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Rwanda To Receive First Batch Of Asylum-Seekers From The UK
Rwanda would receive about 50 asylum seekers from the UK at the end of May, a month after both countries signed a controversial immigration deal that re-routes illegal migrants from the UK to the East African country for processing. According to Rwanda’s deputy government spokesman Alain Mukurarinda, the first batch of 50 migrants would be…
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Eleven Soldiers Dead In Attack On Army Base In Burkina Faso
Authorities have reported an attack on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of seven soldiers, leaving over 12 others injured. According to a statement by the army, a counter-attack successfully neutralized 15 attackers trying to flee after the attack in Madjoari in Kompienga province on Thursday, while the injured soldiers…
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Police Officers In DRC Seize 1500 Kilograms Of Elephant Tusk
Authorities have discovered and seized about 1500 kilograms of elephant ivory from smugglers in the southeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tagged one of the largest hauls in Africa in years, legal and environmental officials said, Police officers, discovered the smuggled tusks aboard trucks in the city of Lubumbashi on Saturday, measuring up…
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How Comoros Is Rebuilding Its Tourism Sector Post-Covid-19
Comoros is an archipelago of four islands located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between Madagascar and the eastern coast of Africa. The economy of Comoros was hit hard by the adverse effects of the COVID–19 in 2020 after being hit hard in 2019 by Cyclone Kenneth. Covid-19 restrictions and curfews enforced in the…
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See How Sanction On Russia Is Affecting Diamond Mining In Angola
The Republic of Angola in southern Africa has relied on diamond production for economic sustenance for many years now. Currently, the third-largest producer of diamonds in Africa and the sixth-biggest producer in the world, the industry has unfortunately explored only 40% of its production capacity due to corruption, human rights violations, and diamond smuggling. According to data from…
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What To Know About Cases Of Monkey Pox In Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently disclosed a rise in cases of Monkeypox shortly after the UK Health Security Agency diagnosed a patient believed to have contracted the infection from Nigeria. According to the report, the NCDC has confirmed a total of 46 suspected cases and 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox between January…
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Infographics: Is There A Surge In Measles Cases On A Global Scale?
A new report by the United Nations has warned of a surge in cases of Measles globally, highlighting vaccine reinforcement as the only way to curb the spread of the disease. The Coronavirus pandemic disrupted at least 57 vaccination campaigns in 43 countries worldwide, affecting 203 million people, most of them children. Two years down…
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Kenya’s Mobile Money Transactions Rose By 63% In 2021
The mobile money agency industry in Kenya is a fast-rising one that became very popular at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike other businesses that thrived during the pandemic, the digital money transfer business has continued to soar, even as Kenya’s government continue to ease off the pandemic restrictions. According to data provided by…
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Insecurity: Gunmen Kill 48 In Northwest Nigeria Attacks
At least 48 people have died after heavily armed men attacked three villages in Zamfara State, according to local authorities. The administrative head of the Bakura district where the villages are located, Amin Suleiman, told reporters that the gunmen arrived in the villages on motorcycles, shooting sporadically at villagers trying to flee. “A total of…
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14 Dead In Bloody Attack By Rebels On Refugee Camp In DRC
An official report from the army has shared the gruesome murder of at least 14 people after rebels attacked a displaced people’s camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Army spokesman Jules Ngongo Tsikudi said on Tuesday that rebels raided a site outside the town of Fataki in the Djugu region of eastern Ituri…