africa
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Huge volumes of COVID medical waste posing health hazard: WHO
Tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste have been generated in the two years since the coronavirus began spreading globally.
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Women barred from front seat of trucks in Ugandan city
“Some of them wear short dresses which expose their thighs and distract drivers, and the drivers end up causing accidents and people on board die.”
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New date announced for Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM)
” Our meetings in Rwanda will give us a real opportunity to reaffirm the values that bind the Commonwealth together and focus on vital issues, including the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling climate change…
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Tanzania parliament elects new speaker after political feud
The new speaker Tulia Ackson’s predecessor, Job Ndugai, resigned last month after criticising President Suluhu.
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World’s top oil-producing countries to meet Wednesday
Analysts expect the grouping, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, to decide to continue to boost output by 400,000 barrels per day in March.
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Murder trial of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara suspended
Fourteen defendants are on trial, two of them in absentia, including former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore.
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Police Officials: Tanzanian jihadist leader responsible for attacks in northern Mozambique killed
Tuahil Muhidim led a 2020 attack that captured Mocimboa da Praia, the northern port used to receive cargo for multi-billion-dollar gas projects in the region.
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Malawi’s new government sworn-in after last week’s sacking of entire cabinet
President Lazarus Chakwera sacked his entire 33-member cabinet last Monday.
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ECOWAS delegation meets leader of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta
ECOWAS last week suspended Burkina Faso over the latest coup.
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51 people sentenced to death in DR Congo over murder of UN officials
Michael Sharp, an American, and Zaida Catalan, a Swedish-Chilean, disappeared as they probed violence in the Kasai region.
