Senegal: No Regrets, Says Sall as Senegal Prepares to Vote
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March 20, 2024, 2:50 PM
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Senegalese President Macky Sall said, during an interview, that he has no regrets for his decision to postpone the country's presidential election.
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Senegal: Presidential Election - The Hidden Cards
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March 20, 2024, 10:36 AM
[allAfrica] Dakar -- The pre-election legal dispute has ended, but the political dispute has not.
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Ethiopia: Several Civilians Killed in Series of Attacks in Oromo Special Zone, Amhara Region
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March 20, 2024, 6:43 PM
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Several people have been killed, many others injured in the Oromo special zone of the Amhara region in what local residents described as a series of "coordinated attacks" perpetuated by the Fano militia and uniformed regional police forces.
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Mozambique: Jihadists From Abroad Pour Into Cabo Delgado
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March 20, 2024, 6:34 PM
[DW] After several months of relative calm, Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province has been thrown into turmoil as Islamist insurgents increase their international network in Africa.
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Cameroon: Cameroon's Opposition Says It Won't Stop Efforts to Oust Biya Despite Threats
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March 20, 2024, 4:31 PM
[VOA] Yaounde -- The Cameroon government has threatened to arrest members of two opposition parties, accusing them of seeking to create coalitions and alliances for a transitional government to oust 90-year-old President Paul Biya, who has been in power for more than four decades.
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Sudan: Sudan Oil Fields Crippled By 'Large-Scale Sabotage'
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March 20, 2024, 4:11 PM
[Dabanga] West Kordofan -- Engineers in the oil fields of West Kordofan have confirmed "large-scale sabotage operations" in the Dafra field, near the Heglig oil field, situated on the border between Sudan and South Sudan two weeks ago.
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North Africa: EU-Sponsored Abuses in Central Mediterranean Must End - MSF
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March 20, 2024, 12:13 PM
[MSF] Over the weekend of 16-17 March, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team on board the rescue vessel Geo Barents witnessed two violent incidents involving the European Union (EU) funded Libyan Coast Guard that deliberately endangered the lives of hundreds of people seeking safety.
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Ghana: Presidency Stops Parliament From Transmitting Anti LGBTQ+ Bill
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March 20, 2024, 11:40 AM
[Ghanaian Times] The Office of the President has told Parliament to desist from transmitting the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Families Values Bill, 2021 to the President for his assent.
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Africa: African Diaspora Network (ADN) Announces Pivotal Partnership with Prosper Africa to Strengthen Economic Ties Between Africa and the USA
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March 18, 2024, 11:52 AM
[African Diaspora Network] SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 -- Prosper Africa and ADN collaboration will debut at the upcoming African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24)
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Africa: 10 Things You Should Know About the Deadliest Migration Route in the World
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March 20, 2024, 10:57 AM
[Norwegian Refugee Council] The central Mediterranean route (the route from Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia to Italy and Malta) has long been the deadliest migration route in the world. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) nearly 2,500 people died or went missing as they attempted to cross the stretch in 2023.
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South Africa: Parliament Grapples with Speaker's Absence Amid Corruption Allegations
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March 20, 2024, 10:36 AM
[allAfrica] Despite National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's absence from Parliament due to her Johannesburg home being raided following allegations of accepting bribes during her time as the minister of defence, parliamentary proceedings continued as usual, reports News24.
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Zimbabwe: Gold Mafia Boss Rushwaya Busted for $1.5M Fraud, Name Drops 'Uncle' Mnangagwa
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March 20, 2024, 7:57 AM
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe Mining Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya has been arrested after allegedly duping Indian investors US$1 million in a botched mining transaction.
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South Africa: Civil Servants to Receive Salary Hike - South African News Briefs - March 20, 2024
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March 20, 2024, 5:36 AM
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Namibia: Govt Investigates Mass Cattle Deaths in Zambezi
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March 20, 2024, 6:33 PM
[Namibian] The Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has investigated the mass death of cattle in the Zambezi region.
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Sudan: OCHA Warns Security Council Sudan Will Soon Be the World's Worst Hunger Crisis
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March 20, 2024, 6:30 PM
[OCHA] Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on behalf of the Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
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Nigeria: Nigerian Army Blames Absence of CCTV for Kuje Correctional Centre Break
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March 20, 2024, 6:29 PM
[Premium Times] "We observed the facility has low fence and has no CCTV cameras installed in the place before the incident."
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Sudan: Draft Proposal to End Sudan War Proposed By Tagaddum Chair Abdalla Hamdok
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March 20, 2024, 4:15 PM
[Dabanga] London -- The London-based Arab magazine Al Majalla yesterday posted "a document circulating in Sudanese political circles" entitled A Proposal for a Political Solution to End the War and Establish the Sudanese State, which is an initiative of former Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok, chair of the newly established Civil Democratic Forces (Tagaddum).
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Nigeria: Late Night Fire Razes 40 Shops in Kano
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March 20, 2024, 12:18 PM
[Leadership] No fewer than 40 shops worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a late night fire outbreak on Tuesday in Kumbotso local government area of Kano State.
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Nigeria: Military Combs Terrorists' Hideouts in Niger, Destroys Logistics Base
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March 20, 2024, 11:51 AM
[Daily Trust] Troops of the Nigerian military attached to Operation WHIRL PUNCH have raided a hideout in Palele near the Shiroro community in Niger State where terrorists and their logistics suppliers are hibernating.
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Ghana: Gunmen Kill Son of Professor Who Ran for President
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March 20, 2024, 11:47 AM
[Ghanaian Times] One person has been arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Dr Christopher Adu Boahen, son of renowned historian and former presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), ProfessorAlbert Adu Boahen, at his East Legon residence, in Accra, on Monday.
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Ghana: Ghana Sees Surge in Visa Applications
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March 20, 2024, 11:42 AM
[Ghanaian Times] The number of visa applications processed in 2023 from Ghana has nearly doubled from 2022, Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head - Sub Saharan Africa, VFS Global, has said.
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Egypt: In Sisi's Egypt 'Laws Aimed At Curbing Disinformation Are Instruments of Political Repression'
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March 20, 2024, 10:56 AM
[African Arguments] Two global disinformation experts discuss how the criminalisation of 'fake news' became an excuse for a clampdown on journalists and popular online commentators.
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Zimbabwe: Top Prosecutor Appointed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Boss
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March 20, 2024, 7:57 AM
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed prosecutor Michael Reza chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) with immediate effect.
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Mozambique: War and Rain Continue to Disrupt Cabo Delgado
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March 20, 2024, 7:23 PM
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In Chiure district, registration is only taking place within the municipality. No administrative post has an operational registration team. Officially, shortage of transport is cited as the reason, but the main motive is the lack of security and the fact that roads are impassable.
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Mozambique: High Turnout in Many Rural Zones
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March 20, 2024, 7:20 PM
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Inhambane turnout is mixed, with high turnout in Funhalouro district. In the Natal Ngovene Primary School, in Mabote district, there were enormous queues on the second day, and the registration of all the voters could not be finished by 17:30.
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Mozambique: Priority to Frelimo Members in Sofala
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March 20, 2024, 7:18 PM
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] In Inharongue and Danga EPCs, Buzi, Sofala, registration brigade members have allegedly been instructed to attend first to Frelimo members who come with the saguta (village heads) and party branch secretaries. This was denounced by the MDM District Political Delegate in Búzi, Fernando Gaissa. He also alleged that there is an attempt to block accreditation to MDM monitors, always on the grounds that the documents are not visible. So far, the MDM has be...
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Mozambique: CIP Observer Credentials Blocked
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March 20, 2024, 7:17 PM
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] CIP is being denied press credentials in Maputo City, Maputo province, Gaza, Nampula and Tete, despite applications have been made two to three weeks ago. In Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Sofala and Inhambane applications were made less than two weeks ago and credentials were distributed yesterday (Monday18 March).
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Somalia: Somali PM Receives UNHCR Representative in Mogadishu
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March 20, 2024, 6:50 PM
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The prime minister of Somalia Hamza Abdi Barre on Wednesday received Mr. Charles Mballa, the UNHCR Representative, at his office in the presidential palace in Mogadishu.
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Uganda: No Regret Snubbing NUP Caucus Meeting, Says Kivumbi
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March 20, 2024, 6:42 PM
[Nile Post] Butambala County legislator Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi says he does not regret snubbing Tuesday's National Unity Platform (NUP) parliamentary caucus meeting at the party headquarters in Makerere-Kavule.
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Nigeria: Delta, Bayelsa Killings - CDD Urges FG to Address Deteriorating Civil-Military Relations
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March 20, 2024, 6:40 PM
[Vanguard] Following the tragic attacks in Delta and Bayelsa States, resulting in the loss of 16 soldiers and the tragic deaths of 40 civilians, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has called on the authorities to promptly address the deteriorating civil-military relations in various parts of the country.
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Uganda: Police Reshuffle Senior Officers
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March 20, 2024, 6:39 PM
[Nile Post] A number of senior officers have been transferred in the latest changes in the command of the Uganda Police Force, Nile Post can reveal.
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