- BreakingUganda: Fuel Tanker Explosion - Death Toll Rises to 23
[Monitor] Rubirizi -Twenty three people were Monday confirmed dead in Kyambura Trading Centre, Rubirizi District, following an explosion of a fuel tanker on Sunday.
- 9 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 4:36pm - - BreakingAfrica: U.S. Envoys Assume Key Africa Posts – But Not South Africa
[allAfrica] Washington, DC -Career U.S. ambassadors are taking up key diplomatic assignments across Africa following confirmation by the Senate earlier this month. These include envoys to Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Cote d'Ivoire and the African Union, as…
- 10 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:57pm - - BreakingMozambique: Electoral Body Approves Final Lists of Candidates
[AIM] Maputo -Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE) spent most of the past weekend approving the final lists of candidates for the parliamentary and provincial assembly elections scheduled for 15 October.
- 10 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:36pm - - BreakingNamibia: Crocodiles Found Dead On Banks of Kunene River
[Namibian] The ministry of environment has launched a fact-finding mission in collaboration with its Angolan counterpart into the mysterious deaths of at least five crocodiles from the Kunene River.
- 10 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:31pm - - BreakingNamibia: No Official Proposal to Legalise Cannabis Yet
[Namibian] Concerned groups advocating the legalisation of marijuana are yet to make official submissions to the relevant authorities on why Namibia should legalise the use of cannabis.
- 10 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:19pm - - BreakingMalawi: Elections Case to Drag Up to Year End - Judiciary
[Nyasa Times] The Judiciary has said presidential election nullification petition case will not end in 24 days as widely believed, saying the matter may prolong up to December this year before a determination is made.
- 11 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:15pm - - BreakingSudan: Bashir Trial Opens As Sudan Sovereign Council Delayed
[RFI] Sudan's deposed leader Omar al-Bashir has appeared before a court in Khartoum for the start of his trial on corruption charges.
- 11 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:15pm - - BreakingSudan: Bashir Gets His Day in Court
[Legalbrief] Thirty years after he swept into power in a military coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, Omar al-Bashir has appeared in court in a country that is beginning to heal itself.
- 11 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:13pm - - BreakingMalawi: Mutharika Has No Sworn Statement to Be Witness in Poll Case - Judiciary
[Nyasa Times] President Peter Mutharika is not among the people who will take in the witness box in the ongoing presidential election case because he has not sworn any statement, Judiciary spokesperson has said.
- 11 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 3:01pm - - Africa: Not Waiting for Handouts: Five Stories of Resilience From One of The World's Largest Refugee Camps
[UN] Today there are more than 70 million people around the world who have been forced from their homes. As crises get more prolonged, the only home that entire generations know, are refugee camps. The average length of displacement is rising, est…
- 12 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 1:23pm - - Uganda: 10 Die in Fuel Truck Explosion
[East African] A fuel tanker that Sunday evening burst into flames in Kyambura trading centre, Rubirizi District, in western Uganda, has left at least 10 people dead and dozens unaccounted for.
- 13 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 12:56pm - - South Africa: Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern for South Africa's Banks?
[allAfrica] Cape Town -President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Credit Amendment Bill into law. The law, also referred to as the "Debt Relief Law", will afford low-income workers and over-indebted consumers the opportunity to have payments s…
- 15 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 10:18am - - Kenya: Graft Claims Rock Seventh Day Adventist Church
[Nation] Lately, the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church has been marred by controversy in what some commentators have attributed to tribalism and corruption.
- 16 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 9:24am - - Kenya: Athletics Icon Robert Gwaro Ouko Dies
[Nation] Robert Gwaro Ouko, a member of 4x400 metres relay team that won gold for Kenya at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, has passed on aged 70.
- 17 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 8:54am - - South Africa: Mpumalanga Has World's Second-Biggest Sulphur Dioxide Emission Hotspot - Study
[News24Wire] In the latest study to illustrate alarmingly high levels of air pollution caused by humans, the area around Kriel in Mpumalanga is now the world's second biggest sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions hotspot in the world. This is according to…
- 17 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 8:35am - - Nigeria: World Bank Blacklists 6 Chinese Firms for Fraud, Corruption
[Premium Times] Some Chinese companies in Nigeria have been blacklisted by the World Bank for fraud and corruption.
- 17 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 8:27am - - South Africa: It Could Be Organ Harvesting - Gift of the Givers On Men Missing in Vietnam
[News24Wire] Similarities in the cases of two missing South Africans living and working in Vietnam have revealed a pattern that indicates a possibility that organ harvesting was involved, according to Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaz Sooliman.
- 18 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 8:05am - - Southern Africa: AfDB Injects U.S.$13 Billion in SADC Countries
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group current investments in the Southern and African Development Community (Sadc) stands at almost $13 billion (about Sh29.9 trillion).
- 18 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 7:38am - - Africa: How Government Bias Can Fuel Communal Conflicts
[The Conversation Africa] Each year, violent communal conflict between groups is witnessed in a number of African countries. It is often organised along identity lines. The fights are typically over local territory, natural resources or political pow…
- 18 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 7:32am - - Libya: Sending Migrants From Libya to Rwanda 'Short-Sighted'
[The New Humanitarian] 'The new plan comes with a serious political price.'
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- Africa: Levis and Wrangler Vow to Protect Women Making Jeans From Sexual Abuse
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -Three major U.S. brands vowed to crack down on abuse in Lesotho factories making their jeans on Thursday after an investigation found women were forced into sex to keep their jobs.
- 19 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 6:55am - - Uganda: Surge in Malaria Cases Despite War On the Disease
[East African] In 2018, Uganda became the first of 11 countries which account for the highest burden of malaria disease to launch a targeted malaria control response. This was a global campaign to reduce cases and deaths caused by malaria by at least…
- 19 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 6:52am - - Kenya: Odinga Announces Plans to Run For Presidency Again
[Nation] Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Saturday day gave the clearest indication yet that he will contest the presidency in the 2022 election, explaining that it was the reason he resolved to work with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
- 19 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 6:51am - - Tanzania: Govt Pushing to Get Zimbabwe Sanctions Lifted
[East African] Tanzania, the new chair of the South African Development Community (SADC), is already pledging to push Western powers to ease sanctions against Zimbabwe, which is facing its worst economic crisis in a decade.
- 19 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 6:47am - - Kenya: Benga Musician John De'Mathew Des in Car Crash
[Capital FM] Popular benga musician John Ng'ang 'a De'Mathew died Sunday night, after ramming a truck on Thika Superhighway.
- 20 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 5:28am - - Nigeria: Govt Not Fiscally Transparent, Says U.S.
[Premium Times] The U.S. has classified the Nigerian government among those that are not fiscally transparent.
- 21 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 5:16am - - Sudan: Opposition Names Five People as Members of Sovereign Council
[allAfrica] Cape Town -Sudan's opposition coalition has named five people as civilian members of the country's Sovereign Council, Reuters reports.
- 21 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 5:15am - - Nigeria: Why We Attacked Ekweremadu - Biafra Group
[Premium Times] The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Sunday gave reasons why its members attacked former deputy senate president, Ike Ekeremadu, in Germany.
- 21 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 5:12am - - Libya: Coast Guard Rescues Over 270 Europe-Bound Migrants
[Deutsche Welle] The Libyan coast guard says it has rescued 278 migrants on four different boats in recent days. The migrants, including 18 women and two children, had been trying to make their way to Europe.
- 21 hours ago, 19 Aug 19, 4:30am - - Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola's Spread to New Area Shows Flawed Response - Aid Workers
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -Ebola's spread to a new part of Democratic Republic of Congo is a disturbing sign that health workers are failing to keep track of high-risk people on the move, aid agencies said on Friday.
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