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We Live Like Animals,’ say Villagers Displaced by Fighting in Central African Republic

Jide AdesinaFebruary 11, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 11, 20210393

Fighting between pro-government forces and rebel groups in the Central African Republic has forced thousands of families to flee their homes. Living in precarious conditions...

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A Moral Catastrophe”: Africa CDC Head Says Lack of Vaccines for the Continent Will Imperil World

Jide AdesinaFebruary 8, 2021February 8, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 8, 2021February 8, 20210418

Countries across the African continent are facing a second COVID-19 outbreak, linked to a variant first found in South Africa that has been detected in...

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Nigerian News Website Peoples Gazette Blocked, Threatened with Legal Action

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 20210382

New York, February 5, 2021–Nigerian authorities should ensure access to the Peoples Gazette new site is not disrupted and its reporters can work without fear of harassment...

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Biden Ends Deadlock over First African and First Woman to Lead WTO

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021February 5, 20210376

The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by expressing its “strong support” for Nigeria’s ex-finance minister....

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The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum Elects Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi As President Of The Presidential Council And Abdel-Hamid Dabaiba As Prime Minister In The Second Round Of Voting.

Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 5, 20210355

Geneva, February 5, 2021 (Lana) – The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva today, Friday evening, elected Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi as Chairman of the Presidential...

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Civilians killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on Hotel in Somalia

Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 3, 20210329

At least three people including two civilians were killed in a jihadist attack Sunday on a Mogadishu hotel, a Somali security source said, adding that...

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Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Fail to Reach Final Agreement for GERD

Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 2021

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 2, 20210381

Sudan has recently started to state clearly that a legally binding solution is the only way out of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis...

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Another Lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Plateau State in Nigeria

Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 2021

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 30, 20210376

The federal government hinted yesterday that it was considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as Lagos and Plateau States. National...

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Sunday Igboho’s Ibadan House Set Ablaze

Jide AdesinaJanuary 26, 2021

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 26, 20210407

The house of a Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been set on fire at Soka area in Ibadan, Oyo State...

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Drone Footage Captures Devastation of Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique

Jide AdesinaJanuary 25, 2021

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 25, 20210346

The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 12 on Monday (January 25), according to figures from authorities across south-eastern Africa, where heavy...

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Chief Sunday Igboho to be Appointed as Corps Marshal ( overall commander) of Amotekun Corps

Jide AdesinaJanuary 25, 2021

by Jide AdesinaJanuary 25, 20210471

One of the resolutions of south west governors’ meeting today at Akure should be immediate appointment of Chief Sunday Igboho as Corps Marshal ( overall...

Africa International News

‘Child soldiers’ are terrorising Cape Flats communities, says study

Jide AdesinaMay 13, 2018

by Jide AdesinaMay 13, 20180394

Her 15-year-old has an unlicensed gun and refers to himself as a soldier for the local gang.A Cape Town mother spoke of her struggle with...

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U.N. Chief Furious With Morocco Over Western Sahara Demonstration

Jide AdesinaMarch 15, 2016

by Jide AdesinaMarch 15, 20160410

By Louis Charbonneau U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Morocco’s foreign minister on Monday he was angered and disappointed by a demonstration in Rabat he said...

Africa International News

Fresh Xenophobic Attacks Reported in S. Africa

Jide AdesinaMarch 14, 2016

by Jide AdesinaMarch 14, 20160404

Foreign shops were looted on Sunday in an informal settlement near Natalspruit in eastern Johannesburg following the deaths of two local residents, police said. The...

Africa International News

Meet Nicholas Marino Cycling All Remote Africa And Asia

Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2016February 4, 2016

by Jide AdesinaFebruary 4, 2016February 4, 20160458

Pictures by Nicolas Marino Nicolas Marino. Documentary and landscape photographer currently on a long cycling journey around remote Asia and Africa. In this page, I...

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Tunisian Security Tells Former President He is Target of Terrorist Plot Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:19

Jide AdesinaNovember 24, 2015

by Jide AdesinaNovember 24, 20150346

Former interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki The Tunisian security services informed former President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki on Monday that he is the target of...

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Jide AdesinaOctober 18, 2015

by Jide AdesinaOctober 18, 20150339

Emanuel Kawishe, director of the legal services department of the National Electoral Commission of Tanzania Peter Clottey A prominent official of the National Electoral Commission...

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UN Security Council Condemns Attack Against AU Mission in Somalia

Jide AdesinaSeptember 3, 2015

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 3, 20150352

The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms the attack by the extremist group Al Shabaab against an AMISOM base in Janaale...

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Boko Haram Killers On Horseback Massacre Nearly 80 In Nigeria

Jide AdesinaSeptember 1, 2015

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 1, 20150328

New In this June 5, 2013 file photo shows Nigerian soldiers patrolling in the north of Borno state near Marte as journalists visit...

Africa International News

KOGI STATE ELECTION 2015 UPDATE : Poverty in Kogi Human-inflicted, Says Audu

Jide AdesinaAugust 17, 2015

by Jide AdesinaAugust 17, 20150370

Former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has formally declared intention to contest the November 21 gubernatorial election on the platform of All Progressives...

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