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2021-06-29 19:24:05 Southern Africa: SADC Has U.S.$12 Million Budget for Standby Force
‍[AIM] The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday approved a budget of 12 million US dollars to put into motion the SADC Standby Force that will support Mozambique in the struggle against terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The Council of Ministers, chaired by Mozambican Foreign Minister Veronica Macamo, met in extraordinary session, in virtual format, to analyse the financial requirementS for the Standby Force.
The spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry
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2021-06-29 14:27:05 Africa: Discovery to Boost Malaria Treatment
‍[Nation] Africa's malaria control strategy is to advance following a new study.
The study by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) Wellcome Trust Research Programme comes as Kenya seeks an alternative malaria treatment given the emergence of resistance to Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) in South East Asia.
The researchers sought to compare standard treatment regimens against double and triple drug combinations to determine their safety, tolerability and the ability.
"This is tremendous progres
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2021-06-29 14:21:05 Nigeria Accidentally Discovers More Gas, Aims to Boost Consumption
‍[Nation] Nigeria has accidentally discovered an additional 206 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves while in search of crude oil, Minister of State Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, said on Saturday.
Speaking in Abuja, Mr Sylva noted that the discovery of an additional 600 trillion cubic feet would enable the country to achieve the level of development expected of one rich in oil and gas.
Explaining the discovery, he said: "We were looking for crude oil but accidentally found gas. The belief is that if we aim to look for
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2021-06-29 14:15:26 Tanzania: Opposition Leader Ready to Meet, Work With President Samia
‍[East African] Tanzanian Opposition leader Tundu Lissu has said he is ready and willing to return to the country and work with President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
The Chadema vice chairman has been living in exile in Belgium since last year's after he lost the presidential election to the late President John Magufuli.
Mr Lissu, who was speaking in Nairobi on Saturday during the launch of his new book on democracy in East Africa, said that he had already placed phone calls to the new Tanzanian leader and asked for a meeting.
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2021-06-29 14:01:31 Kenya: Dry Spell Leaves Kenyan Islanders Thirsty for Clean Water
‍[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Island residents in Lamu county rely on the government for potable water, but with supplies running low they say they often have to drink from dirty wells
When Hellen Achieng' moved from a village near Lake Victoria to an island off of Kenya's coast, she never imagined she would have trouble finding the one resource she took for granted at her old home: water.
Eating lunch with her two daughters, Achieng', who mines coral for a living, explained there is only one well on Manda Island, so residents rely on
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2021-06-29 14:01:26 Tanzania Makes Covid-19 Statistics Public for the Time in Over a Year
‍[Citizen] Tanzania has recorded 100 new Covid-19 cases since the third wave of the viral disease broke out across the globe, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Monday.
Speaking during her maiden press conference at State House in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan said 70 of the 100 patients were in a critical condition.
"About 70 are on ventilators," she said.
It was the first time Tanzania had made Covid-19 statistics public since May 2020.
The fifth phase administration of former President, the late John Magufuli
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2021-06-29 13:33:11 Tunisia: Refusal to Initial Constitutional Court Law No Longer On Tuesday's Plenary Agenda
‍[Tunis Afrique Presse] The bureau of the Parliament decided to modify the agenda of the plenary sessions of June 29 and 30, 2021, by cancelling the examination of the issue of the refusal, by President Kais Saied to initial the law on the Constitutional Court.
The MPs will focus, during these plenary sessions, on the draft law on the regulation of domestic work, the draft law n° 64/2018 setting the criteria for the division of electoral districts and the number of their seats and the draft organic law n°005/2020 on the a
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2021-06-29 13:21:12 Tunisia: Acting Agriculture Minister Calls for Reflection On New Food System in Tunisia
‍[Tunis Afrique Presse] Acting Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem stressed the importance of reflecting on a new food system in Tunisia in light of the challenges the country is facing, such as climate change and water resources scarcity, according to a press release from the Department of Agriculture.
This involves adapting and finding other solutions to provide food at preferential prices to all Tunisians, he said at the closing of the National Concertation on Food Systems, noting that
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2021-06-29 12:09:05 Nigeria: World Not Ready for 240 Million Migrants If Nigeria Implodes, UN Warns
‍[Vanguard] The United Nations has warned youths not to work against the interest of the country, saying the world won't be able to accommodate 240 million Nigerians as migrants should the country implode.
Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, who said this in a statement signed by National Information Officer, UN Office, Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun, cautioned Nigerian youths to start building the country with their God-given skills and talents.
She spoke against the backdrop of the roles youths play
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2021-06-29 10:48:13 Africa Has Few Vaccines - Here's What Can Still Be Done to Minimise the Impact of Covid-19
‍[The Conversation Africa] The abrupt arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world, creating havoc for economies and social fabrics and taking heavy tolls on lives and livelihoods. Many rich nations have procured and vaccinated a critical mass of their populations. Many have reopened their borders for "business as usual".
At first sight, the situation looks dire for Africa. The regional office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released a statement saying that 90% of countries in Africa would miss the target of
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