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Zambia has officially gazetted its Provisional Schedule of Tariff Concessions under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, said a statement released on Monday. It means that Zambia was ready to begin trading under the African trading arrangement following the introduction of a statutory instrument, the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry said in…
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Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to restore government authority in the eastern part of the country, which has been overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Tshisekedi made the vow in a televised address on Wednesday night. The group has seized control of the key city of Goma and is advancing southward, threatening to capture more…
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that over three million people are at risk of cholera in Sudan. “3.1 million people, including 500,000 children under 5, are at risk of cholera,” UNICEF said on social platform X. According to UNICEF, the vaccination coverage in Sudan has plummeted to some 50 percent from…
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Rwanda has confirmed six deaths from Marburg virus disease (MVD) amid an outbreak that has affected 26 people nationwide. Speaking Saturday evening during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, Rwanda’s Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers. “Six people have died of MVD, and the majority…
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An article titled “Be Trustworthy Friends and Sincere Partners Forever” that was included in the first volume of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s book on governance remains a classic must-read piece to understand the essence of China-Africa cooperation. In this article, which was Xi’s speech delivered on March 25, 2013 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention…
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Several communities in Somalia are at imminent risk of flooding as river levels continue to rise in central parts of the country, a UN agency warned in a flood advisory issued Saturday. Projections by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Somalia Water and Land Information Management (FAO-SWALIM) indicate a risk…
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With the number of mpox cases surging, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, while addressing a special online media briefing on the multi-country mpox outbreak in Africa, made…
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The European Union said on Sunday that it has inaugurated newly constructed facilities at the General Dhagabadan Training Center (GDTC) in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The EU said the training camp, managed by Somali Armed Forces, is used by EU Training Mission in Somalia (EUTM-S) to train Somali National Army and Somali Police Force,…
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At least 30 people were killed late Wednesday in an overnight attack blamed on Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who have recently launched a series of deadly incursions into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a military spokesman confirmed on Thursday. ADF rebels launched an attack in the village of Mayikengo, Lubero Territory,…
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President William Ruto says he will be departing for a second trip to South Korea on Sunday, June 2 evening. This comes a week after jetting back to the country from a four-day state visit to the United States of America, a trip that was highly criticized on social media majorly for the expenses incurred.…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed James Swan as his acting special representative for Somalia and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). Swan will act as special representative “for a temporary period following the departure of Catriona Laing of the United Kingdom, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday announced the approval of 164.6 million U.S. dollars in funding for Rwanda to strengthen its economic resilience against future climate shocks. The package includes 76.2 million dollars from the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) and 88.4 million dollars through the Standby Credit Facility, the IMF said in a…
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The ninth annual global conference on energy efficiency started in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Tuesday with a call for sustainable energy resource consumption to curb the emission of planet-warming gases, including carbon and methane. Convened by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, the event will be attended by ministers,…
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The Ugandan military said on Sunday that it has captured the commander of the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) responsible for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and rescued nine abductees in a joint operation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Ugandan troops, together with their Congolese counterparts, captured Anywari Al Iraq…
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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said West African countries must unite to crush banditry, terrorism and other criminal activities plaguing the region. Tinubu stated this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja while receiving President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal where he called for an alignment of purpose and structure in West Africa to effectively address…
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The inaugural World Tobacco Africa Conference and Expo kicked off on Wednesday in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, amid calls for Africa to boost value addition and reap more dividends from the growth in global tobacco trade. Tobacco is an important socio-economic contributor, accounting for up to 90 percent of exports in some African countries and underlying…
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