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• BreakingUganda: LGBT+ Ugandans Find Camaraderie, Hope and Despair On Election Day
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Gay voters in Uganda are anxious after President Yoweri Museveni called homosexuals a "deviation"
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• BreakingAfrica: Advisors Propose New System to Regulate China's Overseas Investments
  [IPS] Beijing -- A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its overseas investments. If adopted, this would be a major dep…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:46pm -
• BreakingAfrica: No Country Is an Island - Collective Approach to Covid-19 Vaccines Is the Only Way to Go
  [The Conversation Africa] As countries across the world begin to purchase and roll out COVID-19 vaccines, a key question is how far the vaccine is from reaching Africa and how accessible it will be for the continent. Moina Spooner, Commissioning Edit…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:45pm -
• BreakingCongo-Kinshasa: Why Rangers in the Congo's Virunga National Park Are Under Attack
  [The Conversation Africa] Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Virunga national park. This park is a sanctuary for endangered mountain gorillas. Staff worki…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:42pm -
• BreakingUganda: Election Day 2021 - Summary
  [Africa In Fact] While we wait for the official results to be verified and released, the following will provide a summary of events that took place on election day in Uganda.
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:38pm -
• BreakingSouth Africa: Nation Failed to Get Its Act Together On Vaccines - Here's How
  [The Conversation Africa] South Africa has an estimated population approaching 60 million. To achieve herd immunity against COVID-19, the government recently set the ambitious goal of vaccinating 67% of the population - roughly 40 million people. Acc…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:36pm -
• BreakingEgypt: Women Jailed Over Tiktok Posts to Face Trafficking Charges
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] The women had expected to be freed, but will now stay in prison pending another trial
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:34pm -
• BreakingEast Africa: Child Refugees Seen At Risk of Exploitation in Sudan
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Tracing their family members is complicated by camp relocations and lack of access to conflict-hit Tigray region, aid workers say
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:32pm -
• BreakingUganda: Election - Bobi Wine Says Military Raids Home
  [DW] Presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he is 'under siege' as the military enters his home. This comes hours after Wine disputed partial election results showing President Yoweri Museveni in the lead.
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:29pm -
• BreakingUganda: Vote Count Underway in Contested Presidential Election
  [DW] Bobi Wine, a 38-year-old musician, is the frontrunner seeking to replace long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, who eyes a sixth term. Voters headed to the polls amid an internet blackout.
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:23pm -
• BreakingCentral African Republic: UN Security Council Condemns Car Rebel Attack On Bangui
  [RFI] The UN Security Council has denounced Wednesday's attack on the Central African Republic capital Bangui that left one blue helmet dead. It marks the first attack by the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) rebel group on the capital, a key ob…
  - 9 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 2:10pm -
• BreakingNamibia: Live Poultry Imports From 10 European Countries Suspended
  [Namibian] THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, through its veterinary department, has announced the suspension of live poultry imports from 10 European countries due to an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).
  - 11 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:51pm -
• BreakingNamibia: Trophy Hunting Tender Ruffles Feathers
  [Namibian] THE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has defended a recent invitation for bids to hunt game, saying trophy hunters help the ministry in wildlife conservation and protection.
  - 11 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:49pm -
• BreakingKenya: Landmark Ruling Beams Ray of Hope On SGBV Survivors in Pursuit of Justice
  [Nation] A recent landmark ruling in favour of four Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors of the 2007/08 post-election chaos has given hope to thousands of survivors in the country yet to get justice.
  - 11 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:38pm -
• BreakingAfrica: Africa's Tech Hubs Giving Universities Stiff Challenge
  [SciDev.Net] Cape Town -- African technology hubs are challenging the dominance of traditional universities as sources of knowledge production, and are becoming better suited to a fast-paced knowledge economy, a study says.
  - 11 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:28pm -
• BreakingSouth Africa: Government Delays Opening of Schools
  [SAnews.gov.za] With the country experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, government has decided to delay the reopening of both public and private schools by two weeks, to 15 February 2021.
  - 11 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:02pm -
• Egypt: The New Face of Parliament - an 83-Year-Old Woman Lawmaker
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Farida El Choubachy has become the first woman to preside over the opening session of Egypt's parliament in 42 years
  - 13 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 10:37am -
• Zimbabwe: Army-Linked Anjin Grabs Richest Diamond Claim
  [Zimbabwe Independent] An army-linked miner, Anjin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, grabbed the most lucrative diamond claim in Marange from a firm owned by the government after being relicensed under unclear circumstances, it has emerged.
  - 13 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 10:31am -
• Africa: Trump Impeached a Second Time - but Trumpism Will Live On
  [The Conversation Africa] Just a week after the U.S. Capitol was attacked by his supporters, Donald Trump has become the first president of the United States to be impeached twice. But regardless of how Trump leaves the White House -- the Senate won'…
  - 13 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 10:29am -
• Africa: African Cities Must Prepare for Climate Migration
  [ISS] African climate-linked migration tends to be dominated by European narratives. In reality, most of these migrants move within their own countries and regions. As climate change impacts intensify, migration will increase. African cities, countri…
  - 13 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 10:26am -

• Ethiopia: Safe Access and Swift Action Needed for Refugees in Tigray
  [UN News] The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including its impact on Eritrean refugees hosted there.
  - 14 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 9:27am -
• Africa: Continent Nears 2.6 Million Covid-19 Recoveries
  [allAfrica] As of January 15, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  3,176,244. Reported deaths in Africa reached 76,741 and 2,593,474 people have recovered.
  - 14 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 9:04am -
• Nigeria: Nigeria Records Worst Day in Covid-19 Management With 24 Deaths
  [Premium Times] In the past 27 days, there have been nearly 200 fatalities as a result of COVID-19 complications in Nigeria.
  - 15 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:35am -
• Zimbabwe: Bulawayo Water Crisis Requires U.S.$3,5 Billion
  [Zimbabwe Independent] An estimated US$3,5 billion is needed to link Bulawayo to the Zambezi River -- a long running project touted as a panacea to the second largest city's perennial water shortages.
  - 15 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 8:31am -
• Uganda: Museveni in Early Lead As Uganda Awaits Final Election Results
  [East African] Polls opened and ended Thursday, paving way for a rather delayed vote counting exercise in Uganda's hotly contested election as the country climaxes a deadly election that has so far claimed over 50 people in poll-related violence.
  - 16 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 7:09am -
• Nigeria: Govt Confirms Plans to Sell Properties to Fund 2021 Budget
  [Premium Times] The finance minister confirmed the decision to sell some government properties in a document submitted to lawmakers.
  - 17 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 6:47am -
• Nigeria: One-Fifth of Yellow Fever Vaccine Very Effective - Study
  [Premium Times] According to the study, giving a person one-fifth of the vaccine dose is safe.
  - 19 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 4:26am -
• Kenya: Painful January for Motorists As Fuel Prices Increase
  [Nairobi News] Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced higher prices for the next 30 days starting Friday.
  - 20 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 3:55am -
• Nigeria: Nigeria Better Than We Met It in 2015 - Buhari
  [This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assessed his five-year-old administration with a submission that Nigeria now fared better than when he assumed office in May 2019.
  - 20 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 3:55am -
• Africa: How Will Africa Remember Donald Trump? Here Is How
  [Premium Times] US President Donald Trump may have lost re-election but he would be escorted out of the White House on Tuesday night with a special prize: Africa's worst friend in modern times.
  - 20 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 3:55am -

Africa News

• Uganda: Bobi Wine raises alarm over presence of soldiers at his residence | Africanews

  

  Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has raised alarm over his security, claiming soldiers surrounded his home Friday evening.
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• Zambia delays reopening of schools over virus fears | Africanews

  

  Teachers unions expressed concern about the readiness of the ministry of education ahead of the reopening
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• Heirs Holdings Significantly Expands Oil and Gas Portfolio | Africanews

  

  Acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI Existing Production Capacity of 27,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day Estimated 2P Reserves of 1.2
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• Unfinished history: 60 years after the murder of DRC hero Lumumba | Africanews

  

  A lonely statue of DR Congo's independence hero Patrice Lumumba marks the spot where he was assassinated 60 years ago on Sunday.
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• Welket Bungué’s ‘Cacheu Cuntum’ Honours the History of Guinea-Bissau | Africanews

  

  Welket Bungué’s ‘Cacheu Cuntum’ is a film that explores the colonial history and bright future of overcoming of Guinea-Bissau.
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• 60,000 people fled CAR violence in one week- UNHCR | Africanews

  

  The number of people who have fled violence in the Central African Republic CAR since December "doubled in one week" to reach 60,000 people. This is according to the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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• IOM Somalia supports new ‘telemedicine’ enhancement for migrants and host communities | Africanews

  

  Somalia’s health system has been in a severely weakened state for decades due to conflict and humanitarian crises which have led to the displacement of
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• Coronavirus - Eswatini: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  Health Minister Lizzie Nkosi announces three new #COVID19 deaths in Eswatini, taking total deaths to 335. “May their souls rest in peace.� New cases: 203 Total cases:
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• Emergency Committee on COVID-19 advises on variants, vaccines | Africanews

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), according to the WHO Emergency Committee (EC) on COVID-19. The EC met
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• Can mRNA technology help scientists find HIV vaccine? | Africanews

  

  Scientists would likely look into the potential of mRNA technology as the search for an HIV vaccine continues. This technology has become a game-changer helping scientist’s find a vaccine against the coronavirus.
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• Nigeria warns public against fake coronavirus vaccine | Africanews

  

  Nigeria is warning people against fake coronavirus vaccines as there are reports that some are in circulation.
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• Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 14 January 2021, 6 pm EAT | Africanews

  

  African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (3,147,303) deaths (75,750), and recoveries (2,565,752) by region: Central (80,015 cases; 1,528 deaths; 69,593 recoveries): Burundi (1,062; 2;
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• Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  New cases: 503 Total active cases: 4096 Lost to follow-up: 134 Total number of tests conducted: 102473 (1654 new) Total confirmed cases: 10494 Total recovered: 5903 (39 new) Outcome under investigation:
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• Coronavirus - Ethiopia: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  Daily: Laboratory Test: 5,848 Severe Cases: 229 New Recovered: 182 New Deaths: 2 New Cases: 467 Total: Laboratory Test: 1,870,415 Active Cases: 13,163 Total Recovered: 114,749 Total Deaths: 2,008 Total Cases: 129,922Distributed by APO Group on
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• Sudanese denounce operations of paramilitary unit after the killing of a man | Africanews

  

  Dozens of Sudanese rallied in Khartoum on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention centres. The protests came after the alleged torturing and killing of a man by a paramilitary force whose members once formed the backbone of a militia.
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• Uganda's Museveni leads as rival claims victory: Updates | Africanews

  

  Vote counting is underway 24 hours after polls closed in the east African country
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• Coronavirus - South Africa: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  Test conducted: 7,433,571 Positive cases identified: 1,296,806 Total recoveries: 1,049,740 Total deaths: 35,852 New cases: 18,503Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa, Department of Health.Media
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• Coronavirus - Kenya: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  138 people have tested positive to the disease, out of a sample size of 4,526 tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed positive
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• UN says life returning to normal in CAR capital after rebel attack | Africanews

  

  Rebels in the Central African Republic launched a deadly attack on the capital Bangui on Wednesday.
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• Number of Central African refugees soars as violence intensifies | Africanews

  

  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for the immediate end to all violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) as nearly 60,000 people have
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• Coronavirus – Eritrea: Announcement from the Ministry of Health (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  Two hundred nine patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers and OPD Services in the Central, Gash
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• Coronavirus - Rwanda: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  Total cases: 10,316 (+194) Recovered: 6,974 (+0) | 67.6% Active cases: 3,209 Tests: 779,511 (+6,063) Deaths: 133 (+5) | 1.3% Test positivity rate: 3.2%Distributed by APO Group on behalf of
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• Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 Update (14th January 2021) | Africanews

  

  As at 14 January 2021, Zimbabwe had 25 368 confirmed cases, including 14 714 recoveries and 636 deaths.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry
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• Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 update (14 January 2021) | Africanews

  

  1479 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria; Lagos-697 FCT-201 Nasarawa-80 Plateau-74 Rivers-72 Edo-46 Adamawa-43 Osun-39 Akwa Ibom-35 Delta-31 Anambra-27 Oyo-24 Kano-21 Abia-19 Enugu-19 Ogun-18 Sokoto-12 Bauchi-7 Taraba-7 Ekiti-4 Gombe-4 Imo-4 Bayelsa-2…
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• South Africans call on gov't to speed up processes for vaccine | Africanews

  

  South Africans have called on their government to speed up processes to acquire covid-19 vaccine. The Southern African nation is battling a second wave of the virus largely due to the variants which scientists are currently studying.
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BBC Africa

• BreakingUganda elections 2021: Museveni takes lead as Bobi Wine cries foul
  President Museveni's rival alleges the internet shutdown allows for rigging in the election count.
  - 5 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 6:15pm -
• BreakingEthiopia Tigray crisis: EU concern over war crime reports
  The conflict threatens the stability of the entire region, the EU's top diplomat says.
  - 6 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 5:45pm -
• BreakingUK judges reject Lockerbie bomber's appeal
  The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi had launched the posthumous bid to overturn his conviction.
  - 7 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 4:19pm -
• Kenya Covid-19: Has the pandemic led to an increase in FGM?
  There are concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic has created the environment for a rise in FGM cases in Kenya.
  - 14 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 9:44am -
• Africa's week in pictures: 8 - 14 January 2021
  A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond.
  - 23 hours ago, 15 Jan 21, 12:26am -
• How Caf went from stopping Hayatou's pension to honouring him
  On the eve of Caf making Issa Hayatou its 'honorary president', a former official says it has taken too long to recognise African football's longest ruler.
  - 1 day ago, 14 Jan 21, 6:52pm -
• Africa internet: Where and how are governments blocking it?
  Uganda has restricted internet access ahead of elections, but it's not the only African country to have done this.
  - 1 day ago, 14 Jan 21, 11:56am -
• Uganda elections 2021: 'We want peace'
  The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga speaks to voters as they wait to cast their ballots.
  - 2 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 10:17am -
• Viewpoint: Global media's Nigeria abductions coverage 'wrong'
  Novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani criticises coverage of the kidnapping of schoolchildren.
  - 3 days ago, 13 Jan 21, 12:26am -
• Uganda elections 2021: What you need to know
  Five things you need to know about Uganda's divisive election.
  - 4 days ago, 12 Jan 21, 10:36am -
• How South African police are tackling pangolin smugglers
  The pangolin is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal. The BBC reports on a rescue operation.
  - 6 days ago, 10 Jan 21, 12:08am -
• The Burundian refugee soap maker who is fighting coronavirus in Kenya
  Chemistry student Innocent Havyarimana started a thriving business in a Kenyan refugee camp.
  - 7 days ago, 9 Jan 21, 12:23am -
• Uganda elections 2021: Five things you should know
  Five things you should know about the upcoming elections in Uganda.
  - 7 days ago, 8 Jan 21, 3:08pm -
• The airman from Sierra Leone who was shot down over Nazi Germany
  The amazing life of Johnny Smythe - RAF officer, prisoner of war and a father of the Windrush generation.
  - 8 days ago, 8 Jan 21, 12:36am -
• Find out about the BBC's international podcast competition
  Sharon Machira explains how people living in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa can enter.
  - 9 days ago, 6 Jan 21, 6:15pm -
• Paystack: Inside the mind of a Nigerian start-up bought for $200m by Stripe
  Five steps Nigerian start-up Paystack took to build and strike a $200m deal with Stripe.
  - 12 days ago, 4 Jan 21, 7:31am -
• Covid vaccines in Africa: What you need to know
  We explain why a vaccine is needed, how we know if it's safe and when Africans will be able to get it.
  - 16 days ago, 30 Dec 20, 3:37pm -
• Nashulai: The community trying to conserve Kenya's wildlife
  The Nashulai conservancy, on the edge of the Maasai Mara, is reviving ancient practices to protect the ecosystem.
  - 17 days ago, 29 Dec 20, 4:32pm -