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Sat, 03 Apr 2021 21:48:12 GMT
Mozambique: Firm Abandons Construction Site in Cabo Delgado
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Total on Friday abandoned its installations on Afungi peninsula. All Total staff have been withdrawn, unlike the closure on 1 January when a skeleton staff was left behind. This suggests that Total expects the ...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:44:28 GMT
Kenya: You Are Way Off the Mark, Kenya Tells UK Over Covid-19 Travel Ban
[Nation] Kenya came out fighting last night, reciprocating the ban by the United Kingdom on Kenyan visitors by introducing its own stringent measures and accusing London of betrayal.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:34:47 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Police Crack Down On Opposition
[VOA] Yaounde -- For the second consecutive time, heavily armed police dispersed an opposition leaders' meeting held to propose reforms they say are needed to democratically change the more than four-decade-long rule of 88-year-old Cameroonian Presid...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:28:03 GMT
Kenya: Kenya Asks Drivers to Avoid South Sudan Highway After Fatal Attacks
[Nation] The Kenyan government has cautioned its drivers against using Juba-Yei highway following a fatal attack last week.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:21:02 GMT
South Africa: Guptas Look Set to Slip Through Zondo Commission Net
[Daily Maverick] The Gupta family and their associate Salim Essa have garnered more than 60 of the dreaded 3.3 notices served on parties implicated at the Zondo Commission.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:56:03 GMT
Zimbabwe: Govt Demands Import Licences On 10 Year-Old Second Hand Vehicles
[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT has made a U-turn on an earlier decision to ban the importation of second-hand vehicles beyond 10 years from manufacture and now instead demands import licences to be obtained.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:38:10 GMT
Africa: Africa Digs for Coal to Meet Energy Demands Amid Climate Concerns
[DW] Africa's energy needs are growing. This has led some governments to turn to coal-powered plants. Critics say that's not a smart move in times of climate change and point to the continent's renewable energy resources.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:34:24 GMT
Egypt: Golden Parade - Mummified Pharaohs Moved to New Cairo Home
[DW] Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's only woman pharaoh, began the journey along with 21 others to their new resting place: the country's new national museum.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:33:34 GMT
Somalia: Al-Shabab Strikes At Two Military Bases
[DW] The Islamist group detonated car bombs before launching nighttime raids at two locations in southern Somalia.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:29:02 GMT
Niger: Botched Coup in Niger Points to Deep Fissures in the Country
[The Conversation Africa] Events in Niger took a dramatic turn days before the country was about to make history by conducting the first transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another since its independence from France in 196...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:45:26 GMT
Western Sahara: Moroccan Authorities Urged to Free Sahrawi Journalist On Hunger Strike
[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issues an urgent appeal to the Moroccan authorities to free Mohamed Lamin Haddi, a Sahrawi journalist whose physical condition is extremely worrying, after 78 days on hunger strike, and who is now being force-fed...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:36:20 GMT
Nigeria: Communities Groan As Erosion Ravages Farmlands, Threatens Food Security in South-East
[Premium Times] The Anambra State government last year said more than 1,00 active erosion sites across the state have become a major natural disaster.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:26:53 GMT
Somalia: Somalia Absolves Money Transfer Firms Fingered for Laundering
[Nation] Somalia has absolved four money remittance firms operating in the country from accusations of abetting money laundering and disbursement to individuals sanctioned for supporting terrorist groups.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:22:25 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire: With Gbagbo and Blé Goudé Acquitted, What Is Next for Victims in Côte d'Ivoire?
[ICTJ] On March 31, 2021, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) upheld the acquittal of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, in office from 2000 until his arrest in April 2011, and Charles Blé Goudé, a former student uni...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:10:01 GMT
Namibia: Fishing With Dynamite: the Secret Scheme That Helped the President Stay in Power
[Namibian] Khadija Sharife (OCCRP), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), and The Namibian

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:53:48 GMT
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Intervenes As MTN, Banks Trade Blame Over Shutdown
[Premium Times] Both sides defend their decisions as customers pay for the standoff.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:55:17 GMT
Kenya: What I Said When Men Asked for My Opinion On Cancel Culture and Male Privilege
[Nation] The 13th day of September 2020 is the day that completely changed Eunice Wangari's life. She went to meet her date, Moses Gatama Njoroge, who she had met online, physically for the first time. She met him at his office and they had food and ...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:52:07 GMT
Kenya: How Flawed Deals Cost Kenya Power Billions
[Nation] Kenya Power has admitted that the firm had at one point been reduced to a playground for people seeking gains from flawed procurement deals, driving it into dismal financial performance.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 12:32:14 GMT
Kenya: Plan to Close Two Camps Worries Refugees
[VOA] The Kenya Interior Ministry's announcement last week of its intention to close two major camps has increased uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of refugees, leaving many of them distraught.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:57:17 GMT
Africa: Africa's Real Strategic Import for the Green Economy
[Atlantic Council] Among its efforts to address climate change, the Biden administration has laid out an ambitious agenda for a clean energy revolution that aspires to have the United States achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035 and a ...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:54:07 GMT
Niger: New President Begins Battle to Stabilize Country
[DW] Niger was praised for its first democratic transfer of power in history. But a failed coup this week shows new president Mohamed Bazoum faces an uphill battle to stabilize his country.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:51:22 GMT
Tanzania: Political Forces Obstructing Zanzibar's CAF Dreams
[New Frame] The islanders are said to be the victims of powerful forces in Africa's football governing body serving their own political interests. The same case can be made for the exclusion of Western Sahara.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:21:39 GMT
Nigeria: Shell Confirms Oil Spill in Bayelsa Community
[Premium Times] An official says "there was an anonymous note found at the spill site, suggesting sabotage".

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 10:53:42 GMT
Africa: Grants in Memory of Fearless Reporter Support Female Journalists Worldwide
[VOA] Kim Wall was fearless. The 30-year-old freelancer reported from some of the world's toughest places -- from Haiti to Uganda to North Korea - and focused her keen eye on identity, gender and social justice.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:42:22 GMT
Tunisia: Wrestlers Zeineb Sghaier, Siwar Bousetta and Sarra Hamdi Qualify for Olympics
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisian wrestlers Zeineb Sghaier (76 kg), Siwar Bousetta (57 kg) and Sarra Hamdi (50 kg) have booked their qualification ticket for the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for this summer, at the end of the last day...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:21:03 GMT
South Africa: Five Years On, the Pain of Life Esidimeni Continues
[Daily Maverick] Five years ago, 144 people died after they were moved from a mental health care facility to NGOs and community care. For family members, the suffering is not over.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:21:03 GMT
South Africa: Propaganda Matters in Psychological Battle for President of the ANC
[Daily Maverick] As in 2007, the media and the general public seem to be caught up in the propaganda of the warring factions so it is important to drill down into the issues and unpack the current "balance of forces".

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:58:26 GMT
Zimbabwe: Women's Cricket Team Granted ODI & Test Status
[New Zimbabwe] WOMEN'S cricket in Zimbabwe is set for a major boost after the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee granted One Day International (ODI) and Test status to all full-member women's cricket teams including the national si...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:20:27 GMT
Mali: Four Peacekeepers Killed in Complex Attack On UN Base in Mali
[UN News] Four peacekeepers from Chad were killed, and several others wounded, in an attack against a UN camp in Mali, the Organization's mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Friday.

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:59:16 GMT
Ghana: Mining With Community Development - the Experience of the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation in Ghana
[Africa In Fact] Development is fraught with several "backs-and-forth", leaving us with no universally accepted way to realise development aspirations. Scholar Jean-Pierre Olivier de-Sardan contends that development professionals situate development ...



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