South Africa: Johannesburg Residents Face Health Risks as Water Shortages Continue
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March 12, 2024, 1:11 PM
[allAfrica] As the water shortage in certain parts of Johannesburg worsens, frustrated residents are increasingly exposed to health risks.
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Nigeria: Gunmen Invade University Teaching Hospital, Abduct Director, One Other
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March 12, 2024, 4:16 PM
[Premium Times] Gunmen, on Tuesday, attacked the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla in Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east.
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Africa: Region Not Producing Enough Palm Oil to Meet Demand - Official
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March 12, 2024, 4:10 PM
[Daily Trust] ECOWAS Commission's Director of Customs, Union and Taxation, Salifou Tiemtore, has lamented that West African countries are not producing enough palm oil to meet members' needs.
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Mali: As Army Operations Ramp Up in Mali, Rebel Groups Impose 'Suffocating' Blockades
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March 13, 2024, 1:30 AM
[The New Humanitarian] Bamako/Gao -- 'The blockades are linked to the conflict: They grow as the conflict grows.'
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Kenya: Will Kenya Send Troops Now That Haiti PM Has Resigned?
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March 12, 2024, 11:42 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned amid deadly gang violence in the country even as Kenya plans to send police officers there.
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Africa: Majority of Air Pollution Deaths in Asia, Africa
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March 12, 2024, 11:38 AM
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- More than a million people die every year due to short-term exposure to high levels of air pollution, researchers say, with Asia accounting for almost two thirds of all deaths.
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Uganda: Relief As Govt Makes U-Turn On Meat Ban in Kampala
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March 12, 2024, 11:33 AM
[Nile Post] The government has reversed the ban on sale of meat and movement of livestock within Kampala city following last month's foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak.
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Ethiopia: Over 100,000 Former Fighters Demobilized - Tigray Interim Admin
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March 12, 2024, 11:20 AM
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Tigray Interim Administration has announced the demobilization of over 100,000 ex-combatants, carried out in two distinct phases.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Massive Humanitarian Response Needed to Avoid Health Catastrophe in DRC
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March 12, 2024, 11:15 AM
[MSF] Two years of violent fighting between the M23 armed group and the Congolese army (FARDC) and its allies in North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intensified in late January. Fighting has now reached the border with South Kivu province, causing new mass displacement.
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South Africa: Inquiry Into Unauthorised Circulation of Party Lists #SAVotes2024
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March 12, 2024, 11:11 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Electoral Commission has instituted an inquiry to establish the circumstances of the unauthorised circulation of party candidate lists and the person or persons responsible.
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Liberia: Rights Group Calls for the Dissolution of Special Anti-Graft Team
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March 12, 2024, 10:37 AM
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Center for Transparency and Accountability in Liberia (CENTAL), has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to dissolve the constituted Asset Recovery Task Force and direct its funds to support the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission.
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Liberia: Victims Tell French Appeal Trial of Cannibalism, Rape and Torture By Ulimo
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March 12, 2024, 10:16 AM
[FrontPageAfrica] Paris, France -- The first Liberian victims, who are part of the case against convicted war criminal Kunti Kamara, testified today in Kamara's appeal of his 2022 conviction. Last week the witnesses were made up of experts, journalists and investigators, designed to give the jury - made up of three judges and nine French civilians - context they need to understand the chaos of Lofa County during the war in 1993.
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Tanzania: Nine Involved in President Suluhu Hassan's Latest Reshuffle
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March 12, 2024, 10:12 AM
[Daily News] President Samia Suluhu Hassan has made other minor changes in her government which have seen Anamringi Macha becoming the new Shinyanga Regional Commissioner.
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Nigeria: State Fails to Stem Kidnapping for Ransom Crisis in Nigeria
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March 12, 2024, 9:50 AM
[IPS] Abuja -- Lilian Eze still shivers when she recalls the frequent attacks by kidnappers in the Kaduna community she once lived in, in north-central Nigeria. In February 2022, she fled with her children to Abuja, the nation's capital, to ensure their safety.
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Cryptocurrency Crackdown Will Have Consequences, Experts Say
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March 12, 2024, 3:09 PM
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Economic analysts and crypto enthusiasts are raising concerns following Nigeria's ban on end-to-end transactions -- a type of payment processing -- involving its currency, the naira, on the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance.
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Sudan: Strikes Shutdown Sudan Ports
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March 12, 2024, 3:03 PM
[Dabanga] Port Sudan / Suakin -- Sea Ports Corporation (SPC) workers have reported a successful strike in Port Sudan, Red Sea state, with participation exceeding 90 per cent, protesting government decisions.
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Kenya: KQ, SAA Delay Pan-African Airline Formation for Recapitalisation
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March 13, 2024, 1:22 AM
[Business Day Africa] The establishment of a Pan-African Airline, scheduled to take shape this year, has been delayed as the two carriers intended to form the alliance are seeking to recapitalise.
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Sudan: Civilians Kill Four RSF Soldiers After Raid On Their Village in West Kordofan
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March 12, 2024, 4:23 PM
[Dabanga] En Nuhoud -- Five people were shot dead in a raid by paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on El Doudiya village in En Nuhoud in northern West Kordofan last week. In a revenge attack by the villagers, four RSF soldiers were killed.
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Mozambique: ICRC Calls On Respect for Civilians, Ramps Up Support to Mozambique Red Cross Response to a New Wave of Displacements in Cabo Delgado
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March 12, 2024, 4:21 PM
[ICRC] Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases for displaced families and host communities, who share crowded accommodations with poor sanitation.
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Somalia: Unauthorised Boarding of Vessel Reported Off Somalia
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March 12, 2024, 4:03 PM
[Tunis Afrique Presse] A British monitoring agency and maritime security firm Ambrey said on Tuesday that they had received reports that a vessel had been boarded off Somalia by multiple people who were now in control of it.
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Nigeria: Mass Kidnappings Widespread - a Criminal and Political Phenomenon Rather Than 'Religious'
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March 12, 2024, 3:58 PM
[Agenzia Fides] Abuja -- The Safe Schools Initiative, a Nigerian organization founded after the kidnapping of 276 students from a secondary school in Chibok in 2014 (the fate of 100 of them is still unknown) and is committed to protecting schools from terrorist attacks, announces the mass kidnappings of students in 14 states in Nigeria.
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Kenya: EACC Obtains Freeze Order for 106 Properties in Probe On Thika Land Registrar
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March 12, 2024, 12:12 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has granted a request by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to freeze the assets of former Thika Land Registrar Felix Mecha Nyakundi under a graft probe.
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Namibia: Little Done to Protect Fisheries Jobs Post-Fishrot - Opposition, Commentators
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March 12, 2024, 11:35 AM
[Namibian] Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) deputy leader Kalimbo Iipumbu says very little has been done to safeguard jobs in the fishing sector since the Fishrot corruption scandal left many fishermen unemployed and struggling to make ends meet.
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East Africa: At Least 3 Dead in Lake Victoria Boat Accident
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March 12, 2024, 11:32 AM
[Nile Post] At least three people have been confirmed dead as as many missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized on Lake Victoria in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, sources say.
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South Africa: Waste Pickers Create Their Own Recycling Centre
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March 12, 2024, 11:13 AM
[GroundUp] Talks to integrate informal waste reclaimers with the City of Johannesburg's waste management have gone nowhere for three years
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South Africa: Over 27.79 Million Voters Eligible to Cast Their Votes in 2024 Elections
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March 12, 2024, 11:10 AM
[SAnews.gov.za] The Independent Electoral Commission says over 27.79 million voters - the highest since the dawn of democracy in South Africa, are eligible to cast their votes in the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.
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Uganda: Bobi Wine's Fight for Democracy in Uganda Continues On the Big Screen
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March 12, 2024, 10:39 AM
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Somalia: Somali Govt Forces Vacate Grounds Recovered From Al-Shabaab
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March 12, 2024, 10:08 AM
[Shabelle] Ba'adweyn -- The Somali government forces vacated three military bases in the central region of Mudug, a shocking move that may jeopardize years of security gains.
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South Africa: Siblings Accused of AKA, Tibz Murders To Appear in Court - South African News Briefs - March 12, 2024
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March 12, 2024, 5:22 AM
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Sudan: SAF-RSF War of Words As Sudan POW Transfer 'Called Off'
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March 12, 2024, 3:03 PM
[Dabanga] Sudan -- In a war of words as fierce as the fighting on the ground, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have issued contradictory statements regarding a proposed transfer of hundreds of prisoners of war. The transfer, to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was purportedly to be facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), however, the organisation has declined to confirm or deny the reports, saying: "Our dialogue with the pa...
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