Tag Archives: Africa

Large cargo ship turns sideways, blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A huge cargo ship capsized in Egypt’s Suez Canal, blocking traffic on a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping, according to satellite data. The Panama-flagged container ship, MV Ever Given, with a listed owner in Japan, closed to traffic on Tuesday on a narrow …

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John Magufuli: Did Tanzania’s coward-denying leader die of coronavirus? That’s one of the many questions that leave him behind

Magufuli was undergoing treatment at a Tanzanian hospital on Wednesday evening, Samiya Suluhu Hassan said. However, opposition leaders have insisted that Magwifli died in Covid-19 at least a week ago. In an interview with a Kenyan broadcaster on Thursday, Tundu Lisu of the Chadema opposition party said Magwifli died of …

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