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4 years agoMalawi Police Arrest Former Minister, Bank Chief For Lying To IMF
Malawi police have arrested a former finance minister and an ex-central bank chief for fabricating figures in a bid to impress the IMF, they said on Wedn...
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4 years agoQatar And Turkey Extend Currency Swap Deal
Qatar and Turkey have announced they agreed to extend a currency swap deal between their central banks, as Ankara’s lira has plunged in value fuelling an economic crisis, Igb...
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4 years agoUS Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of Beijing Winter Olympics
The United States on Monday announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, citing human rights abuses, in a move that will not stop US athl...
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4 years agoEthiopia Government Claims Recapture Of Key Towns
Ethiopia’s government said Monday it had recaptured two strategic towns from rebel fighters, the latest in a rapid series of battlefield victories claimed by forces lo...
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4 years agoThousands Stranded As Commercial Drivers Strike In Ghana
Thousands of Ghanaian commuters, students and workers were stranded at bus stations across the country on Monday after commercial transport drivers went on strike...
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4 years agoItaly Imposes New COVID-19 Rules On Unvaccinated People
People in Italy unvaccinated against Covid-19 can no longer go to the theatre, cinemas, live music venues or major sporting events under new rules that came into f...
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4 years agoTaliban Reject Claims Of ‘Summary Killings’ of Ex-Security Forces
Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Sunday rejected condemnation by Western nations over dozens of alleged “summary killings” of former securit...
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4 years agoIndonesia Volcano Eruption Death Toll Rises To 13
Rescuers in Indonesia raced to find survivors in villages blanketed by molten ash Sunday after the eruption of Mount Semeru killed at least 13 people and left dozens inj...
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4 years agoGambians Await Presidential Result In Test For Young Democracy
Gambians were waiting Sunday to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled in...
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4 years agoChile Confirms First Case Of Omicron Variant
Chile said Saturday it had found its first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in a traveler who arrived late last month from Ghana, IgbereTV reports. The traveler...
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4 years agoCNN Fires Chris Cuomo
CNN fired veteran anchor and correspondent Chris Cuomo, the cable news channel said Saturday, amid an investigation into his involvement with helping defend brother Andrew Cuomo, the former New Yor...
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4 years agoSeven Killed In Attack On DR Congo Mining Town
An armed group slew seven civilians in an attack on a mining town in Democratic Republic of Congo, a source said Saturday, with the army claiming it killed 36 attackers, Ig...
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4 years agoSenegal Transport Workers End Strike
Senegalese transport unions ended a strike overnight from Friday to Saturday that had paralysed capital Dakar and other regions over police harassment and illicit competition, Igbere...
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4 years agoZimbabwe’s Main Airport Operating Without Radar – Lawmaker
Planes are landing at Zimbabwe’s main international airport without any radar systems to guide air traffic controllers, a lawmaker said in a video release...
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4 years agoChild Hospitalisations Spike As Omicron Variant Sweeps Through South Africa
Doctors in South Africa said Friday there had been a spike in hospitalisations among young children after Omicron swept through the country but...
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4 years agoUS Confirms First Omicron Case In Traveler Returning From South Africa
The United States on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of the Covid-19 Omicron variant had been detected in California, in a fully vacc...
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4 years agoTime To ‘Think About Mandatory Vaccination’, Says EU Chief
It is time for the European Union to “think about mandatory vaccination” against Covid, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, w...
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4 years agoFrance To Lift Ban On Southern Africa Flights Saturday
France said Wednesday it would allow in flights from ten southern African countries from Saturday, but with “drastic” restrictions permitting only French and EU...
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4 years agoBiden Marks World AIDS Day With Plan To Eradicate Disease
President Joe Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Wednesday with a speech laying out his vision for ending the epidemic in the United States by 2030, IgbereTV repo...
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4 years agoPolice Fire Tear Gas At Anti-Government Protesters In Burkina Faso
Police in Burkina Faso fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters at an unsanctioned anti-government rally in the capital on Saturday as anger ov...
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