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Four more bodies of suspected illegal migrants from Ethiopia found near the site of a mass grave in northern Malawi that contained the remains of 25 Ethiopian nationals. The Ethiopians are suspected victims of human trafficking.
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China runs its own Police station in Nigeria, report says.
Lesotho and Tanzania are also among the list of African countries where the Beijing government operates its own police station., to clamp down on its unruly nationals in these countries. legit.ng/nigeria/1498713-doe…
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Global wildlife populations have plunged 69% since 1970, says WWF. Europe saw a decline of 18%, Africa 66%, and in Latin America and the Caribbean, animal population loss is as high as 94%!!!
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UN believes we are heading in the wrong direction in the fight against climate change. It is a global fight, and we are not winning.
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Cameroon strongman Paul Biya, soon-to-be 90, has been in power for 39 years, and is Africa’s 2nd longest serving ruler. His iron-fisted Police chief Martin Mbarga Nguélé, is over 90 - and
the world’s oldest police officer on active duty.
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The Governor of Nigeria’s Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 14,000 advisers for various political units in the State government. This is taking patronage to the stratosphere.
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Kenya occupies 6% of Lake Victoria, has 4 major lakes, a 536km-long coastline (all with fish), but the market share of Chinese fish imports in the country has increased from 70% in 2020 to 83% today.
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Just three countries - South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria – control more than 50% of Africa’s total wealth.
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Ethiopia claims that despite war and hostile foreign media, its foreign direct investment inflows increased to US$3.307 billion in the fiscal year 2021/22, 64.4% of the target.
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Denmark becomes first U.N. member state to pay “loss and damage” to developing countries for climate change impacts. Has pledged $13M, which will go to the Sahel region, northwestern Africa, and other impacted areas
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As Canada hosted the world’s largest conference on HIV/AIDS, many chairs were empty - because researchers from the Global South found it very hard to get visas and participate.
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Eight models gang-raped up to 10 times each at gunpoint while shooting a gospel music video at a South African mine. More than 80 people have appeared in court for the shocking crime that took place on July 28.
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Ukraine’s secret weapon against Russia: Turkish drones. They’ve appeared in Ethiopia and Libya too. Last year in Ethiopia, as TPLF rebels were bearing down on Addis Ababa, they were repelled with the drones.
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The harrowing story of author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has made it impossible to pretend that the repression and political violence that accompanied the 2021 election cycle were temporary features of Uganda’s political landscape.
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This mobile shipping container factory will make BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. The company plans to deliver to Rwanda, Senegal, and potentially South Africa 1/2
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Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first African countries to receive the technology required to produce produce mRNA vaccines on the continent in WHO-backed effort 2/2
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Captured jihadists in Mozambique say insurgency “weakening”. The militants never feared Mozambican soldiers, but since Rwandan defence forces deployed in the country six months ago, they “now run away as soon as they hear the first Rwandan gunshot.”
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State of Global Debt, by Country: Japan, SUDAN, and Greece top list with debt-to-GDP ratios (a country’s public debt compared to its economic output) well above 200%, followed by ERITREA (175%), CAPE VERDE (160%), and Italy (154%).
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South African scientist thinks she may have solved the mystery of long COVID-19, which afflicts 100 million people
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Aliko Dangote doesn’t know Covid. Richest African man’s wealth surges to highest level in 7 years , as the Nigerian businessman’s fortune soars by as much as $2.3 billion this year to $20.1 billion.
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