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Malware attacks in Africa surge, reach 85 million in just 6 months

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– – Kaspersky research highlights that malware is rife across Africa with various countries exhibiting strong growth in all malware types in the first half of 2021, when compared to the same period last year. This is a 5% increase in the region, as cybercriminals and hackers continue to focus on African countries considering digital transformation advancements and the increase… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Anglican Church probes priest for kissing female students

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– – The Anglican Church of Ghana has condemned an incident in which a priest allegedly kissed some female students. It follows a viral video in which Father Obeng Larbi was captured kissing three students of the St. Monica’s College of Education in the Ashanti region. The video shows the priest on stage inviting the three students for a mouth-to-mouth kiss, one… Read More
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Ivory Coast begins vaccination against Ebola

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– – Ivory Coast has begun an Ebola vaccination programme following the confirmation of its first case since 1994. The country’s health ministry said the family of the infected teenager and health workers involved were the first to be given the jab. Health official Serge Ehole said that they planned to have vaccinated by Wednesday “all the 2,000 people that… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Al-shabab Islamist militants hail Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan

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– – Somali-based media outlets affiliated to the Islamist militant group al-Shabab have hailed the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan. The outlets cheered the collapse of Western-backed government in Afghanistan and the Taliban’s seizure of the country. Pro-Shabab websites Calamada and Somali Memo said in their headlines “God is great: the city of Kabul falls to the forces of the Islamic Emirate.”… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential election

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– – Zambia’s electoral commission has declared opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema winner of last week’s presidential election. Mr Hichilema defeated his main rival, the outgoing President Edgar Lungu, by more than a million votes. In its final tally, the electoral commission said Mr Hichilema had won 2,810,777 votes to Mr Lungu’s 1,814,201 out of over seven million registered voters. “I… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia: Lungu trails rival Hichilema, questions fairness of vote

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– – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has questioned the fairness of Thursday’s presidential and general elections as he trails his rival, Hakainde Hichilema. On Saturday, results from 62 of 156 constituencies had been released by the Zambian Electoral Commission. The tally from those early results showed that opposition leader, Hichilema obtained 1,024,212 votes so far while incumbent President Edgar Lungu… Read More
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Haiti struck by deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake

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A powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing at least 304 people and injuring more than 1,800. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit the west of the country on Saturday morning, toppling and damaging buildings including churches and hotels. The prime minister said there was “extensive damage” and declared a month-long state of emergency. Haiti is still recovering from… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia Election: Hichilema leads Lungu in partial results

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– – Zambia’s opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) has taken an early lead in Thursday’s presidential election. The first set of official results were released by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on Saturday morning with more results still expected later on Saturday. Results from 15 of Zambia’s 156 constituencies showed that Hakainde… Read More
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UN Human Rights Council criticizes Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill

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– – The United Nations Human Rights council has criticized Ghana’s attempt to introduce tougher laws against LGBTQ+ persons and their activities in the country. Ghana’s lawmakers have laid in parliament a new draft bill titled “The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021″. It is being sponsored by some individual lawmakers who are anti-LGBTQ+… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Vote counting underway in Zambia’s general elections

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– – Vote counting is underway in Zambia following the general elections in the southern African nation on Thursday. Millions of people voted in what is seen as a hotly contested general and presidential elections. Reports say several hundreds of people were in long queues to cast their ballot with some voters complaining about the slow pace of the process.… Read More
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