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Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:22:37 +0000News24.com | 'I know in advance that I will win': Chad's Deby eyes sixth presidential term
N'DJAMENA, April 8 - Chad's President Idriss Deby, an ally of Western nations in the fight against Islamist militants, is poised to extend his three-decade rule in Sunday's election despite mounting signs of popular discontent with his leadership.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:43:25 +0000News24.com | The story of the enigmatic man who founded southern Africa’s largest church
Every Easter weekend, several millions of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) faithful from across southern Africa descend on “Moria city”, the church’s capital in the north of the country, for their annual pilgrimage.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:23:08 +0000News24.com | Freed Nigerian students reunite with families
Five of the dozens of students kidnapped from a college in northwest Nigeria were reunited with their families Wednesday, two days after having been found by the military.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:57:34 +0000News24.com | Holy smoke! Zimbabwe expecting tobacco boom in 2021
Zimbabwe's tobacco output is expected to grow by around 9% to 200 000 tons this year, the industry regulator said Wednesday, providing a major source of foreign currency for the country's embattled economy.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:37:54 +0000News24.com | Mozambique appeals for support in dealing with insurgents after attack on Palma
Mozambique has told the international community what support it needs to deal with an Islamic State-linked insurgency.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:49:57 +0000News24.com | ISIS-linked militants forced out of Mozambique town of Palma, president says
Mozambique's president, Filipe Nyusi, on Wednesday said Islamic State-linked insurgents had been forced out of Palma, a key northern town that the rebels hit in a brazen raid last month.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 14:27:56 +0000News24.com | Nigeria to limit first doses of AstraZeneca due to supply concerns
Nigeria has directed its 36 states and federal capital territory to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines once they use half their current stock in order to safeguard supply for the second dose, its health minister said.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:01:57 +0000News24.com | Police station attacked in southeast Nigeria a day after jailbreak
Gunmen stormed a police station in southeast Nigeria and freed prisoners, a day after the restive region was hit by a prison breakout blamed on separatists, police and local media said on Wednesday.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:38:29 +0000News24.com | UN warns Tanzania not to reject people fleeing Mozambique
More than 1 000 people fleeing an attack on Palma were not allowed to cross into Tanzania to seek asylum, the UN says.
Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:15:22 +0000News24.com | Two Chinese mine workers kidnapped in southwest Nigeria
Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese workers from a gold-mining site in southwest Nigeria and shot their security guards, police said on Wednesday, in the latest such incident in the area.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:37:47 +0000News24.com | Mozambique attacks: South African countries - including SA - set for emergency talks
Six southern African presidents are to hold emergency talks on the crisis in northern Mozambique, where jihadists last month seized a key town, a regional bloc said Tuesday.
Thu, 08 Apr 2021 08:37:37 +0000News24.com | Mozambique: Thousands trying to flee ISIS-controlled area to Tanzania are being turned away - UN
United Nations teams have received "worrying" reports that Tanzania has rejected over 1 000 people seeking refuge from an Islamic State-claimed attack on a town in northern Mozambique.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:23:58 +0000News24.com | Gunmen free more than 1 800 inmates in attack on Nigerian prison
More than 1 800 prisoners are on the run in southeast Nigeria after escaping when heavily armed gunmen attacked their prison using explosives and rocket-propelled grenades, the authorities said.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:52:38 +0000News24.com | Sudan abolishes Israel boycott law: cabinet
Sudan's cabinet approved a bill Tuesday abolishing a 1958 law on boycotting Israel, after Khartoum and the Jewish state struck a deal to normalise ties.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:40:18 +0000News24.com | Suez Canal may expand southern channel, chairman says
The Suez Canal Authority is considering expanding the southern section of the waterway where the container ship Ever Given became stranded, its chairman said on Tuesday.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:12:39 +0000News24.com | Tanzania's new president prioritises Covid-19
Tanzania’s new president Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Tuesday that her government would form a committee for scientific research into Covid-19, in a departure from the pandemic-sceptic policies of her predecessor John Magufuli who died last month.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:30:29 +0000News24.com | Mozambique’s world-topping currency shrugs off deadly gas-project raid
The metical has appreciated 14% against the dollar since the beginning of February, making it the world’s best performing currency in the period. And its stellar run isn’t over yet.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:01:22 +0000News24.com | Renewed calls for justice a decade after photojournalist Anton Hammerl killed in Libya
The South African National Editors' Forum has given its support to international calls for justice for South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:34:40 +0000News24.com | Manhunt on for 1 800 inmates after brazen Nigeria prison attack
Assailants were heavily armed with assault weapons, rocket-propelled grenades, and improvised explosive devices.
Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:36:50 +0000News24.com | Powerful Central Africa armed group vows to quit rebel coalition
The most powerful of the Central African Republic's armed groups said in a statement on Monday it will quit a rebel coalition aiming to unseat President Faustin Archange Touadera.