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Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:36:38 +0000
News24.com | Gunmen kidnap more than 300 schoolgirls in increasingly lawless northwest Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria, Feb 26 - Unidentified gunmen seized more than 300 girls in a nighttime raid on a school in northwest Nigeria on Friday and are believed to be holding some of them in a forest, police said.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:20:57 +0000
News24.com | Libya's new PM to unveil team in first hurdle of transition
Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dheibah is set to name a transitional government tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:30:19 +0000
News24.com | Cameroon police arrest 'suspected homosexuals' at AIDS centre
Police in Cameroon have arrested nine people on suspicion of homosexuality, most of them at an HIV/AIDS care centre, an LGBT rights lawyer said.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:10:39 +0000
News24.com | African Union backs call to waive intellectual property rights on Covid-19 drugs
The African Union is backing calls for drugmakers to waive some intellectual property rights on Covid-19 medicines and vaccines to speed up their rollout to poor countries, the head of its disease control body.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:49:09 +0000
News24.com | Africa’s biggest fibre company raises $840 million in bond sale
Liquid Telecom, majority owned by telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, raised $840 million in a bond sale to refinance debt and expand further into Africa.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:30:08 +0000
News24.com | Gunmen kill 36 in attacks on two northern Nigerian states
Gunmen have killed 36 people in two attacks in Nigeria, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades amid worsening security facing Africa's most populous nation.

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:40:29 +0000
News24.com | Niger opposition leader alleges election fraud, declares victory
Niger opposition leader Mahamane Ousmane has claimed that he narrowly won the country’s presidential election.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 21:02:44 +0000
News24.com | Zim news outlet publishes report accusing country's VP of soliciting sex at his office
Zimbabwe's 71-year-old Vice President Kembo Mohadi on Wednesday refuted accusations of sexual misconduct by an online news outlet, saying he is the victim of "political machinations".

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:30:29 +0000
News24.com | Covid-19: Zimbabwe to buy 1.2 million vaccine doses from China at 'preferential price'
Zimbabwe will buy an additional 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China at a preferential price, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman said on Wednesday.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:30:18 +0000
News24.com | Two Mali soldiers killed in ambush
Two Malian soldiers have been killed in an ambush in a central region regularly hit by jihadist attacks, security sources and a local official has said.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 13:51:36 +0000
News24.com | Ghana receives world's first doses of free Covax vaccines
Ghana has received the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free.

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:04:08 +0000
News24.com | Body of Italian ambassador killed in DR Congo returns home
The body of the Italian ambassador killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrived in Rome, as Rwandan Hutu rebels denied accusations they were behind the attack.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:26:41 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | Google wants to give Africans R1.3m each for news-business ideas, amid Australian war
Applications for a second round of the R28 million Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge across the Africa region just opened, as big tech companies tussle with Australia about media funding.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:30:43 +0000
News24.com | Senegal begins Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200 000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received last week.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:40:17 +0000
News24.com | Hutu rebels accuse DRC, Rwanda over Italian ambassador's killing
Rwandan Hutu rebels have denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:40:58 +0000
News24.com | 15 UN peacekeepers from Tigray refuse to return to Ethiopia
Fifteen members of a contingent of Ethiopian peacekeepers in South Sudan have refused to return to Ethiopia, the UN has said.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:02:14 +0000
News24.com | Delayed Ebola vaccination drive to begin in Guinea
Guinea will launch an Ebola vaccination drive after a flight delayed by a Saharan dust storm arrived carrying thousands of jabs.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:39:47 +0000
News24.com | WATCH | Sudan devalues currency to get debt relief
Sudan's central bank sharply devalued the currency on Sunday, announcing a new regime to "unify" official and black-market exchange rates and meet demands by foreign donors and the IMF.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:33:34 +0000
News24.com | Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine withdraws court bid challenging poll results
Bobi Wine, who had disputed January election results, says "the courts are not independent" as he withdraws his case.

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:31:58 +0000
News24.com | Tanzania’s president admits country has Covid-19 problem
The president of Tanzania has urged its citizens to take preventive measures against the coronavirus after downplaying the disease for months.



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