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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- General Francis Omondi Ogolla, who died in a helicpter crash on Thursday, was named Kenya's military chief in April 2023.
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The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on Thursday, described recent agitation for Yoruba Nation by some elements in the South West as laughable, vowing to crush any of such moves. The DHQ also alerted Nigerians that terrorists and their sympathizers were planning to blackmail the military, following its...
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Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that millions of Indians began voting early Friday morning in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is...
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The Benjamin Netanyahu-led Israeli government has conducted strikes on a target in Iran, defying President Joe Biden’s warnings over plunging the Middle East further into conflict. Africa Today News, New York reports that US officials on Friday morning confirmed strikes hit a site in Iran,...
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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has blamed the worsening insecurity, economic hardship, high cost of food, and unemployment rate on President Bola Tinubu’s policies. PDP NEC expressed concern over the act of...
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Emirates, whose operations had been struggling since the storm Tuesday, had stopped travelers flying out of the UAE from checking into their flights as they tried to move out connecting passengers.
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Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning as explosions could be heard near a major air base near Isfahan, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike following Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country
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[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- A coalition of churches in Botswana has voiced its opposition to parliament's latest effort to amend the constitution to include gay rights.
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[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- In response to growing campaign violence, Chad's transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, has ordered his military to arrest angry civilians and make sure peace reigns in the run-up to the May 6 presidential election and afterwards. Opposition and civil...
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[DW] Kenya's defense chief and several other senior military officers died in a helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, the president has announced.
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[VOA] Nairobi -- Kenya's military chief was among nine people killed in a helicopter crash Thursday, according to Kenyan President William Ruto.
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[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigeria has been Africa's largest or second-largest oil exporter for years, but relies heavily on imports to meet local energy needs. The government is trying to change that, saying the country's four moribund oil refineries will be revived and put back in operation.
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[HRW] Civilian Casualties, Threat of Atrocities Mount Following Fighting in El Fasher Vicinity
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[CPJ] New York -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Boughaleb after he was convicted by a Tunis court of defamation and sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday.
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[VOA] Burkina Faso's military junta has expelled three French diplomats for "subversive activities," according to a government statement Thursday.
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[CPJ] The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 26 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 17 letter to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) seeking updates regarding the urgent appeal filed on November 14, 2023, about the case of jailed Egyptian blogger Alaa...
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[DW] Doctors in Kenya have been on strike for five weeks, demanding better wages and working conditions. President William Ruto says his government is out of money to pay the medics. Meanwhile, patients remain without care.
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[Global Witness] Global Witness is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of communities and campaigners challenging the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) - set to run through Uganda and Tanzania - with reports of police repeatedly harassing and intimidating those who voice their...
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Cinemovel is screening Oscar-nominated Io Capitano to packed houses around the country, highlighting the perils migrants face on the journey to Europe
At about 1pm on Monday a 35-seater bus arrived in Pikine, a city east of the Senegalese capital, Dakar. A portable screen, projector, sound...
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