court of Kenya has ruled that what a person contributed to their marriage is what they will take in the event of a divorce, abolishing the law of “50:50 division of matrimonial properties”.
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Nigerien military helicopter crashes, three killed
Three people have been confirmed dead after a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine training flight. The country’s defence ministry said the helicopter crashed while landing at an airport