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Africa commits to cut 32% of emissions by 2030

africanews– Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday confirmed his nation’s commitments to the Paris Agreement at the U.S.-led climate summit. Speaking virtually to the White House from Abuja, Buhari said since 2016, Nigeria had undertaken “major environmentally sound and

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Libya: UN backs ceasefire mechanism, urges foreign forces withdraw

africanews– Libyans are flooding the markets In the city of Benghazi on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. But Libyans may also have another reason to celebrate after the UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution that calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya. It also backed […]

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Benin awaits results of tense presidential election

africanews– Benin was up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the tense presidential election in a vote that has been marred by violence during campaigning. Incumbent President Patrice Talon is facing only two rivals: Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoué, who a largely unknown to the public. Other opponents are either exiled abroad or […]

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Niger set to swear-in Mohammed Bazoum as president

africanews– Mohamed Bazoum, the president-elect of Niger will officially be sworn-in Friday morning in Niamey. The swearing in ceremony will be held in a tense security context after a failed coup earlier this week. The swearing-in will be Niger’s first democratic transition of power since independence from France in 1960. Outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou

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Kenya imposes new lockdown – What are the restrictions?

africanews– Kenya has imposed a new lockdown to combat a surge in coronavirus infections. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced a ban on all inland travel in the capital Nairobi and out four other counties. Kenya’s Covid-19 positivity rate has jumped from 2% to 22% between January and March and Nairobi accounts for nearly 60% […]

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Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation commission presents new findings

africanews– Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) presented on Friday the results of its activities in Bururi, in the south of the east African state where Investigations, hearings and exhumations of victims of the 1972 ethnic crisis have been going on. President of the TRC, Pierre Claver Ndayicariye said “the TRC has verified 68 mass

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South Africa’s Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies aged 72

africanews– King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South Africa’s Zulu nation, has died aged 72 after being hospitalized for more than a month, his family announced Friday. Zwelithini had health problems related to diabetes, according to local news reports. Zwelithini, the eighth Zulu king, reigned for more than 50 years, making him the

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Violent Clashes between Police and Protesters – Africanews Correspondent Reports

africanews– Clashes followed a court ruling that, Ousmane Sonko, opposition leader, be held in custody. And following four days of protests, on Friday evening, four people were reported killed in the country as a result. The Minister of the Interior, Antoine Felix Adboulaye Diome gave a speech calling for a return to order after police […]

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Niger’s opposition leader Mahamene Ousmane calls for release of political prisoners

africanews– Niger’s former president and now opposition leader, Mahamene Ousmane has called on the release of political prisoners and a stop to frequent harassment and threats to activists. Official figures in Niger indicate that over seven hundred have been arrested since the beginning of election unrest Tuesday after Mohamed Bazoum was announced the winner of […]

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Nigerian security forces tracking Kagara students’ kidnappers

africanews– Nigerian security forces on Thursday said they were tracking the armed gang that kidnapped more than 40 people from a school a day earlier, as families and a survivor described how students fled gunfire during the early morning attack. The kidnapping in Kagara in central Niger state was the latest mass abduction in Nigeria, […]