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2021-06-28 20:03:05 Nigeria: BET Awards 2021 - Again, Burna Boy Wins Best International Act (Full Winners List)
‍[Premium Times] Burna Boy has achieved this latest feat for the third time since 2019, and this is coming after his Grammy-award win for World Best Music Album in March.
The multiple award-winning artiste, Damini Ebunoluwa, popularly known as Burna Boy, has bagged the Best International Act award.
He was up against his colleague, Wizkid, Aya Nakamura (France), Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania), Emicida (Brazil).
Other contenders in the Best International Act category were Headie One (United Kingdom), Young T & Bugsey (Unite
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2021-06-28 20:00:32 Sudan: Former Sudan Security Agent Sentenced to Hang for Student's December 2018 Murder
‍[Radio Dabanga] The Special Court convened to try the perpetrators of crimes related to the Sudanese revolution, has sentenced a former member of the defunct National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to death by hanging, for the murder of Hassan Mohammed Omar during a mass protest in Khartoum on December 25, 2018.
At the Institute of Judicial Sciences in Khartoum on Sunday, the Special Court presided over by Appeal Court Judge El Sadig Abkar Adam, convicted Ashraf El Tayyib (known as Abgaika) of premeditated murde
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2021-06-28 20:00:28 Kenya: Alarm As Stunted Growth Plagues Northern Kenya
‍[Nation] It is more than five years since prevalent stunted growths among children in Northern Kenya were reported, yet there is still no end in sight for children and families suffering devastating impacts on their health and well-being.
While speaking to the nation.africa at Qalaliwe village during her visit to Moyale sub-county on Saturday, the World Food Programme Representative and Country Director Lauren Landis, expressed fear of long term impacts of prevalent stunted growths among children in the region.
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2021-06-28 19:27:10 Zimbabwe: Jitters Over Covid-19 Third Wave
‍[Zimbabwe Standard] Health experts have warned that Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deadlier third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak with more rural areas emerging as hotspots. Mashonaland West province, which is largely a rural province, has been recording the highest daily infections for most of this month and a fortnight ago the government was forced to introduce more stringent lockdown measures in Kariba, Hurungwe and Makonde districts.
Masvingo is another largely rural province that is reeling from rising infections. Johannes
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2021-06-28 19:27:05 Zimbabwe: Parastatals Audits Swept Under the Carpet
‍[Zimbabwe Standard] Every year, Zimbabwe's auditor-general (AG) Mildred Chiri, releases damning reports, exposing a litany of gross accounting malpractices by government departments, parastatals and local authorities.
To address these malpractices, Chiri usually gives recommendations but the majority of them are not being implemented by public officials, resulting in re-occurrence of similar or identical irregularities.
For instance, according to the AG 2019 report, out of the 356 recommendations made by the AG in 2018, only
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2021-06-28 19:24:06 Zimbabwe: Alarm Over Chinamasa Army Threats
‍[Zimbabwe Standard] Zanu-PF is already preparing for a violent 2023 election campaign season as evidenced by utterances of its acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa, observers have warned.
Chinamasa told journalists that Zanu PF would continue to work with the military because they were inseparable.
The military has on several occasions intervened when the ruling party's grip on power is threatened, resulting in deadly incidences of political violence during elections.
In 2017, the army toppled long time ruler Robert Mugabe when
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2021-06-28 19:21:05 Zimbabwe: MDC-T Rubbishes 'Zanu-PF Puppet' Stigma
‍[New Zimbabwe] MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube has rubbished continued claims the Douglas Mwonzora led opposition was a Zanu PF puppet.
He was addressing journalists in Kwekwe weekend.
The politician said the narrative that they were a Zanu PF appendage was being peddled by the media.
"There are some sections of the media which think that our existence is to fight other opposition parties or to be opposition of the opposition. That is far from the truth," Dube said.
MDC-T broke ranks with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Allia
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2021-06-28 19:09:13 Namibia Runs Out of First Vaccine Doses
‍[Namibian] The country has run out of first doses of the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine.
The Covax facility, through which Namibia is acquiring vaccines, is currently prioritising distribution to other countries.
The facility is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi), Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) and focuses on ensuring equitable access of vaccines for African countries.
Moreover, being a middle-income country, Namibia has to settle its own financia
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2021-06-28 18:21:04 Swaziland: Protests Continue Despite Ban and Police Violence
‍[Swazi Media] Pro-democracy protests continued across Swaziland (eSwatini) despite a ban on marching imposed by the kingdom's absolute monarch.
Marches took place in at least 10 locations - mainly in rural areas.
Police fired teargas and live ammunition in an attempt to disperse protestors. There were many injuries, including to two journalists.
Swaziland is ruled by King Mswati III as an absolute monarch. Political parties are banned from taking part in elections and the King chooses the Prime Minister and government c
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2021-06-28 18:03:04 Zimbabwe: Chinamasa Chides Educated but 'Foolish' Homeowners
‍[New Zimbabwe] ZANU PF acting commissar Patrick Chinamasa says those who have lost homes through recent demolitions by authorities were "foolish" as they did not give themselves time to verify the genuineness of the properties sold to them by land barons.
Addressing journalists this past week, the controversial politician said Zimbabweans, for all the education they claim to have attained, were still not wise enough to do background checks on things they get themselves into.
Hundreds of citizens in parts of Harare and Ch
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