South Africa: Heavy Rains and Winds Batter KwaZulu-Natal South Coast - South African News Briefs - April 15, 2024
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April 15, 2024, 6:25 AM
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Rwanda: Rwanda Urges More Global Collaboration To Prosecute Genocide Suspects
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April 15, 2024, 4:06 PM
[New Times] John Bosco Siboyintore, Head of Rwanda's Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit at the National Public Prosecution Authority (GFTU), has revealed the hurdles encountered in prosecuting genocide suspects scattered across the globe and called for enhanced international cooperation to bring them to justice.
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South Africa: Widely Used HIV Drug in SA Flagged for Reports of Resistance - but Experts Say Don't Panic
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April 15, 2024, 12:33 PM
[spotlight] That HIV can develop resistance to the drugs used to treat it is nothing new, but results from recent studies reveal the emergence of resistance in subsets of people living with HIV to dolutegravir - an antiretroviral widely used in South Africa. Top HIV experts spoke to Elri Voigt about the new findings and what it means for people living with HIV in the country.
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Kenya: Kenya Power Cuts Electricity Costs By 13.7pc for Domestic Users
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April 15, 2024, 12:31 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyans will now enjoy cheaper electricity bills after Kenya Power announced a 13.7 percent power cost cut starting this month.
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Tanzania: Devastating Floods, Landslides Kill Dozens
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April 15, 2024, 11:55 AM
[Daily News] THE persistent heavy rain in the country has led to widespread havocs, with more than 30 houses and a school demolished, cornfields destroyed, and livestock missing in Mbeya.
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Liberia: Senate's War Crimes Court Endorsement Gains U.S. Support
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April 15, 2024, 11:32 AM
[Liberian Observer] A wave of cautious optimism is washing over Liberia as its Legislature overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to establish a War and Economic Crimes Court. This long-awaited decision, a crucial step towards addressing the deep scars left by the country's brutal civil wars, has received strong backing from the United States.
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Nigeria: Chibok and Nigeria's Unremitting Plague of Kidnappings
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April 15, 2024, 6:57 AM
[Premium Times] The failure to deal effectively with the fallout of Chibok has arguably opened the floodgates.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Gold-Backed Currency Surges Amid Market Skepticism
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April 15, 2024, 5:02 AM
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's newly launched gold-backed currency, known as the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), has hit the ground running, gaining 1.1 percent against the U.S. dollar in its first week of trading.
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Africa: Harnessing Diaspora Engagement for Africa's Future: Insights from the 2024 African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24)
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April 8, 2024, 12:36 PM
[African Diaspora Network] African Diaspora Network (ADN) convenes the 9th annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24) in Silicon Valley. President Biden's Africa Diaspora Advisory Council proclaims partnerships and resource mobilization to bolster climate resilience in Africa. USAID formalizes diaspora engagement to drive economic growth, as Prosper Africa partners with ADN to target investments in African innovation. Nigeria Philanthropy Office (NPO) hosts a private networking eve...
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Kenya: Kenya's Cost of Living to Drop Further On Lower Food, Fuel Prices
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April 15, 2024, 4:48 AM
[Business Day Africa] Kenya is poised for a sustained decline in inflation, propelled by a consecutive four-month downturn in fuel and food prices alongside a robust shilling, offering respite to consumers grappling with a soaring cost of living.
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Rwanda: UN Urged to Prevent Hatred Against Congolese Tutsi
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April 15, 2024, 4:08 PM
[New Times] As the Diaspora of the Midwest of America gathered to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Col Raoul Bazatoha, the Defense Attaché in Rwanda's embassy in Washington DC, urged the international community to prevent increasing hate speech against the Tutsi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Nigeria: Prices of Garri, Akpu, Others Push Food Inflation to 40 Percent
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April 15, 2024, 3:58 PM
[Daily Trust] Nigeria's headline inflation rose to 33.20 percent, data from the National Bureau of Statistics has shown.
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Ghana: Two Dead, Three Injured in Navy, Kplejoo Group Clashes in Tema Newtown
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April 15, 2024, 3:56 PM
[Ghanaian Times] Two men were reported dead and three injured when some Kplejoo groups clashed with the Navy at Tema Newtown during the final procession of the Kplejoo festival.
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Nigeria: Nigerian Military Speaks On Alleged Shooting of Civilians
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April 15, 2024, 3:49 PM
[Premium Times] The Coalition of Bokkos Ethnic Youth Nationalities alleged that soldiers shot civilians and compounded the vulnerability of residents of their locality
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Inflation Hits 33.20 Percent Amid High Food Prices
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April 15, 2024, 3:46 PM
[Premium Times] The food inflation rate in March 2024 quickened to 40.01 per cent on a year-on-year basis
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Mozambique: Pirates Release Ship Hijacked in Mozambique Channel
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April 15, 2024, 3:05 PM
[AIM] Maputo -- Somali pirates have released the Bangladeshi-flagged merchant vessel "Abdullah', hijacked over a month ago, long with its 23 member crew - but only after a ransom of five million US dollars was paid.
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Mozambique: Venancio Mondlane Barred From Running for Renamo Presidency
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April 15, 2024, 3:04 PM
[AIM] Maputo -- The National Council of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has effectively prevented Venancio Mondlane, the Renamo candidate for mayor of Maputo in last year's municipal elections, from running for the Renamo presidency at the party congress, scheduled for mid-May.
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Ethiopia: An Overview of Ethiopia's First Digital Education Strategy
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April 15, 2024, 7:28 PM
[Mastercard Foundation] Every month, stakeholders such as policymakers, EdTech entrepreneurs, teachers, and parents come together to discuss the intersection of education and technology at the EdTech Mondays Radio Show.
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Africa: Reptiles in South Africa Are Under Threat - but There's Good News Too
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April 15, 2024, 12:39 PM
[The Conversation Africa] Media reports about the biodiversity crisis and what researchers have argued qualifies as a mass extinction event tend to focus on the big ecological effects. Melting ice sheets, severe weather events, droughts, habitat loss and wildfires dominate headlines. So too do the plights of large iconic animals - orangutans, gorillas, polar bears, rhinos, elephants, pangolins.
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Gambia: Gambians Express Frustration As All Ferries Shuttling the Banjul-Barra Route Undergo Maintenance
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April 15, 2024, 12:29 PM
[Foroyaa] Passengers who used the Banjul - Barra ferry crossing on daily basis have over the weekend express their frustration as authorities at Gambia Ports Authority said they have suspended their ferry service in this seaway.
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Egypt: FM Phones U.S. State Secretary On Middle East Developments
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April 15, 2024, 11:58 AM
[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday 14/4/2024 made a phone contact with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement.
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Nigeria: Naira Surges Against Dollar, Hits 5-Month High
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April 15, 2024, 11:55 AM
[Leadership] The Naira experienced a significant rally against the US Dollar, breaking through critical resistance levels to trade below N1,000 in some segments of the black market as of late Sunday.
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Nigeria: Missing Anambra LP Guber Candidate's Wife Cries Out
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April 15, 2024, 11:50 AM
[Leadership] Mrs Eucharia Agbasimalo, wife of the abducted Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate during the 2021 Anambra State governorship election, Obiora Agbasimalo, has cried out for help.
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Kenya: An Elders Council to Call Shots After Raila Quits ODM Premiership
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April 15, 2024, 11:45 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is mulling far-reaching constitutional amendments that could whittle down the influence of the Party Leader.
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Liberia: Why Boakai Prevented Central Bank Governor From Traveling?
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April 15, 2024, 11:38 AM
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, Alloysius Tarlue, will not be attending this year's World Bank Spring Meeting, due to a request from President Joseph Boakai that he remain in Liberia to assist with the ongoing IMF-approved forensic audit of the Bank.
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Liberia: Fire Ravages Speaker Koffa's Home
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April 15, 2024, 11:34 AM
[Liberian Observer] The home of the Speaker of the 55th House of Representatives, Jonathan F. Koffa, was ravaged by a devastating fire incident late Sunday evening.
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Africa: The Tentacles of Iranian Interference
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April 12, 2024, 3:12 PM
[InfoWire] The war in Gaza and its aftermath of renewed tensions between Hezbollah and the Hebrew state are a reminder of the extent of Iranian interference in the region. But the mullahs' regime is now exerting a destabilising influence beyond its traditional sphere of influence. The risks to peace and global trade are real.
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Sudan: Sudan Media Forum - 'One Year of Devastation: Sudan in the Grip of War'
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April 15, 2024, 11:31 AM
[Dabanga] Sudan -- One year ago today, on April 15, 2023, a brutal conflict erupted in the heart of Sudan's capital, Khartoum. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdelfattah El Burhan, clashed with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, plunging the country into a deadly crisis.
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Sudan: Sudan Conference Opens in Paris to Try and Fix 'Forgotten' Crisis
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April 15, 2024, 11:29 AM
[RFI] Paris - Top diplomats from France, Germany and the European Union are set to push for more funding for Sudan on Monday at a meeting in Paris to mark the first anniversary of the war. NGOs and Sudanese civil society also hope that the meetings will hold Sudanese military leaders to account.
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Liberia: Information Minister Defends Assets Recovery Process
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April 15, 2024, 11:29 AM
[New Dawn] Information Minister Jerolinmek Matthew Piah has underscored the government's unwavering commitment to the asset's recovery process, dismissing suggestions that it resembles a witch hunt.
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Sudan: One Year of Conflict - Key Facts and Figures
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April 14, 2024, 9:21 PM
[OCHA] One year after war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, Sudan is facing one of the fastest unfolding crises globally, with unprecedented needs.
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Nigeria: Govt Must Halt Shell's Sale of Its Niger Delta Business Unless Human Rights Are Fully Protected
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April 15, 2024, 5:02 AM
[AI London] The proposed sale of Shell's onshore oil business in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria risks worsening human rights abuses and should be blocked by the government unless a series of safeguards are put in place, a group of 40 civil society organizations including Amnesty International said today.
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Rwanda: Over 2,000 Genocide Victims' Bodies Discovered in Huye to Get Decent Burial
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April 15, 2024, 4:09 PM
[New Times] Huye District will accord a decent burial to 2,073 bodies of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi victims that were discovered under a house and a field.
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