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37-year-old South African woman gives birth to 10 babies

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– – A South African woman has set a new record by giving birth to 10 babies at a go on Monday night in Pretoria. Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37 thus sets a new Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima Cissé, who gave birth to nine children in Morocco last month. Sithole gave birth to her decuplets, two more than… Read More
Africa Mali West Africa World 

Mali’s interim president Goita commits to credible transition

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– – On Monday Mali’s coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in as the transitional president – that’s an elevation from previous vice president role. Goita carried out a second coup last month leading to the resignation of the previous interim president and prime minister who were accused of working against the transitional road map. The new interim president… Read More
Africa Featured Football Sports West Africa World 

Ghana’s President wants Hudson-Odoi to play for Black Stars

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Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo has said he wants Chelsea footballer, Callum Hudson-Odoi to play for the Black Stars. Hudson-Odoi is a Ghanaian-born and has already played for England but still has the possibility of switching nationality to play for Ghana. On Monday, 7th June 2021, the Chelsea player who is on holidays in Ghana paid a courtesy call on President… Read More
Europe 

Rights experts decry ‘black hole’ for media freedoms in Belarus

Village Reporter
The five Special Rapporteurs expressed outrage at the arrest, alleged torture and forced confession of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich), who was arbitrarily detained on 23 May in a case that sparked international condemnation.  Mr Protasevich, 26, was on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania that was forcibly diverted to the Belarusian capital, Minsk, due to a supposed… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Uganda shuts down schools to contain COVID-19 spread

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– – Schools in Uganda have been shut down with public gatherings also suspended to contain a surge of infections in a second Covid-19 wave. Public transport between districts will be banned starting Thursday as well to allow students who are in schools to return home. Bars, cinemas and theatres have also been closed in latest directives from President Yoweri Museveni.… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Rival militant group says Boko Haram leader killed himself

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– – The leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has reportedly killed himself. The announcement was made by rival Islamist militants in an audio recording. In the audio obtained by news agencies, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) said Shekau died detonating explosives on himself after a battle between the two groups. Shekau was reported dead… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Popular Nigerian preacher TB Joshua is dead

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– – Popular Nigerian preacher and founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua has died a few days away from celebrating his 58th birthday. He died suddenly on Saturday evening after a church service in Lagos, with his church confirming the news of his death on Sunday morning. Prophet TB Joshua as he is popular… Read More
Africa Technology West Africa World 

Africa Week of Action for Child Online Protection launched

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– – The African Telecommunication Union (ATU) and Child Online Africa (COA) will host the first ever Africa Week of Action for Child Online Protection (AWA4COP) that will focus on rallying African countries to keep the momentum and continue creating awareness on Child Online Protection in order to safeguard the well-being, integrity, and safety of African children online. This week… Read More
Africa Mali West Africa World 

Malians hold rally in support of coup leader Assimi Goita

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– – Mali’s coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita is gradually attracting significant support from citizens despite international pressure to a switch to civilian rule. On Friday, several hundred supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement gathered at a central square in the capital Bamako to rally behind the military leader. It was also the commemoration of the launch of the mass… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

UN says over 2.73m people face food crisis in Somalia

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Drought and a rain deficit is pushing more than 2.73 million people in Somalia toward the crisis level of acute food insecurity, UN humanitarians said on Thursday. The annual Gu rains of early spring came late in some parts of the country and were mainly below average, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said. Subsiding in… Read More
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