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Zimbabwe gets first batch of Sinopharm jabs from China.
Zimbabwe on Monday received its first batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses from China as the country, already struggling with a deepening economic crisis and scant health resources, geared up to begin inoculations.
Wrapped in white…
Uganda Rugby Sevens intensify Olympic preps.
Uganda’s Rugby Sevens team opened the year with drills at 5,900 ft (1,800m) in the Mount Elgon ranges in Kapchorwa, east of the capital Kampala.
Training at high altitudes gives athletes an edge with increased lung capacity, increased…
Zanzibar’s first Vice President dies amid COVID treatment.
Zanzibar’s first Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, who had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in hospital, had died, the government announced Wednesday.
Husein Mwinyi, the president of the semi-autonomous island region of…
‘French allowed Rwanda genocide perpetrators to flee’- Report.
More revealing details have emerged on the 1994 Rwanda genocide linking France to the role it played by allowing main perpetrators to escape, according to Anadolu news agency.
The agency revealed that a shred of new documentary evidence…
Mozambique’s health system is under triple threat.
Mozambique’s health system is facing a triple threat from the coronavirus pandemic, cyclone Eloise and a large-scale outbreak in violence attributed to extremist Islamic groups in Cabo Delgado province.
Almost 700 health professionals…
Angolan cartoonist Sérgio Piçarra wins EU human rights prize.
The Angolan cartoonist Sérgio Piçarra was awarded the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law for his commitment to the promotion of freedom of expression in Angola.
It is the first time an Angolan has won the prize.
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Somalia vote under threat as leaders in deadlock.
Somalia’s deadline to pick a new president is on Monday but that’s now unlikely after negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed over the weekend.
Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, who is seeking…
UN calls for end of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia.
UN calls for end of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Somalia.
Somalia has one of the highest rates of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the world. According to the latest Somalia Health and Demographic Survey, 99 percent of women…
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi becomes AU chairman.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has now taken over the helm of the African Union (AU) to serve as the chairman for 1-year.
He replies his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, following the AU’s 34th…
President Magufuli warns Tanzanians against Covid-19 vaccines.
Tanzanian’s President John Magufuli has warned the country’s health ministry against rushing into embracing the Covid 19 vaccines promoted by foreign companies and countries.
Magufuli cast doubt on the global urge to develop Covid 19…
