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Heavy winds also fanned wildfires in the Glencairne area in Cape Town, where at least eight houses were gutted, according to a local representative. Storms and strong rainfalls battering the province Western Cape, which includes the country’s second-largest city have left at least one person dead.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Rwanda genocide: No fresh remark on France’s responsibility, why did the presidency backpedal?

April 8, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

“France could have stopped the genocide”, on April 7, French president Emmanuel Macron eventually did not say these words. They had been announced by his office days before the 30th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. What happened in just a few days?Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Zimbabwe: I have no intention to run for a third term – President Mnangagwa

April 8, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

“I am very happy that Zimbabweans are very imaginative,” the octogenarian said. Much attention has been drawn to a slogan heard at Zanu PF rallies in recent months ‘2030 vaMnangagwa vanenge vachipo’ (which can be understood as ‘2030 Mnangagwa will still be president’).Sourced from Africanews Read More

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With the Anti-Homosexuality Act upheld, will Uganda loose more donor funding?

April 8, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Activist Frank Mugisha said the Constitutional Court ruling to uphold the controversial anti-homosexuality bill was “wrong and deplorable.” “This ruling should result in further restrictions to donor funding for Uganda — no donor should be funding anti-LGBTQ+ hate and human rights violations,” he saSourced from Africanews Read More

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Nigeria: Ten years after Chibok girls’ abduction, a film remembers them

April 5, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

This year, to mark the 10th anniversary of a largely forgotten tragedy, members of Borno state’s Chibok community gathered Thursday (Apr. 4) in Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos to attend the screening of “Statues Also Breathe,” a collaborative film project.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Cameroon soccer federation “astonished” to learn sports ministry has hired national team coach

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews, Cameroon soccer federation

Cameroon’s football federation expressed its “great astonishment” after learning that the sports ministry had hired Marc Brys as the new coach of the country’s national team. The Belgian succeeds Rigobert Song, whose contract expired after the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year and was not renewed. Football star Samuel Eto’o heads the national football federation. “The Cameroonian Football Federation… Read More

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Lone survivor of South Africa bus crash will be discharged from hospital

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews, Atlang Siako

The 8-year-old lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend will be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday (Apr. 03), health officials said. Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus was traveling on March 28 on its way to an annual… Read More

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Israel PM vows to shut down Al Jazeera

April 2, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Israel has long accusing Al Jazeera of bias against Israel. Relations took a major downturn nearly two years ago when Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank and when Israeli forces attacked mourners at the journalist’s burial.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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Egypt’s president is sworn in for a third 6-year term

April 2, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt was sworn in for a third six-year term on Tuesday after being re-elected in a December vote in which he faced no serious challengers.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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DR Congo names first female prime minister amid escalating violence

April 2, 2024 Village ReporterAfricaglobalvillage, africanews

Judith Suminwa Tuluka, a former planning minister, assumes her new role at a critical juncture for the nation, particularly in the strife-torn eastern region.Sourced from Africanews Read More

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SA: Extreme winds and rainfall wreak havoc across coastal province, killing at least 1

Rwanda genocide: No fresh remark on France’s responsibility, why did the presidency backpedal?

Zimbabwe: I have no intention to run for a third term – President Mnangagwa

With the Anti-Homosexuality Act upheld, will Uganda loose more donor funding?

Nigeria: Ten years after Chibok girls’ abduction, a film remembers them

Cameroon soccer federation “astonished” to learn sports ministry has hired national team coach

Lone survivor of South Africa bus crash will be discharged from hospital

Israel PM vows to shut down Al Jazeera

Egypt’s president is sworn in for a third 6-year term

DR Congo names first female prime minister amid escalating violence