News in Africa
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Feb- 2021 -10 February
Mystery illness in Tanzania reportedly leaves patients vomiting blood with 15 people dead
A mystery illness that causes people to vomit blood has killed 15 people and hospitalized more than 50 others in Tanzania. The illness detected in the southern Mbeya region of…
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Jan- 2021 -27 January
South Africa Approves Controlled Use Of Ivermectin For COVID-19
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has announced that it will be facilitating a controlled, compassionate access programme for the use of the anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin. The drug…
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Dec- 2020 -16 December
Uganda wants YouTube to ban channels over riot
Uganda’s regulator of the communications sector has written to Google, which owns YouTube, a video sharing platform, asking it to close 14 channels allegedly linked to last month’s riots that…
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Nov- 2020 -30 November
Ghana holds presidential, parliamentary elections on 7 December
There is high expectations about the vote, especially as it is the first time a sitting president is being challenged by a former president. Voters will also elect 275 parliamentarians…
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22 November
Burkina Faso election takes place amid jihadist threat
Burkina Faso is holding an election in which some 400,000 would-be voters were unable to register because of a jihadist insurgency. Brutal attacks have forced more than than one million…
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17 November
South Africa, Malawi clash over fugitive evangelist
A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for Malawian evangelist, Shepherd Bushiri, and his wife, Mary, after they fled the country at the weekend. The couple is due…
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16 November
18-year-old Zimbabwean wins The Voice UK
Blessing Chitapa has been crowned as the winner of The Voice UK. The 18-year-old singer, who was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the UK aged seven, was named as…
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12 November
BREAKING: Jerry Rawlings, ex-Ghanaian president, dies from COVID-19
Former President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana has died from complications of COVID-19. TheCable gathered that the ex-president died at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, capital of Ghana, on Thursday morning.…
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Oct- 2020 -19 October
South African health minister tests positive for COVID-19
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement late on Sunday. “I am now in quarantine at home and…
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17 October
Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass 1.61 mln as death toll hits 39,403
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,613, 011 as of Friday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The…
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