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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:51:52 GMTSouth Africa: President's Response to State Capture An Insult, Opposition Says - News Briefs October 24, 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- President's Response to State Capture An Insult - Democratic Alliance
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:47:43 GMTLiberia: Kosiah Dismisses Kamara's Cannibalism Charge Describes It As 'Ridiculous', Confirms, 'Co Kundi' Name
[FrontPageAfrica] Paris -- Alieu Kosiah, convicted of war crimes in a Swiss court last year, appeared as a defense witness in the trial of Kunti Kamara, his one-time United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy colleague today and rejected the...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:09:50 GMTSudan: No Immunities From Prosecution for Grave Human Rights Violations
[Dabanga] The Hague -- Since the October 25 2021 military coup, rumours of an "imminent" political breakthrough have circulated countless times. This time around, almost exactly one year since the coup, a deal between the military and the Forces for ...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:39:54 GMTSouth Sudan: UN Agencies Say Rains Have Flooded Two-Thirds of South Sudan
[VOA] Geneva -- The United Nations refugee agency says that South Sudanese flood victims are in desperate need of international support.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:20:47 GMTNigeria: U.S., UK Warns Citizens of Possible Terror Attacks in Nigeria's Capital
[Premium Times] According to a security advisory by the US embassy in Nigeria, there is "an elevated risk of terror attacks in Nigeria, specifically in Abuja."
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:10:37 GMTKenya: I Will Curb Debt Appetite By Expanding Tax Base - President Ruto
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has urged Kenyans to pay taxes to enable the government fulfil its mandate for Kenya to be an independent nation.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:03:26 GMTTanzania: Firefighters Battling Fire On Mount Kilimanjaro
[DW] Large flames and plumes of smoke on the slopes of Africa's highest mountain were visible from a distance. The fire was burning near a popular camp for climbers.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:49:10 GMTSouth Africa: Cabinet Responds to State Capture Report Recommendations
[SAnews.gov.za] The submission of Cabinet's response to the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector is a firm and clear indication of the primacy of the rule o...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:16:24 GMTUganda: UAE Slaps Visa Ban On Ugandans
[Nile Post] Authorities in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) have announced a visa ban slapped on Ugandans and 20 other nationalities seeking to visit Dubai with immediate effect.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:56:17 GMTNigeria: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe Recorded 5,623 Sexual Violence in Four Years - Report
[Daily Trust] A report by the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has said that no fewer than 5,623 cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) were recorded in Nigeria's Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, in the past four years. ...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:55:31 GMTSomalia: Govt Forces End Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege
[VOA] Kismayo, Washington -- Somali security forces say they have ended a seven-hourlong siege on a popular hotel in the coastal town of Kismayo.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:51:35 GMTSudan: At Least 198 Dead in Clashes in Blue Nile State
[Dabanga] Wad El Mahi / ED Damazin / El Roseires -- The death toll rose to at least 198, with more than 90 injured as a result of the Wad El Mahi inter-communal clashes in Blue Nile state. The regional government declared a state of emergency, preven...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:47:10 GMTSouth Africa: Corruption - Ramaphosa Offers Some Existing and Some New(ish) Solutions
[Daily Maverick] President Cyril Ramaphosa said his administration's implementation plan on the State Capture commission recommendation was an 'ethical, moral and institutional departure' from the days of State Capture. While some steps outlined are ...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 04:33:09 GMTNigeria: Nigeria's 2023 Budget Is a Plan of Despair and Won't Change the Tempo of the Economy
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's 2023 budget, recently presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, has generated a furore.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:17:07 GMTNigeria: Navy Provides Humanitarian Services to Flood Victims in Rivers, Bayelsa
[Vanguard] The Nigerian Navy says it is providing security and ferrying stranded commutters across the flooded East-West Road linking Port Harcourt, Rivers and Yenagoa in Bayelsa.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:06:51 GMTSudan: UN Urges Restraint One Year After Sudan Coup
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum and all major cities across the country on Friday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of the 1964 'October Revolution' that overthrew the junta of Maj Gen Ibrahim Abboud to u...
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:13:54 GMTNigeria: 542 Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From UAE
[Daily Trust] No fewer than 542 stranded Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been evacuated by the Federal Government.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 13:32:47 GMTSomalia: Bomb Blast Reported At a Hotel in Kismayo
[Shabelle] A car bomb exploded at the gates of a hotel in Kismayo city, the seat of Jubaland state on Sunday noon.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:21:42 GMTSouth Africa: President Ramaphosa Submits Response to the State Capture Report to Parliament
[Govt of SA] On 22 October 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa advised the Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Nosiviwe Maphisa-Nqakula that he would be submitting to Parliament his response to the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry int...
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:11:18 GMTZimbabwe: New Regulations for Mining Companies
[The Exchange] Zimbabwe has the world's third-largest reserves of platinum after Russia and South Africa.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:54:41 GMTSouth Africa: Four People Allied to King Misuzulu Killed Ahead of His Coronation
[Scrolla] Four people - including a prominent induna of the Osuthu Traditional Council under King Misuzulu KaZwelithini - were gunned down on Saturday.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 19:47:54 GMTUganda: Ebola in Uganda - Why Women Must Be Central to the Response
[The Conversation Africa] "No time for that" was the constant refrain heard by gender and women's health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal with the crisis.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:25:18 GMTKenya: Journalist Wins Prize for Report On GMO Cotton
[RFI] Kenya-based correspondent Victor Moturi has been named among the prize winners at the Open Forum on Agriculture Technology 2022 Awards for his radio report aired on RFI's Africa Calling podcast.
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:20:38 GMTNigeria: Aisha Buhari Speaks On Future After Husband's Presidency
[Premium Times] "People were expecting so much from us. And maybe after seven years, we haven't performed to their expectation. Only God knows what is in somebody's mind."
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:59:59 GMTAfrica: Policy-Makers Must Change Direction Fast in the Post-Pandemic Era
[The Conversation Africa] After navigating the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians now find themselves facing still more challenges that impact their daily lives on almost every front.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:56:40 GMTNigeria: Nigeria Floods - Govt's Mismanagement of Dams Is a Major Cause
[The Conversation Africa] There has been severe flooding in Nigeria - the worst in a decade. Earlier this month, Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency warned of catastrophic flooding for states located along the courses of the Niger and Benu...
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:20:45 GMTNigeria: Atiku Eager to Serve Nigerians - PDP Chieftain
[Vanguard] A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta, Chief Fred Majemite, on Sunday threw his support behind the Presidential Candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:20:21 GMTUganda: Uganda's Hipipo Ranked Among World's Top 20 Companies Escalating Innovation
[Observer] The Global Business Leaders Magazine has named Uganda's HiPipo among this year's world's Top 20 companies escalating innovation in the digital financial services market.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:07:54 GMTZimbabwe: Madam Boss Recovering in Hospital After Car Accident
[New Zimbabwe] COMEDIENNE Tyra Chikocho, popularly known as Madam Boss, was Saturday involved in a near fatal car accident on her way to Kadoma for the Makhadzi and Jah Prayzah music concert.
Sun, 23 Oct 2022 15:04:40 GMTZimbabwe: Freeman Involved in Road Accident
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMDANCEHALL chanter Freeman is counting loss after his Toyota Fortuner crashed into a tree in Masvingo Friday night after the vehicle was stolen by his cousin's friend.