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At least 27,700 migrant Ethiopians return home since April amid COVID-19 pandemic

More than 27,700 Ethiopian migrants have been repatriated home since April this year, this is according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In its latest COVID-19 response update for Ethiopia on Saturday, the UN Migration agency said that Between April 1 and August 27, Ethiopia received over 27,700 returnees. The returnees include 6,944 from…

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Egypt’s largest zoo reopens after 6-month closure amid COVID-19 outbreak

Egypt’s Giza Zoo, the largest in the country, has recently reopened its doors to the public after a six-month closure amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The move came after the government’s recent decision to reopen some parks with a limited daily number of tickets to be sold. “We currently receive up to 3,500 visitors (per day)…

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Rwanda shuts down three hospitality establishments over violating COVID-19 rules

Three hospitality establishments have been closed in the City of Kigali and owners arrested for breaching the government directives meant to prevent further spread of COVID-19. The establishments are Cuppa Coffee in Downtown in Nyarugenge District, Cincinnati and Miami Family in Niboyi and Gikondo, respectively, both in Kicukiro District. At Cuppa Coffee, authorities, on Friday,…

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Senegal to move about 3,000 tons of explosive chemical from port

Senegalese authorities are removing about 3,050 tons of ammonium nitrate from the port of Dakar. The amount is said to be a larger volume of the chemical that was involved in the August 4 explosion in Beirut. According to a Senegalese environment ministry official, Baba Drame, trucks are moving the hazardous substance to mines in…

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Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million

Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the COVID-19 pandemic. The data showed steady global growth as the disease’s epicenter shifts again, with India taking center stage from the United States and Latin America. India’s single-day tally…

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رشا قلج: يجب الاستفادة من سياسة الدولة في الحفاظ على الهوية الأفريقية

قالت رشا قلج، الرئيس التنفيذي لمؤسسة ميرك الخيرية الدولية، إنها حصدت للمرة الثانية على التوالي لقب السيدات الأكثر تأثيرا في أفريقيا لـ2020 التوالي نظرا لعملها على تخصصات خيرية عدة وأضافت “قلج”، خلال مداخلة هاتفية لها ببرنامج “مساء DMC”، والذي يقدمه الإعلامي رامي رضوان، والمذاع على فضائية “DMC”، أن المؤسسة قامت بنشر التوعية لمكافحة فيروس كورونا،…

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Uganda’s COVID-19 cases pass 2,500 mark as deaths climb to 26

Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 98 new confirmed COVID-19 cases raising the nationwide total to 2,524. Kampala, again, led the way with the most number of cases registering 65 cases or 66 percent. The number of infections reported from Kampala, in particular, which has the highest numbers of community transmissions, has raised concern…

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Ivory Coast ex-leader Gbagbo’s supporters to file his election candidacy despite court decision

Supporters of former Cote d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo said on Wednesday that they would file for candidacy in his name for the October polls. The announcement comes a day after an Ivorian court confirmed the decision to strike off the former leader from the electoral list due to a 20-year prison sentence. The President Of…

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Libya reports 553 new COVID-19 cases

The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Wednesday reported 553 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country so far to 11,834. The center said in a statement that it received a total of 2,094 suspected samples, of which 553 were tested positive, adding that 40 patients have recovered and…

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Mali transition must be quick, French military action to continue, French foreign minister says

France’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but that the coup d’etat in the country would not stop French military operations targeting Islamist militants. The leaders of the military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Mali on Aug. 18 have told a delegation of West…