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2021-05-13 13:45:23 Somalia: Drought Followed by Torrential Rains Bring Devastation
‍[VOA] The United Nations warns Somalia faces a perilous future as drought followed by torrential rains have destroyed this year's planting season.
Somalia is one of the countries in the world most prone to the erratic and calamitous impacts of climate change. It has been hit by a double climate disaster for more than two weeks that is likely to worsen its already acute situation of food insecurity.
The drought, which was declared on April 25 was soon followed by torrential rains that caused flash floods and rive
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2021-05-13 13:24:10 Nigeria: Why Ndume Was Jailed for Being Maina's Surety but Abaribe Wasn't As Nnamdi Kanu's Surety
‍[Premium Times] A review of the facts of how the cases played out in court reveals why the two senators' similar journeys as sureties for high-profile defendants took them to different destinations.
Ali Ndume, the Borno South senator, knew he had got into trouble after Abdulrasheed Maina, the man he stood surety for, jumped bail.
But the senator must have ruled out going to jail as a possible consequence for his inability to fulfil his pledge to always produce Mr Maina for his N2 billion pension fraud trial.
Mr Ndume's se
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2021-05-13 13:24:05 Cameroon: Military Says Rebels Turning to IEDS As Numbers Fall
‍[VOA] Cameroon authorities say anglophone separatists have been increasing their use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which killed 24 people in the past two weeks. Cameroon's military held an emergency meeting on the issue Monday.
Cameroon's Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo held two emergency meetings in the past week over the increasing use of improvised explosive devices in the country's west.
After the meeting on Monday, Assomo said IEDs planted by anglophone separatists were resulting in almost dai
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2021-05-13 13:09:12 Kenya: Floods Cause Havoc Across the Country
‍[Nation] Learning in the Nyanza region has been disrupted and transport paralysed in some areas as heavy rains left schools flooded and some roads cut off after bridges collapsed.
Many learners are unable to access their schools while the few who have been reporting have been sent back home.
Transport services were paralysed in parts of Siaya, Migori and Homa Bay counties after key bridges were washed away by floods following a heavy downpour.
St Paul Nyamasao Primary, Ogenya Primary in Nyando, and St Marks Nyabera
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2021-05-13 12:45:18 Zimbabwe: Scientists Use Facial Recognition Technology to ID Giraffes
‍[RFI] A team of French scientists in Zimbabwe's Hwange National park has developed a deep learning computer system to distinguish between individual giraffes, a tool that could help to conserve this iconic African species from extinction.
Individual giraffes' unique coat patterns, consisting of brown blotches on a tan background, make them difficult to tell apart. And researchers desperately need to distinguish between giraffes since populations in this remote part of northwestern Zimbabwe are on the decline, fo
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2021-05-13 12:15:07 Kenya: No More Lockdowns Please, Governors Tell Kenyatta
‍[Capital FM] The Council of Governors (CoG) says it will push for the continuous lifting of the lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 so as to spur economic growth.
Speaking on Wednesday during the weekly briefing on the Coronavirus, CoG Chairman Embu Governor Martin Wambora said they have noted the negative effect the restrictions have had on the economy.
"Going forward we shall prevail with our partners in the National Government to go easy on this locking down of the counties. Because we have seen
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2021-05-13 11:24:06 Algeria: Freedom of Speech, Assembly Under Attack, UN Warns
‍[VOA] U.N. human rights officials are expressing concern about increasingly repressive actions by the Algerian government, which they say are stifling peoples' rights to freedom of opinion and assembly.
Demonstrations have not been held in the streets of Algeria for most of the past year because of COVID-19. However, since they resumed February 13, the U.N. human rights office says it has received reports of security forces using unnecessary and disproportionate force against peaceful protesters.
The protesters
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2021-05-13 10:48:13 Nigeria: Electricity Blackout Worsens As Power Grid Collapses Again
‍[Leadership] The national grid has suffered another system collapse, worsening the power blackout across several states of the federation.
The collapse, which occurred around 11.00 am on Wednesday, was first confirmed by two of the country's electricity distribution companies in separate messages to their customers.
"We regret to inform you that the power outage currently being experienced across our franchise - Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states - is as a result of the collapse of the national grid," Kaduna Elec
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2021-05-13 10:45:18 Nigeria: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Nigerians React As Fela Loses to Tina Turner, Jay-Z
‍[Premium Times] The news comes as a surprise for Fela's fans because he placed second in the fan vote category on the last day of voting.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday announced its 2021 Inductees with Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, missing on the list.
The 2021 inductees are Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go's, JAY-Z, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren.
The news came as a surprise for Fela's fans because he placed second in the fan vote category on the last day of voting.
When Nigeria Twittersphere challenged
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2021-05-13 10:45:13 Sudan: Families Seek Justice for Victims of June 2019 Crackdown in Khartoum
‍[VOA] Sudanese investigators recently questioned top military chiefs on the ruling Sovereign Council about a deadly June 2019 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. But right defenders and relatives of victims doubt the generals will ever face justice.
Those being investigated include the head of the ruling Sovereign Council, General Abdelfatah al-Burhan, and the head of the controversial Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who rights groups blame for the violent dispersal that left more than 120 people
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