Kenya: Anti-Childbirth Bleeding Drug Drops in Price After Govt Negotiations
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February 16, 2024, 1:54 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has negotiated the price of Heat Stable Carbetocin, a medicine used for preventing excessive bleeding during and after childbirth, from Sh1,444 to Sh92 per dose.
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Kenya: National Crackdown On Illegal Brew Announced
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February 16, 2024, 1:52 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has announced a nationwide crackdown on illicit brew sellers following the tragic deaths of 23 individuals in Kirinyaga who consumed illicit brew earlier this month.
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Nigeria: Insecurity - Tinubu, Governors Opt for State Police
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February 16, 2024, 7:22 AM
[Leadership] As insecurity continues to plague various part of Nigeria, the federal government appears to have finally come around to the idea of having state police.
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Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga Blasts Scholarship Offers for LGBTQI+ Students
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February 16, 2024, 7:14 AM
[New Zimbabwe] GOVERNMENT has come out guns blazing to castigate foreign higher learning institutions offering prospective learners from Zimbabwe scholarships if they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).
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Kenya: Repeat Offender Chepchirchir Slapped With Eight-Year Ban for Doping
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February 16, 2024, 7:13 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped an eight-year ban on 2017 Tokyo Marathon winner, Kenyan Sarah Chepchirchir after being found guilty of a second offence of doping.
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Burkina Faso: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso to Form Confederation
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February 16, 2024, 6:48 AM
[Premium Times] "Our excellent diplomats then recommended to the Heads of State the creation of a Confederation bringing together Burkina, Mali and Niger, awaiting the creation of a Federation of the three countries."
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Ghana: All The Fired and New Ministers in Akufo-Addo's Major Cabinet Shake-Up
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February 16, 2024, 12:04 PM
[Ghanaian Times] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reshuffled his government, relieving finance minister and other key members of his administration of their duties with immediate effect.
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Kenya: All You Need to Know About State of Kenya's Afcon 2027 Readiness
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February 16, 2024, 2:01 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba on Thursday presented before the National Assembly Committee on Sports the status report of Kenya's preparations towards hosting the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.
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Nigeria: The Dangers of Introducing State Police Today, By Jibrin Ibrahim
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February 16, 2024, 1:57 PM
[Premium Times] As a student of and believer in federalism, I fully support the principle that federal political systems should have police forces controlled by the federating units - states, and in the past I have strongly campaigned for State Police. Today, I am very frightened of the idea because the evidence that it would be abused is massive. Nonetheless, widespread insecurity in the country has pushed many Nigerians into supporting the idea...
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South Africa: President Ramaphosa Responds to SONA Debate
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February 16, 2024, 1:55 PM
[Parliament of South Africa] In response to the debate on his State of the Nation Address last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that many people cannot find jobs and even those with jobs wonder if they will be able to provide for their families, as the cost of living increases. Meanwhile, load shedding continues to have a devastating impact on every aspect of everyone's lives.
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Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo, Somalia, Mali Amongst Highest Users of Child Soldiers
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February 16, 2024, 9:47 AM
[UN News] As we mark the International Day against the use of Child Soldiers, commonly known as the Red Hand Day, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, reaffirms her commitment to the protection of children affected by armed conflict in all regions of the world.
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Nigeria: Experts Seek Robust Implementation of Health Sector Renewal Initiative
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February 16, 2024, 9:35 AM
[Premium Times] The initiative, launched by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, in December is part of the government's strategy to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030.
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Liberia: Questions About Boakai's Ghana Trip
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February 16, 2024, 7:35 AM
[New Dawn] There are particles of dust in the air amidst dark clouds over the main purpose of President Joseph N. Boakai's recent trip to Ghana.
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Nigeria: Herbert Wigwe Always Wanted You to Consider It Done
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February 16, 2024, 7:34 AM
[This Day] Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe (15 August 1966 - 9 February 2024)
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Nigeria: Again, We Say No to the NGO Regulation Bill
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February 16, 2024, 7:25 AM
[This Day] From the 8th National Assembly when the idea was first mooted, proposals to regulate civil society groups have come under different nomenclatures. Despite being shot down by condemnations, the idea would just not go away because many politicians feel uncomfortable that some of the nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) demand accountability of them. Recently, another bill, sponsored by Sada Soli titled, "A Bill for an Act to Establish Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organisations Age...
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Nigeria: Food, Headline Inflation Spike to 35.4 Percent, 29.9 Percent
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February 16, 2024, 7:22 AM
[Leadership] The rising cost of production, elevated transport prices, sustained insecurity and weaker Naira pushed Food and Headline Inflation to 355.41 per cent and 29.90 per cent respectively.
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Liberia: I'm Fully Committed to Embark On This Journey - Foreign Minister
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February 16, 2024, 4:05 PM
[New Republic] Foreign Minister, Sara Beysolow-Nyanti has assured President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. that she is fully committed to embark on the journey of protecting Liberia's image.
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Africa: AUC Chairperson Raises Alarm About African Conflict Hotbeds
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February 16, 2024, 12:04 PM
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia proposes Amharic as new AUC working Language
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Africa: AU Ought to Adopt Amharic As Official Language!
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February 16, 2024, 4:16 PM
[Ethiopian Herald] Africa has successfully decolonized the continent geographically; it is yet to free itself from the shackles of political, economic, and cultural imperialisms. Colonial legacies are still prevalent and visible in many aspects with calls for embracing an African identity has got louder and tenser over the years.
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Liberia: Prophet Key Escapes Detention
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February 16, 2024, 4:07 PM
[New Dawn] Controversial Liberian social media talk show host, Nayaborqua Oldpa Yeazeahn, alias Prophet Key, on Thursday, February 15, 2024, escaped jail sentence after he was released on personal recognizance bond by the Magistrate of the Monrovia City Court.
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Liberia: UP Supporters Demand Forensic Audit
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February 16, 2024, 4:06 PM
[New Dawn] Some Unity Party (UP) supporters in Margibi County are demanding a forensic investigation to clear their doubts about the usage of US$5,000 provided for each district to celebrate President Joseph Nyumah Boakai's inauguration.
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Zimbabwe: CCC Appoints Lawmakers to Key Parliamentary Positions Amid Crisis in Opposition Party
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February 16, 2024, 2:15 PM
[New Zimbabwe] The National Assembly published late yesterday in the Hansard that Zimbabwe's opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), had filled its vacant parliamentary committee positions following the recalling of chief whip Amos Chibaya and several others by the self-proclaimed interim secretary general of the party, Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed that all the dumped parliamentarians were no longer CCC members.
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Zimbabwe: Chamisa Slams Govt's 'Doomed to Fail' Currency Board Plan, Demands Wider Reforms
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February 16, 2024, 2:12 PM
[New Zimbabwe] OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has slammed the government's plans to introduce a currency board, in another attempt to resuscitate the ailing Zimbabwe dollar, saying it will suffer a stillbirth.
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Zimbabwe/South Africa: Manica Diamonds Joins the Race for Khama Billiat's Signature
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February 16, 2024, 2:12 PM
[New Zimbabwe] Manica Diamonds has joined the race to sign former Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat.
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Zimbabwe: YouTube Pulls Down Jah Signal's Hit Track 'Sweetie' After Charambas' Copyright Claim
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February 16, 2024, 2:12 PM
[New Zimbabwe] YouTube has pulled down Zimdancehall star Jah Signal's Sweetie video over a copyright violation claim made by gospel musician Charles Charamba.
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East Africa: Ethiopia, South Sudan Working to Accelerate Regional Integration
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February 16, 2024, 2:00 PM
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Ethiopia and South Sudan have enjoyed cordial relationships in multifaceted spheres that "will never change", South Sudan's Foreign Affairs Minister, James Pitia Morgan said.
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Nigeria: 'It's Time for Reasoning to Prevail' - - Sowore Demands Release of Nnamdi Kanu
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February 16, 2024, 1:57 PM
[Vanguard] The candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, Omoyele Sowore, has restated his call for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
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Namibia: Scheduled Power Outage to Impact Windhoek and Surrounding Areas
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February 16, 2024, 1:55 PM
[Namibia Economist] The City of Windhoek has issued a notification regarding a scheduled power outage set to affect various neighbourhoods and establishments on 10 March, from 08:00 to 16:00.
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Kenya: State Enters a Deal With UK's Firm to Revive Fluorspar Mining in Elgeyo Marakwet
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February 16, 2024, 1:52 PM
[Capital FM] Kenya has signed a contract with the United Kingdom's Soy-Fujax Mining Company for the revival of fluorspar mining in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
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Nigeria: Exclusive - Insecurity: What NSA Ribadu Told Senators
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February 16, 2024, 9:36 AM
[Premium Times] In 2023, out of a total of 394 attacks, only 64, representing 16.24 per cent, occurred under the Bola Tinubu administration, Mr Ribadu said.
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