Staying Afloat Amidst the Devastation Sudan continues in a state of emergency due to devastating floods from heavy rainfall in the last few months that put several parts of the nation under water. Abdellah Hussein, a resident of Khartoum, shared his dismay, “My house was destroyed, so were all of the other homes in our…
Boko Haram jihadists killed 10 civilians in attacks on three villages in restive northeast Nigeria, local security officials said Monday. Babakura Kolo, the leader of a government-backed anti-jihadist militia, said the insurgents had carried out the assaults on Sunday. Kolo said they raided the village of Kurmari, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from regional capital Maiduguri, late…
Sudan, in a state of emergency and declared a disaster zone last week due to intense floods that saw around 100 people lose their lives and 100,000 homes destroyed since July. All due to heavy rainfall, resulting in the Rile River rising by 17.5 metres in late August — the highest level in a century.…
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ANKARA Schools reopened in most parts of Namibia on Monday after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Standing operating procedures (SOPs) have been sent to the school as to what to do and how to work closely with the Health Ministry,” Namibian Sun local daily quoted Executive Director of the Education Ministry Sanet…
KAMPALA, Uganda To eliminate bogus and multiple registrations of voters, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Monday proposed to put in place a digital identification system in the next elections. While addressing a function in the capital Kampala where he handed over 1,000 motorcycles to ruling party sub-county chiefs, Museveni said arrangements are being made to…
GAROWE, Somalia Two Somali soldiers were killed and several others injured Monday in a suicide bomb attack targeting a military base in Somalia’s south, officials said. The attack took place in the village of Janay Abdalla — 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of the coastal city of Kismayo, the administrative capital of Jubaland — where…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The number of people who have contracted the novel coronavirus in Africa has reached 1.29 million, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. At least 31,283 people have died of the virus across the continent, while over a million patients have recovered, it said in its daily update.…
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SAnews.gov.za (Tshwane) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that while people are experiencing pandemic fatigue, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over. “WHO fully supports efforts to re-open economies and societies. We want to see children returning to school and people returning to the workplace – but we want to see it done safely. “At…