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Serena Williams withdraws from French Open 2020

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– – Three-time champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open because of an Achilles injury. The 39-year-old had been scheduled to play her second-round match against Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova on Wednesday. The American has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and was aiming to equal Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24. “I think I need four to six… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Sierra Leone’s ex-president banned from leaving country

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Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma is among several past government officials banned from leaving the country. He and other officials who served in his government are facing allegations of corruption and are under investigations. Koroma’s party has already dismissed the corruption allegations. The government has now ordered Mr. Koroma and more than 100 people indicted to pay back… Read More
Africa Mali West Africa World 

Lifting sanctions on Mali may take longer than expected

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– – On Sunday Mali’s transitional government leader, retired Col. Major Ba N’Daou named a new civilian prime minister. N’Daou appointed former foreign affairs minister of the country Moctar Ouane to the new role. Ecowas had said that it will not lift sanctions imposed on Mali although the country had an interim president. It however indicated that sanctions could be lifted… Read More
Africa World 

Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah dies aged 91

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– – Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, has died at the age of 91, state media report. His 83-year-old half-brother, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed, has been named by the cabinet as his successor. In July, Sheikh Sabah was flown to the United States for medical treatment following surgery for an unspecified condition in Kuwait that month. He had… Read More
Africa East Africa Featured World 

Uganda to undertake human trials of Covid-19 vaccine

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– – Uganda’s government has said that human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine will start in November this year. Ministry of health officials are reported by local media as saying that a vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has already been developed. The vaccine was developed under a partnership between Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and Imperial College in the UK.… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Secessionist group burns buses, state transport terminal

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– – Some persons suspected to be members of Ghana’s secessionist group called the Western Togoland study group foundation have burnt down a state transport terminal and some vehicles in the Volta Region of Ghana. The assailants who fired gun shots also attacked some drivers who were spending the night in the bus terminal. Several drivers are traumatized after the… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Togo gets first ever female Prime Minister

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– – Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé on Monday appointed the country’s first ever female prime minister. Victoire Tomegah Dogbé now succeeds Komi Sélom Klassou who had led the government since 2015. The 60-year-old politician prior to this latest appointment served as a senior official at the president’s office. Her role was as the director of the cabinet of the President… Read More
Africa Business West Africa World 

West Africa’s new single currency delayed for five years

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– – West African nations planning to adopt a single currency called the “ECO” effective this year say that won’t happen until after at least five years. In June last year, the regional bloc Ecowas made the headlines after announcing that beginning in January 2020, countries within the group will use a single currency called ECO. That decision was taken… Read More
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Anti-foreigner sentiment re-emerges in South Africa

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– – Xenophobic sentiments against foreigners in South Africa have emerged once again among locals. The hashtag #NigeriansMustGo has been trending on social media in South Africa as locals revive anti-foreigner agitations. Last week a protest was held outside the Nigerian High Commission in the capital, Pretoria, under the hashtag #PutSouthAfricansFirst. At the Nigeria Embassy to hand over the memorandum… Read More
Africa Featured Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia: Young people drop out of school due to Covid-19

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– – Some young people in some underprivileged communities in Zambia may not return to school this year, despite all education institutions having re-opened, because a number have either been married off or/and fallen pregnant during the months that the schools were closed. Others are just staying home, because their parents are more comfortable with them being away from school,… Read More
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