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Over 5,000 internally displaced persons camp near Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria to vote in local government elections. Residents of the state are for the first time voting to elect officials for 27 local government councils in the state. Officers say the exercise is being undertaken under covid-19 protocol observations. “We are very much enlightened by NOA and other agencies… Read More

After more than six months without a local case of Covid-19, Mauritius recorded two new local cases. The popular tourism destination has been marketing itself as Covid-safe to attract tourists in Europe particularly. Mid-November a 29-year-old man was tested positive after being infected by his father, who returned from Australia via Dubai on October 24. The contact tracing exercise initiated… Read More

The United Nations said Friday it had flown 32 tons of emergency aid to Khartoum, Sudan to quickly assist the thousands of refugees fleeing fighting and violence in Ethiopia. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR said a second shipment is expected to arrive by plane from Dubai on Monday. More than 43,300 refugees have crossed the border to Sudan so far.… Read More

It’s been a month since Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was transferred to Germany for a specialized medical treatment. He has yet to return to the country. The 75-year old was transferred on Wednesday October 28th a day after the presidency announced his hospitalization without explaining the cause. Senior officials in Tebboune’s entourage in Algiers had developed symptoms for the novel… Read More

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier arrived in London late on Friday ahead of the resumption of face-to-face talks aimed at securing a free trade deal. Mr. Barnier warned earlier on Friday that “significant divergences” remain between the two sides, but his counterpart David Frost called on Brussels to respect UK sovereignty. In-person talks were paused last week… Read More

Since President Félix Tshisekedi took power in 2019 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, political mechanisms have been put in place to bring political stability to the country. Africanews Journalist Pascale Mahe Keingna speaks to François Muamba Tshishimbi, Special Advisor to President Félix Tshisekedi on the outcomes of a number of initiatives taken by the President thus far to ensure… Read More

New Wave Meets Nostalgia Nigerian Icon Fela Black-American recording artist, Kelly Rowland — one of the members of the legendary and award-winning R&B singing group Destiny’s Child, premiered a video on Tuesday for the song titled ‘Hitman’ from her latest EP project ‘K’ which samples the genius instrumentals of the song ‘Mr Follow Follow’ of the Nigerian Icon and internationally-acclaimed… Read More

The UAE Has Supposedly Halted Travel Visas In light of an as yet unconfirmed and unexplained alleged ban on foreign visitors by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reports are coming out of several travel agencies located in countries on the African continent and the Middle East who claim that the issuing of new visas to citizens on their soil has… Read More

It was late on the first Tuesday in November, and Captain Hussen Besheir, an Ethiopian federal soldier, was on duty at a guard post outside the military camp in Dansha. It was close to midnight when he saw headlights approaching. Ten armed members of the Tigrayan special forces got out of the vehicle and demanded to see the camp’s commander.… Read More

An Iranian scientist named by the West as the leader of the Islamic Republic’s disbanded military nuclear program was killed Friday in an ambush on the outskirts of Tehran, authorities said. Iran’s foreign minister alleged the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh bore “serious indications” of an Israeli role, but did not elaborate. Israel, long suspected of killing several Iranian nuclear scientists… Read More