S. AFRICA MINE DEATHS SHOT BY 33% IN 2021 FIRST HALF
South African mines recorded 32 deaths between January and June, injuries rose to 1066 from 679 in the same per.
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ONCE A MONTH PILL FOR HIV PREVENTION FORTHCOMING
Africans at risk of getting HIV could soon swallow a tablet a month to evade infection, if a trial by local scientists succeeds.
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ZIMBABWE’S NEW HIGHEST BANK NOTE EQUALS $0.60
Zimbabwe’s Central Bank introduces a new 50 dollar note, the nation’s highest denomination equaling the US $0.60
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KENYAN FAMILIES AGONISE AS LOVED ONES’ BODIES ARE HELD IN MIDDLE EAST
Three Kenyan families whose kin died in the Middle East want Kenya to help them secure the bodies.
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FOUR KILLED, TWO DETAINED OVER HAITI’S PRESIDENT ASSASSINATION
Faith Nyasuguta Four men alleged to have killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been executed in a police shootout, security forces have said. Another two suspects have been detained whereas some others are still at large in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. “They will be killed or captured,” the head of police, Leon Charles said. Early Wednesday […]
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5,000 JOBS WERE LOST DURING ESWATINI PROTESTS LAST WEEK
Faith Nyasuguta The Eswatini government has assessed the recent protests and approximated that some 5,000 jobs were lost during that period. As the week began, interim prime minister Themba Masuku toured Matsapha, an area where massive business property was destroyed last week over protests. The state has approximated that the overall national damage is at […]
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UN CONDEMNS ATTACKS, ABDUCTIONS OF AFRICAN CHILDREN
Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the alarming surge in attacks and kidnappings of children in parts of Africa. In a statement,the agency’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore indicated that the cases were higher in West and Central Africa. UNICEF noted that the “non-state armed groups and parties to the conflict in […]
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JACOB ZUMA SURRENDERS, TO SPEND HIS FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL
Faith Nyasuguta Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma will spend his first night in prison today. This comes after the former leader turned himself in to South African police early Thursday to commence his 15 month-long sentence. According to officials, Zuma was convicted of contempt of the nation’s loftiest court. Prison officials have asserted that the […]
Read MoreHAITI PRESIDENT ASSASINATION
Faith Nyasuguta Haiti President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated by unknown assailants in his private residence at Port-au-Prince. His wife has been wounded and airlifted to a hospital in Miami, US.
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HAITI PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE KILLED BY UNKNOWN ATTACKERS
Faith Nyasuguta Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was killed on Wednesday during an ambush at his private residence, Haiti’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph has said. In a statement, Joseph dubbed the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act”. He confirmed that a group of unknown people attacked Moïse’s home on Wednesday and shot him dead. Martine […]
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