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Kenya, Eritrea Agree To Abolish Visa Requirement For Their Nationals

10Dec

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Kenya, Eritrea Agree To Abolish Visa Requirement For Their Nationals

Kenya and Eritrea have agreed to abolish Visa requirements for their respective citizens in a move made to advance regional integration. President William Ruto and his Eritrean counterpart Isaias Afwerki made the announcement on Friday after holding bilateral talks in Asmara. The two leaders believe the move will bolster bilateral relations, and improve people-to-people ties besides entrenching regional integration. The two leaders further decided to cooperate in the African Union in the “spirit of Pan-Africanism” where they agreed to consult on regional integration for the development of the two nations. The two Heads of State further resolved to work together and consult on regional integration in efforts to safeguard regional peace, security and development in the Horn ...

Gunmen In Nigeria Kill A Dozen People, Abduct Others From Mosque

5Dec

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Gunmen In Nigeria Kill A Dozen People, Abduct Others From Mosque

Gunmen in Nigeria killed a dozen worshippers, including an imam, and kidnapped several others from a mosque on Saturday night, local residents said on Sunday, in the latest attack by armed gangs in the north of the country. Armed gangs, known as bandits, attack communities where security is stretched, killing people or kidnapping them for ransom. The gangs also demand villagers pay protection fees to be allowed to farm and harvest their crops. Lawal Haruna, a resident of Funtua, in President Muhammadu Buhari's home state of Katsina, told Reuters by phone that the gunmen arrived at Maigamji mosque on motorbikes and started shooting sporadically, which forced worshippers to flee. About 12, who were attending night prayers, were caught in the gunfire and killed, including the ch...

Health Worker Succumbs To Ebola In Uganda, Death Toll Rises To 10

5Oct

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Health Worker Succumbs To Ebola In Uganda, Death Toll Rises To 10

Uganda's minister of health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng Ocero, confirmed that an Ebola patient passed away on Wednesday morning after battling the illness for 17 days. Ms. Nabisubi Margaret, an officer in charge of anesthesia, was admitted to Fort Portal Hospital (JMedic) in Western Uganda's Fort Portal District. "I regret to announce the passing of another Health worker, Ms. Nabisubi Margaret, an anesthetic officer," Dr. Ocero wrote on Twitter. The 58-year-old is the fourth healthcare professional to die. The first was a midwife from St. Florence Clinic, who was a likely case because she passed away before being tested, according to Ocero. The second person to pass away on October 1 was Dr. Mohammed Ali, a Tanzanian studying in Uganda. Ali was enrolled in Kampala Intern...

Uganda Arrests Eight Protesting Over Living Costs

12Jul

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Uganda Arrests Eight Protesting Over Living Costs

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his government will not intervene in the current economic situation amid a rising cost of living. Prices of petroleum products, imported raw materials and food have been rising in recent months, a crisis being experienced globally following the war in Ukraine. In a televised national address on Sunday night, Mr Museveni said that government subsidies or removal of import taxes would collapse the economy. There would be a haemorrhage of dollars from the national reserves for the purchase of those expensive products, he added. Mr Museveni said Uganda will need to frugally use the imported items it can afford. He advised citizens to substitute expensive wheat with locally available food such as millet, maize, green bananas and cassava...

At Least 50 Killed In Massacre At Catholic Church In Southwest Nigeria

6Jun

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At Least 50 Killed In Massacre At Catholic Church In Southwest Nigeria

Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports. The gunmen shot at people outside and inside the church building, killing and injuries worshippers, said Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami, police spokesperson for Ondo state. She did not say how many people were killed or injured at St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo but added police were investigating the cause of the attack. Ondo state Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who visited the scene of the attack and injured persons in hospital, described Sunday's incident as "a great massacre" that should not be allowed to happen again. The identity and motive of the attackers was not ...

Suspected monkeypox probed in Morocco and Sudan

27May

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Suspected monkeypox probed in Morocco and Sudan

Morocco and Sudan are investigating suspected cases of monkeypox, Africa’s health body says. This comes after outbreaks of the virus have recently been found in Europe, Australia, America and the Middle East. Monkeypox is usually associated with travel to central or West Africa, near tropical forests, but some of the new cases have no travel link. r Ahmed Ogwell, deputy director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC), confirmed there was still no direct link. He said the continent had so far reported 1,405 cases and 62 monkeypox-related deaths this year - a case fatality rate of 4.4% These have occurred in four countries where the disease is endemic: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Dr Ogwell said all Afri...

Tensions Rise Ahead Of DR Congo Presidential Election

24May

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Tensions Rise Ahead Of DR Congo Presidential Election

DR Congo's presidential election is over a year away, but political tensions are escalating in the vast and volatile country as candidates line up and fears grow the vote will be fraudulent. Elections in the central African nation frequently turn violent, with dozens of protesters killed. They are also often criticised by observers. But the last presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2018, heralded the first peaceful transfer of power in Kinshasa since independence from Belgium in 1960. The vote was nonetheless marred by accusations of irregularities and the European Union and others cast doubt over its credibility. According to official results, incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi won, replacing former leader Joseph Kabila after 18 years in power. ...

Female Student Killed By Mob At Nigeria School Over Religious Comments

16May

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Female Student Killed By Mob At Nigeria School Over Religious Comments

A female student in northern Nigeria was killed by a mob who stoned, beat and set fire to her for allegedly posting a blasphemous statement against the Prophet Mohammed, according to police. The girl, Deborah Yakubu, was surrounded by fellow students and attacked on Thursday, a police statement said. The incident happened at the Shehu Shagari school in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, and the school was immediately closed. "Students forcefully removed the victim from the security room where she was hidden by the school authorities, killed her and burnt the building," police spokesperson Sanusi Abubakar said in a statement released to CNN. Sokoto state's Governor Aminu Tambuwal issued an order to close the school and directed the Ministry of Higher Education and security agenc...

Tanzania Raises Minimum Wage By Nearly 25%

16May

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Tanzania Raises Minimum Wage By Nearly 25%

Tanzania's president on Saturday approved a nearly 25-percent increase in the minimum wage, marking a departure from the policies of her autocratic predecessor amid protests about the high cost of living. President Samia Suluhu Hassan decided on an increase of 23.3 percent, while also increasing the salaries of government workers for the first time since 2016, her office said in a statement. "The salary increment was approved considering the country's gross domestic product, domestic revenue and developments in both the local and global economies," the presidency said. Since coming to power last year following her predecessor John Magufuli's death, Hassan has attempted to break with some of his policies by reaching out to the opposition and reversing course on his approach to...

Former Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency

16May

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Former Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency

Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast walls from Islamist insurgents whom he must now fight for a second time. The 66-year-old, who ruled from 2012 to 2017, reversed the previous election to defeat incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed by 214-110 votes in a third-round runoff whose result was confirmed around midnight. "We have to move ahead, we do not need grudges. No avenging," Mohamud said in his acceptance speech from the airport compound in the capital Mogadishu patrolled by African Union (AU) peacekeepers. During the first round of voting, blasts from mortar shells rang out near the site but did not disrupt proceedings. There was no claim of responsibili...