AllAfrica

2021-06-29 09:57:04 Nigeria: Insurgency Has Killed 'Almost 350,000 in North-East - Report
‍[Premium Times] The report estimates that through the end of 2020, the conflict in the North-east will have resulted in nearly 350,000 deaths, with 314,000 of those from indirect causes.
Insurgency-related conflicts claimed the lives of almost 350,000 lives in the North-eastern part of Nigeria up till the end 2020, a new report of the United Nations Develop Programme (UNDP) has said.
The report said insurgency directly resulted to the death of 35,000 people in three states in the region, while an estimated 314,000 people
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-29 01:27:14 Zimbabwe: Footballer Bonne On the Move Again
‍[The Herald] Zimbabwe international Macauley Bonne is on the move again in the English football pyramid.
The 25-year-old is joining hometown club Ipswich Town on a season-long loan deal from Championship side, Queens Park Rangers. Ipswich play in the English Football League One, which is the third tier overall.
The club announced at the new deal at the weekend. Ipswich Town are currently beefing up ahead of the new season which kicks off on July 10.
Bonne still has two years on his contract with QPR. He had a subdued t
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 23:48:05 Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Gets Star Treatment On Return to Home Village of Mama
‍[RFI] Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo was given a triumphant welcome in his home town of Mama on Sunday, his first visit to the provinces since he came back from Europe 10 days ago having been acquitted by the ICC.
Inhabitants of the village of Mama, around 300km north-west of Abidjan, had been eagerly anticipating Gbagbo's visit.
Some 5,000 supporters turned out to greet him as he was driven into Mama's main square, mobbing his vehicle in excitement, reported RFI's correspondent François Hume-Fer
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 23:33:11 Africa: Joint Communiquà by Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
‍[State Department] The following statement was released by United States Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS following today’s meeting. Begin text:
The Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS, reconvening in-person after two years, met today in Rome at the invitation of Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. The Ministers reaffirme
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 23:21:10 Africa: Statement on Covishield and the European Union (EU) Digital COVID Certificate "Green Pass"
‍[Africa CDC] The African Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) noted with concern recent communications regarding the applicability of the EU Digital COVID Certificate “Green Pass” to different COVID-19 vaccines.
The availability of such a Certificate, with its potential to significantly facilitate free safe movement across all EU Member States and certain associated countries, is a significant step forward. However, the current applicability guidelines put
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 23:00:47 Liberia: Unity Party Lawmakers Urged to Support Calls for War Crimes Court
‍[New Dawn] The former ruling Unity Party strongly calls on its lawmakers at the Capitol to support and advocate for the establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court, saying it will seriously frown on any action(s) taken by any of its lawmakers to stall, thwart or contradict the party's official position on the establishment of the Court in Liberia.
"All UP lawmakers are encouraged to act in accordance with the decision of the party", says a press release.
The Unity Party reaffirms its commitment to th
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 21:57:05 Namibia: Covid-19 Third Wave Hits Henties Harder Than Before
‍[Namibian] Residents of Henties Bay in the Erongo region say the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is definitely hitting them harder than the previous two.
Former Henties Bay mayor Herman /Honeb last week said residents are now realising the virus is real as they hear of residents infected and dying.
He said during the first outbreak of the pandemic the town felt excluded as it experienced a great need for hospital beds, medicine and human resources, which is currently being addressed.
/Honeb says besides the messa
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 21:09:06 Zimbabwe: Outrage Over Chinese Mining Project in Resort
‍[Zimbabwe Standard] A Chinese company has been granted the rights to carry out mining activities at the Mavuradonha Wilderness monument in Guruve, sparking protests from locals who say it will scuttle tourism opportunities.
It could not be immediately established what Afrochine Smelting intends to mine in the area, but locals believe the Chinese want to set up a chrome mine.
Villagers and businesspeople that have set up tourist facilities in Mavuradohna say they were not consulted before the company was given the mining right
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 21:03:16 Cameroon: Stop the Ban On Vital Medical Services in Anglophone Cameroon, Says MSF
‍[RFI] International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called on the Cameroonian government to lift the ban on providing free, essential medical care in the restive Anglophone North-West region of the country after they were blocked more than six months ago. The government had accused MSF of being too close to separatists in the area.
"That is clearly ungrounded," says Emmanuel Lampaert, MSF Operations Coordinator for Central Africa, talking about the government's justification for pulling MSF's a
Read More Open / Comment

2021-06-28 20:03:10 Kenya: Mungiki Gang Forcing Central Women to Undergo FGM
‍[Nation] A cultural purist gang believed to be a scion of the Mungiki sect has erupted in parts of Central region and is forcing women to get circumcised.
Its activities are concentrated in Murang'a, Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Nyandarua and parts of Laikipia counties.
So forceful is the gang that the Chief Administrative Secretary for Public Service and Gender Jebii Kilimo recently visited Kandara Sub-county to address the issue after a woman went public on how her husband, a member of the gang, organised a ceremony
Read More Open / Comment