Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Attack On Mosque
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February 27, 2024, 12:23 PM
[allAfrica] Dozens of Muslims were killed in a rural community in Burkina Faso on Sunday, the same day a deadly attack on a church left 15 people dead, Al Jazeera has reported.
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Zambia: Kabwe's Stolen Breath - Legacy of Lead and the Fight for a Greener Future
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February 27, 2024, 11:46 AM
[allAfrica] Kabwe, Zambia, once a bustling mining town, now bears the heavy weight of a toxic legacy.
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Senegal: Set Poll Date or Constitutional Council May Have to Choose President - Sall
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February 27, 2024, 11:05 AM
[allAfrica] President Macky Sall will consider asking the Constitutional Council to designate his successor, if the participants in the national dialogue do not find a consensus on the date of the presidential election, according to reports.
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South Africa: Former Oudtshoorn Mayor Jailed for Sexual Assault - South African News Briefs - February 27, 2024
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February 27, 2024, 4:34 AM
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Africa: African Countries Join a United Front Against Israeli Occupation
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February 27, 2024, 12:33 PM
[ISS] The timing of last week's ICJ hearings could lead to greater compliance with the court's ruling than in previous cases.
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South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal Records High Number of Rhino Poaching Cases
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] While efforts to prevent rhino poaching have resulted in positive outcomes in national parks across the country, South Africa has seen a shift in rhino poaching with the majority of cases in the past year being recorded in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Namibia: My President, My Husband, My Best Friend
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February 27, 2024, 11:51 AM
[Namibian] Former first lady Monica Geingos delivered this tribute to her husband, the late president Hage Geingob, at a special memorial service in Windhoek on Saturday.
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South Africa: Pilot Project Now Offering HIV Prevention Injection
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February 27, 2024, 11:50 AM
[spotlight] A new HIV prevention injection is now available to a select number of people in South Africa. That a single shot provides two months of protection is one of the injection's major selling points. In this story, Elri Voigt unpacks how much of the jab is available, who is choosing to get it and what other anti-HIV drugs are being rolled out.
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Kenya: Govt to Start Health Insurance Deductions On Salaried Employees in July 2024
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February 27, 2024, 11:44 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans will start contributing 2.75 percent of their gross salary to the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) set to replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in July.
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Africa: South Sudan's New Finance Minister Braving 'Ghosts' and Crocodiles
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February 27, 2024, 11:41 AM
[Nile Post] A South Sudan minister has set out to eliminate 'ghost workers' from public payroll and vowed not to pay out a mountain of claims worth millions of dollars until the invoices are verified.
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Africa: Somali Army Chief Meets AU Military Officials On War Against Al-Shabaab
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February 27, 2024, 11:32 AM
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Somali Army chief, Ibrahim Sheikh, met with AU military officials to discuss ways to speed up the ongoing all-out war on Al-Shabaab militants.
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Namibia: Geingob Unites Namibia in Death
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February 27, 2024, 11:08 AM
[New Era] After 21 excruciating days, Namibia bade a final farewell to Hage Geingob on Sunday, burying the man credited with laying the country's governance bedrock, a freedom fighter and Pan-Africanist of note.
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Congo-Brazzaville: Donors' Deafening Silence After Republic of Congo Green-Lights Oil Exploration in Conkouati National Park
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February 27, 2024, 11:07 AM
[Greenpeace] Six weeks after signing a $50 million forest protection deal with donors, the Republic of Congo has given the green light to oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli National Park, the country's most biodiverse protected area and home to fishing communities since at least the 13th century.
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Senegal: Elections Before End of July - Sall
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February 27, 2024, 10:41 AM
[RFI] Senegal's President Macky Sall has announced that he aims to fix a date before the end of July for the presidential elections. He also announced a general amnesty for political protesters.
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Kenya: Weatherman Warns of Heavy Rainfall and High Temperatures Across Kenya
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February 27, 2024, 5:24 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy rainfall in several regions of Kenya.
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Zimbabwe: Cholera-Causing Bacteria Found in Harare Boreholes
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February 27, 2024, 5:08 AM
[New Zimbabwe] Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) has detected Escherichia coli (E.coli), a cholera-causing bacteria in boreholes that were tested in 14 residential areas of Harare.
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Congo-Kinshasa: GiveDirectly Cash Aid Fraud Led to Broken Families and Mounting Debts in DR Congo
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February 27, 2024, 12:36 PM
[The New Humanitarian] Minova, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bangk -- 'They are only calling on us to be patient. But a whole year of patience? It's too much, we have fallen into despair.'
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Journalist Lucien Lyenda Attacked By Armed Forces While Covering Protest
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[CPJ] Kinshasa -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must investigate and hold accountable the soldiers who attacked journalist Lucien Lyenda while he covered a demonstration against insecurity in the country's southeastern Tanganyika province, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe: Former Minister Biti Apologises for Assaulting Foreign Investor, Awaits Sentencing
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[New Zimbabwe] Former Finance minister, Tendai Biti, convicted for verbally assaulting a Russian investor Tatiana Aleshina on Monday has apologised.
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Africa: Rwanda to Host Africa Global Vaccine Institute Office
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[New Times] Rwanda will host the International Vaccine Institute's (IVI) Africa regional office, due to open in 2024, the Seoul-based organisation said on Tuesday, February 27.
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Zimbabwe: Villagers Walk 40km to the Nearest Clinic - Outcry As Govt Stops Carbon Credits Project Set to Provide Relief
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February 27, 2024, 11:55 AM
[New Zimbabwe] THOUSANDS of villagers in the Nyamakate area of Hurungwe North constituency are risking life and limb walking 40 kilometres or more, passing through wildlife-infested forests, to get to the nearest health facility.
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South Africa: 'I Want to Put My Head On the Block' - Minister Senzo Mchunu Promises Angry Ethekwini Residents Tap Water By April
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February 27, 2024, 11:39 AM
[GroundUp] Some parts of eThekwini have been without water for seven years
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Africa: Impact of Red Sea Crisis On Africa - Red Flag or Red Herring?
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February 27, 2024, 11:26 AM
[Reporter] Still reeling from the effects of COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, African countries face yet another geopolitical hurdle with the Red Sea crisis and its potentially significant economic ramifications.
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Namibia: Germany Ready to Atone for Namibian Genocide - President Steinmeier
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February 27, 2024, 11:09 AM
[New Era] German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has acknowledged that it is high time for his country to take full responsibility and tender a formal apology to Namibians for the atrocities committed during the 1904/08 genocide.
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Namibia: Bwabwata Communities Divided Over Regional Borders
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February 27, 2024, 11:09 AM
[New Era] Katima Mulilo -- The Khwe community living within the Bwabwata National Park bordering the Kavango East and Zambezi regions are divided over regional demarcation.
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Nigeria: Exclusive - Top Nigeria Customs Officers Enmeshed in Multi-Billion Naira Corruption Scandal
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February 27, 2024, 6:24 AM
[Premium Times] Some of the Customs officials were arrested and detained and some of them have returned money to the EFCC.
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South Africa: Nyanga Cop Due to Testify Against Cape Town Taxi Boss Gunned Down in Apparent Hit
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February 27, 2024, 12:16 PM
[Daily Maverick] Cape Town's taxi wars appear to have claimed another victim, this time a policeman who was shot dead in Masiphumelele on the South Peninsula.
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Zimbabwe: Govt to Raise Zw$ 9 Trillion Amid Debt Crisis
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[263Chat] The government is set to borrow ZW$ 9 trillion, approximately US$640 million, largely from the domestic market to cover its 2024 budget gap, a move many fear may rattle the local financial market.
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Zimbabwe: 'Haarore' Model Arrested Over Possession of Dangerous Drugs
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[New Zimbabwe] Model M'diwa Mliswa Chanetsa has been arrested alongside a male friend for possession of a dangerous drug.
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Zimbabwe: Moreblessing Ali to Be Buried Saturday in Chitungwiza - Sikhala
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February 27, 2024, 12:17 PM
[New Zimbabwe] SLAIN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali will be buried Saturday, two years after her gruesome murder by Zanu PF member Pias Jamba.
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