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2021-06-27 14:12:06 South Africa: Sex, Lies and DNA - Why Many 'Bothas' in South Africa Have the Wrong Surname
‍[The Conversation Africa] Headlines about molecular genetics being used to shed new light on old mysteries or even put criminals behind bars have become increasingly more common.
In South Africa DNA is being used to answer important questions about everything from a group of people's origins to the biological paternity of a child.
But paternity tests aren't just applicable to modern cases. Fellow researcher Christoff Erasmus and I considered DNA evidence to understand a divorce case dating back 321 years. The events before and afte
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2021-06-27 14:09:05 South Africa: How Soccer's 'Gambling Games' Build the Sport in South Africa
‍[The Conversation Africa] In outlining how soccer is played in South Africa, an executive of a soccer club in the rural Cape Winelands district of the country's Western Cape province, explains that the sport has two structures: organised and unorganised.
The organised structures, he explains, falls under competitions endorsed by the South African Football Association. Under the unorganised structure, anyone can organise a competition for money and any team can come and play. However, the football association does not allow clubs af
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2021-06-27 13:48:05 Africa Covid-19 Cases Near 5,4 Million
‍[allAfrica] As of June 27, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,384,305 while over 32,500,561 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.
Reported deaths in Africa reached 140,655 and 4,684,401 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 1,913,861  and 59,778 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (529,224), Tunisia (403,493), Egypt (280,005), Ethiopia (275,881), Libya (192,129) and Kenya (182,393).
For the
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2021-06-27 13:39:05 Kenya: Fewer Kenyan Youths Joining Al-Shabaab
‍[VOA] Kenyan authorities say at least 350 young people who joined the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab have surrendered this year and will be reintegrated into society.
Security agencies in Kenya's coast region say fewer youth are crossing to Somalia to fight for the group in a sign that counterterrorism measures are working.
Kenyan counterterrorism officials are in the county of Mombasa this week to help sensitize the community against violent extremism and to assist former al-Shabab fighters.
Their eff
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2021-06-27 13:00:32 Nigeria: Insecurity - Over 1 Million People May Die in North-East Nigeria - Report
‍[Premium Times] "...the conflicts in the three states... that recorded deaths of 35,000 at the end of 2019, increased by 10 times at nearly 350,000 deaths through the end of 2020, with 314,000 of those from indirect causes."
About 1.1 million lives could be lost by 2030, if the insurgency ravaging Nigeria's North-east region continues, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said in a new report.
The report also said the over a decade conflict in the war-torn states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe "had increased b
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2021-06-27 13:00:27 Rwanda, DR Congo Sign Three Bilateral Agreements
‍[New Times] Ministers from Rwanda and the DR Congo on Saturday, June 26, signed three key bilateral agreements as the two countries look to further enhance trade and diplomatic ties.
This happened during a bilateral meeting held between President Paul Kagame and his host, Félix Tshisekedi, at the Goma Serena Hotel, in Goma, capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province.
A bilateral investment treaty, a double taxation avoidance agreement, as well as an MoU on a mining concession, were the three agreements signed by
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2021-06-27 12:57:05 Liberia: Defence Strikes Blows in Liberia War Crimes Trial
‍[FrontPageAfrica] The defence team in the trial of Gibril Massaquoi, the former RUF commander accused of committing war crimes in Liberia, has had some wins in the concluding weeks of the trial in Tampere, Finland.
Since it resumed in Finland, after three months hearing testimonies in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the trial has narrowed to two questions: What were the dates of the events for which Massaquoi is accused? And, have dozens of Liberian witnesses got the wrong man when they claimed "Angel Gabriel" is the commander wi
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2021-06-27 12:03:05 Nigeria Faces Harder Times Over Rising Drug Use
‍[Premium Times] "When you notice that your children or house-helps are in the unusual habit of taking the keys to wash your cars frequently, they may be sniffing fuel."
As of Friday, various worrisome images and video clips suspected to be those of Chidinma Ojukwu, an undergraduate of Mass Communication Department at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, who is alleged to have murdered the chief executive officer of Super TV, Michael Ataga, surfaced on the social media.
One of such clips shows the 21-year-old smoking w
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2021-06-27 11:24:07 Nigeria: Tell Nigerians Why You Cancelled London Trip - Opposition to Buhari
‍[Leadership] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the real reason he rescheduled his medical trip to London at the last-minute.
The party's position is amidst increasing international disapprovals to the escalated human right violations, constitutional breaches, clampdown on citizens, suppression of free speech and other excesses by the Buhari administration, for which there have been concerted demands for travel restrictions against officials of the Buhari administ
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2021-06-27 11:12:05 Nigeria: 1.2 Billion African Lives At Risk Over Poor Healthcare - AfDB
‍[Daily Trust] President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the lives of 1.2 billion Africans are at risk of poor access to quality healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adesina who stated this at the 56th Annual Meetings of the Bank Group, also pledged that the Bank would strengthen support to African countries as they tackle the pandemic's economic and health impacts.
According to a statement, shareholders at the three day meeting showed strong support for the Bank's proposals to ta
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