- BreakingTanzania: Bobi Wine Calls for Mass Strike Against Ugandan Police
[Citizen] Ugandan opposition MP Bobi Wine has called for mass protests against the actions of police and other state injustices meted out on Ugandans, reports the privately-owned Observer newspaper.
- 22 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:31pm - - BreakingTanzania: Tanzania to Reconsider Decision On Sanitary Pads After Vat Exemption Proves Helpless
[Citizen] Dodoma -The government is reconsidering its decision to scrap Value Added Tax (VAT) on sanitary pads and think of another option, a minister said on Tuesday, April 23, in Parliament.
- 22 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:31pm - - BreakingSouth Africa: FF Plus Again Asks Electoral Court to Deregister BLF
[News24Wire] The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) continues with its bid to prevent the Black First Land First (BLF) from participating in the upcoming elections.
- 44 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:09pm - - BreakingSouth Africa: Condolences Pour in for Digital Pioneer Matthew Buckland
[News24Wire] South Africans reacted with shock on Tuesday following the news that digital entrepreneur Matthew Buckland had died of cancer.
- 45 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:08pm - - BreakingUganda: Two Bombardier Crj900 Jets Arrive in Uganda
[Monitor] President Museveni has this morning received two bombardier CRJ900 jets at Entebbe International Airport. The aircrafts touched the ground at 9:55am amid ululations from guests signalling the official revival of Uganda's national carrier, w…
- 49 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:04pm - - BreakingSouth Africa: EFF Struggling to Gain Female Vote - Malema
[News24Wire] The EFF is struggling to gain leverage with the female voter, its leader Julius Malema said on Tuesday.
- 55 mins ago, 23 Apr 19, 3:58pm - - BreakingNamibia: Erindi Sale Open to Public
[Namibian] Information and communication minister Stanley Simataa says interested Namibians should form joint ventures with foreigner investors to buy the nearly 71 000-hectare Erindi Private Game Reserve after the government's decision not to purcha…
- 2 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 2:41pm - - BreakingGambia: KMC Woes Businesses to Fund Digitalization of Data On Municipality
[Foroyaa] KMC Mayor Talib A. Bensouda, on Saturday, 20th April, held a fund-raising meeting with representatives of Companies and businesses to sponsor his Council's plan to capture and keep a comprehensive digital data on all properties within the M…
- 2 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 2:32pm - - BreakingZimbabwe: Chamisa Gives Mnangagwa's Dialogue Last Chance
[263Chat] Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Nelson Chamisa has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa's national dialogue a chance before unleashing a typical rollercoaster protest across the country a move he said is aimed at com…
- 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:53pm - - BreakingSouth Africa: Searching for Undecideds and 'Why Vote At Alls', ANC, DA and IFP Find Discontent Grows Deep
[Daily Maverick] With the 8 May elections approaching fast, political parties ramped up campaigning in KwaZulu-Natal. The ANC, IFP and DA spent the long weekend heading into communities, hoping to connect with undecided voters and those wondering if…
- 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:50pm - - BreakingUganda: Floods Kill 15 in Buyende
[Monitor] Buyende -15 people have been confirmed dead in Buyende District following heavy rains that resulted into floods.
- 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:45pm - - BreakingKenya: Safaricom's Partnership With Google to Offer Affordable Digital Phones
[Capital FM] Nairobi -Safaricom is seeking to digitize 2 million Kenyans with the introduction of phone upgrades through convenient payment plans and data offers
- 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:41pm - - BreakingAfrica: Hard-Fought Rights Are Slipping Away, Says Afrobarometer
[allAfrica] Cape Town -Civic and political space is closing as governments clamp down on citizen's freedoms, says Afrobarometer in a new report. The pan-African research network, based in Accra, conducted surveys in 34 countries between 2016 and 2018…
- 3 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:34pm - - BreakingAfrica: Moving From Commitment to Action Means Vaccinating All Children
[allAfrica] I witnessed first-hand the devastation of Cyclone Idai in a visit to Mozambique earlier this month. The severe flooding triggered by the cyclone left the water and sanitation systems in ruins. As the spread of cholera became a real risk,…
- 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:21pm - - BreakingAfrica: New Cyclone Warning for Tanzania, Mozambique
[Nation] A new cyclone is likely to hit Mozambique and Tanzania this week, weather forecaster AccuWeather has warned.
- 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 1:12pm - - BreakingSouth Africa: At Least 21 Dead As Storm Batters KZN
[News24Wire] At least 21 people have died as a result of heavy rains in KwaZulu-Natal, as a storm system batters South Africa.
- 4 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 12:54pm - - BreakingAfrica: Are Africans Freedoms Slipping Away?
[Afrobarometer] Freedom slipping? Africa's closing political space marked by less freedom and a willingness to trade liberties for security Africans see their individual freedoms diminishing, and many are willing to give up at least some liberties in…
- 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 12:19pm - - BreakingZimbabwe: Fresh Bid to Repatriate Nehanda Remains
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabweans based in the United Kingdom have rekindled an initiative to repatriate First Chimurenga icon Mbuya Nehanda's skull widely believed to have been taken as a war trophy by the former colonial master.
- 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 12:16pm - - BreakingKenya: State Directs Maize Farmers to Fodder After Failed Rains
[Nation] Farmers in the breadbasket of North Rift have been urged to grow wheat, barley and fodder this season following failed rains that have derailed the March planting season amid the worst drought in 38 years.
- 5 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 11:57am - - BreakingSouth Africa: Easter Weekend Road Death Toll Down 40% - Transport Minister
[allAfrica] Cape Town -Speaking at a roadblock at the Marianhill toll plaza in Durban on Sunday, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has welcomed statistics indicating that Easter Weekend road fatalities have decreased by 40% compared to those of 2018,…
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- BreakingMozambique: Attorney-General's Office Declines to Charge Four Over 'Hidden Debts'
[AIM] Maputo -The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has decided not to charge four people in connection with the scandal of Mozambique's "hidden debts", reports Monday's issue of the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique".
- 8 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 9:09am - - BreakingMozambique: Boats Still Missing After Cyclone
[AIM] Maputo -At least 30 boats are still missing in the central Mozambican city of Beira, following the devastation caused by cyclone Idai, which hit the city on 14 March.
- 8 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 8:30am - - BreakingSouth Africa: How Higher Temperatures and Pollution Are Affecting Mosquitoes
[The Conversation Africa] In 2017, malaria killed 435 000 people around the world. The vast majority of these deaths - 403 000 - were on the African continent. Most malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa.
- 9 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 7:54am - - BreakingSouthern Africa: Zimbabwe 20 Years Behind SADC Neighbours On Prosperity - Mnangagwa
[New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe has fallen behind fellow SADC countries by 20 years in terms of economic prosperity as a result of western imposed sanctions.
- 9 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 7:42am - - BreakingNigeria: Buhari Not Sleeping On Duty, Presidency Tells Bishop Mamza
[Vanguard] The presidency on Monday described as unfair the comment by the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Rt. Rev. Fr. Stephen Mamza describing President Muhammadu as "sleeping on duty as Commander-in-Chief."
- 10 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 6:32am - - BreakingSudan: About U.S.$130 Million in Cash Found Stashed in Bashir's Palace
[Nairobi News] As Sudanese people went on protesting the high cost of living on the streets of Khartoum for months, their President Omar al-Bashir was keeping an estimated Sh1.4 billion - in US dollar bills and Sudanese Pounds - at his palace, in cas…
- 12 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 5:15am - - BreakingMali: President Names New Prime Minister
[Deutsche Welle] Mali's president has appointed a new prime minister, after the country's government resigned. Boubou Cisse, who had been serving as finance minster, is now charged with easing growing unrest.
- 12 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 5:04am - - BreakingAfrica: World's Biggest Anti-Malaria Vaccine Campaign Begins
[Deutsche Welle] Hundreds of thousands of children are to receive a groundbreaking vaccine against the mosquito-born disease in three African countries. It's hoped the campaign will save many lives, but there are some drawbacks.
- 12 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:59am - - BreakingSudan: The Sudanese Military - a Pawn of the Saudis?
[Deutsche Welle] Saudi Arabia has shown support for the transitional military government in Sudan since the ousting of the country's longtime president. Observers suggest the Saudis are increasing their influence over Khartoum. But why?
- 12 hours ago, 23 Apr 19, 4:55am - - Libya: Tripoli Chaos Closes in On the City's Civilians
[The New Humanitarian] As fighting on the outskirts of Libya's capital heads into its third week and shows no signs of abating, the casualty count is rising, some aid organisations are moving expatriate staff out of the country, and it's only getting…
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