Botswana: Botswana Pumps Water Into Drying Channels to Aid Stranded Hippos
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana's northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife.
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Kenya: Dozens Killed As Dam Bursts in Kenya Following Devastating Rains
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- More than 40 people have died in southwestern Kenya after a dam burst Sunday night following heavy rains which spawned devastating flooding across the country. Earlier, several people went missing after their boat capsized in a river in eastern Kenya.
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Ethiopia: EU Restricts Visas for Ethiopians, Citing Lack of Government Deportation Cooperation
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[VOA] The European Union is tightening visa rules for people from Ethiopia in response to what it says is a lack of cooperation from the Ethiopian government with the repatriation of those who have entered Europe illegally.
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Kenya: 5 Killed in Donkey Cart Explosion in Northeast Kenya
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April 30, 2024, 4:31 AM
[VOA] A bomb hidden in a donkey cart killed five people and severely injured five others in northeastern Kenya on Monday, according to interior ministry officials.
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Kenya: UN Expresses Solidarity With Kenya Following Deadly Floods
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[UN News] United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated the UN's continued commitment to Kenya in the wake of deadly floods caused by weeks of heavy rains that continue to affect the region.
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South Sudan: UN Official Urges South Sudan to Lift Taxes Halting Aid
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[UN News] The UN's top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly imposed taxes and charges that are causing aid deliveries to be suspended, affecting tens of thousands of people.
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Zimbabwe: Inside the Makeshift Maternity Wards of Harare
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- Although medical professionals warn about risks, DIY midwifery remains alive and well in a country where affordable and accessible institutional options continue to dwindle.
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Liberia: Boakai Outmaneuvers Tenured Officials Following Court's Ruling
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April 29, 2024, 3:28 PM
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Following a recent Supreme Court opinion that went against his attempt to forcibly remove commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority and other tenure position holders from office, President Boakai has taken the route of suspending all five commissioners of the LTA, including its chair, Madam Edwina C. Zackpah.
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Ethiopia: Five Ethiopia Public Universities Successfully Establish State-of-the-Art Multimedia Studios
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April 23, 2024, 7:48 PM
[Mastercard Foundation] As part of strengthening and enhancing the quality, accessibility, and resilience of higher education in Ethiopia, the e-SHE program, a partnership between the Ministry of Education, the Mastercard Foundation, Arizona State University, and ShayaShone, successfully established five state-of-the-art multimedia studios in public universities across Ethiopia, known as 'Resource Centers'. These resource centers are in Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa, Jimma, and Hawassa Unive...
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Uganda: Tiktoker Accused of Insulting Museveni Granted Bail
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April 29, 2024, 3:19 PM
[Nile Post] Ibrahim Musana, also known as Pressure 24/7, a TikToker accused of disseminating content that ridiculed and incited hostility towards President Yoweri Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, has been granted bail after spending over two months in prison.
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Uganda: Blacklist Unscrupulous Leaders, Bobi Tells Bugiri
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April 29, 2024, 3:08 PM
[Nile Post] Bugiri -- The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanti, has called on the party's supporters to blacklist leaders who only good at fronting persona; interests than concerns of people who voted for them.
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Senegal: Defending Democracy, the Senegalese Way
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April 29, 2024, 11:00 AM
[ISS] Senegal's people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help.
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South Africa: How the Mandela Myth Helped Win the Battle for Democracy in South Africa
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April 29, 2024, 11:00 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg's 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa's most famous political figures - Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela - and their role in the country's struggle for democracy. It's also a book that shatters countless myths about the couple and the liberation struggle that have been formed in popular culture and even academic tellings of history. As South Africa commemor...
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Liberia: Armed Police Besiege Office Of Suspended Officials
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April 29, 2024, 10:30 AM
[Liberian Observer] Armed officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) on Friday, April 26, besieged the head office of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) headquarters. The police's action, which followed the suspension of all members of the Board of the LTA, led to the officers conducting a search at the LTA headquarters, reportedly in response to allegations of unauthorized removal of assets and documents from the Authority.
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South Africa: Flu Rates Anticipated to Return to Pre-Covid-19 Levels
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April 29, 2024, 9:07 AM
[spotlight] COVID-19-related factors resulted in several years of lower-than-normal rates of the flu, but experts say that is now something of the past. As this year's flu season gets under way, Elri Voigt asks several local experts what their expectations are, which flu vaccines are available this year, and whether we should be concerned about new strains of bird flu.
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Kenya: School Reopening Pushed to May 6 Amid Devastating Floods in Kenya
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April 29, 2024, 8:05 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Schools reopening for the second term has been postponed for a week until May 6 following the devastating effects caused by the ongoing rains in Kenya.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Short-Changed As ZiG New Currency Resistance Grows
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April 29, 2024, 7:48 AM
[New Zimbabwe] DESPITE the recent launch of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency by the Reserve Bank, many Zimbabweans are finding themselves priced out of the market yet again.
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Africa: Access to Financing Crucial for the Future of Agriculture in West Africa
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April 28, 2024, 10:05 PM
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Togo: Togo Heads to Polls Amid Claims of Power Grab By President Gnassingbé
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April 29, 2024, 7:48 AM
[RFI] Some four million Togolese are to vote Monday for legislative and regional elections that have been twice delayed. Opponents accuse longtime ruler Faure Gnassingbe of seeking to extend his grip on power after MPs signed off on controversial changes to the constitution.
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South Africa: Corruption Allegations Rock Higher Education Ministry - South African News Briefs - April 29, 2024
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April 29, 2024, 5:55 AM
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Nigeria: Motorists Hike Transport Fares in Abuja As Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[Premium Times] The crisis has led to an increase in the cost of transportation and commuters were left stranded at various bus stops on Monday as workers and students returned from work and school, respectively
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Africa: Persistent Gender Disparities Hinder Women's Safety and Productivity in Zimbabwe
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[World Bank] The Zimbabwe Gender-Based Violence Assessment and the Gender Assessment show that the country has made progress but there are further actions that can be taken to address gender disparities.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Congo President Tshisekedi - 'I Want to Give Peace a Chance'
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[DW] President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.
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Togo: Togo - Elections Against a Backdrop of Muzzling Dissenting Voices
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April 30, 2024, 4:42 AM
[AI London] Authorities in Togo must end their escalating crackdown on human rights including the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly amid political tension around the adoption of changes to the constitution, as Togolese vote in parliamentary and regional elections today, Amnesty International said.
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West Africa: Russia Has Tightened Its Hold Over the Sahel Region - and Now It's Looking to Africa's West Coast
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with the Russian military or its associates.
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Nigeria: Young Middle-Class Nigerians Are Desperate to Leave the Country - Insights Into Why
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Since the 1980s, migration has been a part of the Nigerian middle-class psyche, catalysed by the usual suspects: high unemployment, security concerns, infrastructure gaps, and poor governance. Migrants tends to be middle-class since one needs resources to migrate.
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Africa: Corporate Council on Africa Announces Confirmed Participation of Government Officials for #USAfricaBizSummit2024 in Dallas May 6-9 - REGISTER NOW
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April 18, 2024, 7:45 AM
[CCA] Excitement is building as we're just 2 weeks away from the highly anticipated 2024 U.S.-Africa Business Summit! Get ready to join industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators as we convene to explore dynamic opportunities for growth and collaboration between the U.S. and Africa.
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Nigeria: 'I Had Been Set Up' - LGBTQ+ Nigerians Battle Dating App Traps
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] What's the context? LGBTQ+ Nigerians are fighting back against online dating attacks, exposing and even entrapping the criminals behind the assaults
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Uganda: Uganda's Tax System Isn't Bringing in Enough Revenue but Is Targeting Small Business the Answer?
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Uganda, with a fiscal deficit of 5.6% in 2023, has increasingly turned to local resources to make up for its revenue shortfall since the World Bank suspended its funding on 8 August 2023 over the country's anti-homosexuality law. In early April 2024, traders in downtown Kampala protested against what they saw as high taxes and harsh enforcement tactics of the Uganda Revenue Authority. Maria Jouste, who has researched Uganda's tax system, including its taxing of small bu...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Mpox - Why the Virus's Continued, Rapid Mutation Since the 2022 Global Outbreak Remains a Concern
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April 30, 2024, 4:27 AM
[The Conversation Africa] In 2022, as the world was slowly beginning to recover from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak of mpox - then still called monkeypox - began spreading at an alarming rate in many countries worldwide. Confirmed cases were cropping up in places where the disease wasn't normally present (endemic) - and it was spreading quickly among certain groups.
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Seeks 11 Billion Birr for Emergency Humanitarian Mission Through June 2024
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April 29, 2024, 3:43 PM
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) has declared that an estimated amount of 11 billion birr will be necessary to furnish humanitarian aid until June 2024.
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Ethiopia: EU Halts Issuance of Visas To Ethiopians
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April 29, 2024, 3:42 PM
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Council of the European Union decided today "to temporarily suspend certain elements of the EU law that regulates the issuing of visas to Ethiopian nationals."
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Nigeria: Nollywood Produced 274 Films in Q1 2024
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April 29, 2024, 3:36 PM
[Premium Times] As indicated in the report, films in English constitute the chunk of the films produced during the period under review.
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