“I apologize for announcing the murder of Francis Santeza Calibala aka Frank, a member of my security team. Twitter. A Ugandan military spokesman denied that Wine’s bodyguard had been targeted. “The UPDF (Uganda’s People’s Defense Force) will want to clarify that the late Santeza … was not hit as intended …
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) – South Africa’s Covid-19 spike took the country to more than 1 million confirmed cases on Sunday, and President Cyril Ramaphosa called an emergency meeting of the National Coronavirus Command Council. The country’s new form of coronavirus, 501.V2, is more contagious and has quickly become dominant in many …
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“Boko Haram attacked Pemi village, killing seven people and abducting seven others, including a priest,” Kachallah Usman, Chibok local government sector secretary, told CNN on Friday. “They also burned down a church, a hospital and many houses.” Pemi is located about 20 kilometers from Chibok, where Boko Haram abducted more …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Another new strain of coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, a top African health official said on Thursday, but added that further investigations are needed. Following the announcement of similar variants in Britain and South Africa, the epidemic could raise new epidemic alarms, leading to …
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The attack took place in the village of Bekoji in Bullin County in the Metcalf Zone, the state’s Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said in a statement, in an area where several ethnic groups live. Africa’s second-most populous nation has been plagued by regular outbursts of deadly violence since the appointment …
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