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UN Chief Denounces COVID ‘Travel Apartheid’ Against Southern Africa

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that southern African nations that first detected the omicron COVID-19 variant are being collectively...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 2, 2021
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Zimbabwe Announces 14-Day Quarantine, 9-Hour Curfew To Contain Omicron

Zimbabwe has announced a nine-hour curfew and compulsory 14-day quarantine for anyone arriving in the country, to prevent the spread...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 2, 2021
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Ethiopia Government Clamps Down on War Coverage

Armed with placards that read “Stop BBC,” “Stop CNN” and “Stop FAKE news on Ethiopia,” supporters of Ethiopia’s government are...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 2, 2021
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Nigeria Confirms 3 Cases Of Coronavirus Omicron Variant

Nigeria has confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in two travelers from South Africa. But...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 2, 2021
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Africans Will Get Wider Access To Vaccines In New Distribution...

Vaccine-short Africa is hopeful of getting more COVID-19 doses, as a South African pharmaceutical firm is close to being the...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 1, 2021
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Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict: Lalibela Retaken – Government

Ethiopian troops have recaptured the historic town of Lalibela from Tigrayan rebels, the government has said. This is the latest...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 1, 2021
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Ethiopia Accuses Twitter Of Pro-rebel Bias In Complaint

Ethiopia has filed a complaint with Twitter accusing the social media giant of suspending accounts critical of Tigrayan rebels it...

BY Hussein Habibata
December 1, 2021
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Ethiopian Gov’t Forces In Control Of Chifra: State Media

Ethiopia’s state-run broadcaster has said government forces were in control of the town of Chifra in Afar region, their first...

BY Hussein Habibata
November 29, 2021
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Covid: South Africa’s President Calls For Lifting Of Omicron Travel...

South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron....

BY Hussein Habibata
November 29, 2021
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Israel To Allow 3,000 Ethiopian Jews To Immigrate

Israel’s government on Sunday approved the immigration of several thousand Jews from war-torn Ethiopia, some of whom have waited for...

BY Hussein Habibata
November 29, 2021
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