Around Africa

A WORLD court designed to investigate allegations of human rights violations has found itself in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. A new Trump executive order threatening the court’s operations has been condemned by…
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CALLING it a “dark and shameful week,” South African president Cyril Ramaphosa denounced the latest surge in violence against women, including the murder of a woman eight months pregnant. "Gender-based violence thrives in a climate of…
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THE African Group of Ambassadors in Beijing are calling for an immediate halt to what it described as forceful testing, quarantine among other inhumane treatments meted at African nationals who are resident in China. The group…
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THE South African government has announced a 21-day total lock-down of the country following the increasing number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in the former apartheid country. Cyril Ramaphosa,  South African President said the new…
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GHANA, Gabon and Kenya have all confirmed they have recorded first cases of coronavirus despite imposing travel restrictions  within the week. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Ghana's Health Minister said two people who had arrived from Norway and…
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OVER the past eight months, different African countries have shut down borders connecting them to their neighbouring countries majorly for security, trafficking, health and commercial reasons. On August 19, Nigeria abruptly shut down its…
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TRADE unions and advocates under the Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) have demanded that Nigerian companies should put an end to "buying stolen phosphate, fertiliser, and fishes from Morocco". These items,…
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WEST African leaders have pledged to contribute $1 billion to combat the increasing threat of Islamist militancy in the sub-region. Head of the regional ECOWAS bloc, Jean- Claude Kassi Brou disclosed this during the Extraordinary summit on…
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THE African Union (AU) has lifted its suspension of Sudan's membership in the bloc, putting an end to a three-month ban on the country. The suspension had been in place pending the installation of a civilian-led government after the…
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told his colleague, Patrice Talon from the Benin Republic that Nigeria can no longer allow smuggling of agricultural commodities such as rice into the country. He explained that the Nigeria-Benin…
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