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Uganda MPs Pass Bill Criminalizing Human Sacrifice
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Uganda MPs Pass Bill Criminalizing Human Sacrifice

Uganda’s parliament has passed a bill criminalizing human sacrifice, according to reports. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifices Bill, 2020 prescribes a death sentence for any person found guilty of commi…

May 6, 2021
Mali Woman Expecting 7 Babies Gives Birth to 9
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Mali Woman Expecting 7 Babies Gives Birth to 9

A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at a hospital in Morocco.  Halima Cisse, who hails from the northern part of the West African nation, was flown to Morocco by Mali’s government on March 30th f…

May 5, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates Are Divorcing After 27 Years of Marriage
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Bill and Melinda Gates Are Divorcing After 27 Years of Marriage

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have announced they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage.  Gates, 65, and Melinda, 56, announced the split through a joint statement on Monday. “After a great deal…

May 3, 2021
Nigerian Teen Gets 19 Scholarship Offers Worth over $5 Million from US and Canadian Universities
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Nigerian Teen Gets 19 Scholarship Offers Worth over $5 Million from US and Canadian Universities

Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old Nigerian student has received 19 full-ride scholarship offers worth over $5 million from leading US and Canadian universities. The scholarship offers for an undergraduate program cam…

May 2, 2021
Tanzania Installs Oxygen Production Plants in Hospitals to Serve COVID-19 Patients
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Tanzania Installs Oxygen Production Plants in Hospitals to Serve COVID-19 Patients

Tanzania has installed oxygen production plants in seven referral hospitals to serve ICU wards treating COVID-19 patients. The country’s Health Ministry said each of the installed plants will produce at least 200 medi…

May 1, 2021
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Zimbabwe to Start Selling Rights to Shoot over 500 Endangered Elephants
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Zimbabwe to Start Selling Rights to Shoot over 500 Endangered Elephants

Authorities in Zimbabwe have revealed plans to sell rights to hunt at least 500 endangered elephants this year. Tinashe Farawo, spokesperson of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority cited declining tourism…

Apr 25, 2021
Chad President Idriss Deby Killed on the Battlefield After 30 Years in Power
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Chad President Idriss Deby Killed on the Battlefield After 30 Years in Power

Chad's long-serving President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield a day after electoral officials declared him the winner of the April 11th presidential election, paving the way for him to rule for six more y…

Apr 20, 2021
Somalia President Farmaajo Signs Law Extending His Stay in Power By Two Years
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Somalia President Farmaajo Signs Law Extending His Stay in Power By Two Years

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo has signed a controversial law extending his stay in power by two years, a move that could throw the country into political crisis. The move comes a day after the…

Apr 14, 2021
US Suspends Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Blood Clot Reports
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US Suspends Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Amid Blood Clot Reports

US health authorities have suspended the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine following blood clot cases. Six people, all women aged between 18 and 48, are reported to have developed a rare disorde…

Apr 13, 2021
Tanzania’s New President Samia Suluhu Visits Uganda in Her Maiden Foreign Trip
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Tanzania’s New President Samia Suluhu Visits Uganda in Her Maiden Foreign Trip

Tanzania’s new President Samia Hassan Suluhu has made her maiden foreign trip following her swearing-in last month. Suluhu visited her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Sunday to witness the signing of an oil pip…

Apr 11, 2021
Tanzania’s New President Samia Suluhu to Form COVID-19 Taskforce in Stark Contrast to Magufuli
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Tanzania’s New President Samia Suluhu to Form COVID-19 Taskforce in Stark Contrast to Magufuli

Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu on Tuesday announced she will form a technical committee on COVID-19. She said the team of experts will examine the state of COVID-19 in the country and advise the government on h…

Apr 6, 2021
Controversial Preacher Shepherd Bushiri's 8-Year-Old Daughter Dies After Undergoing Surgery in Kenya
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Controversial Preacher Shepherd Bushiri's 8-Year-Old Daughter Dies After Undergoing Surgery in Kenya

Controversial Malawian televangelist Shepherd Bushiri and his family are mourning the death of his 8-year-old daughter Israella. Israella, who was battling an undisclosed illness, died weeks after she was flown to Nai…

Mar 30, 2021
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45 People Killed in Stampede During Public Viewing of Magufuli’s Body
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45 People Killed in Stampede During Public Viewing of Magufuli’s Body

Tanzanian police say at least 45 people died in a stampede during the public viewing of the body of the late President John Pombe Magufuli in Dar es Salaam on March 21st. Speaking on Tuesday, Dar es Salaam Special Pol…

Mar 30, 2021
Tanzania’s New President Suluhu Suspends Ports Authority Head over Sh3.6 Billion Fraud
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Tanzania’s New President Suluhu Suspends Ports Authority Head over Sh3.6 Billion Fraud

Tanzania’s new President Samia Suluhu Hassan has suspended the Director-General of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) Deusdedit Kakoko over alleged embezzlement of Sh3.6 billion. While announcing the move on Sunday, Suluh…

Mar 28, 2021
Family of 5 Killed in Stampede During Public Viewing to Magufuli’s Body
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Family of 5 Killed in Stampede During Public Viewing to Magufuli’s Body

Five members of the same family died in a stampede during the public viewing of the body of the late Tanzania President John Joseph Pombe Magufuli. The incident occurred after thousands of mourners forced their way in…

Mar 23, 2021
US VP Kamala Harris Sends Message to Tanzania's First Female President Samia Suluhu
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US VP Kamala Harris Sends Message to Tanzania's First Female President Samia Suluhu

US Vice President Kamala Harris has congratulated Samia Hassan Suluhu following her swearing-in as the new President of Tanzania on Friday.  Through Twitter on Saturday, Harris said the US is ready to work with Suluhu…

Mar 21, 2021
Samia Suluhu Sworn-in as Tanzania's First Female President
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Samia Suluhu Sworn-in as Tanzania's First Female President

Tanzania Vice-President Samia Hassan Suluhu has been sworn-in as the country’s first female President. Suluhu replaces John Pombe Magufuli, who died of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation at Mzena State Hospital in Dar es Sal…

Mar 19, 2021
Magufuli Died of COVID-19, Says Tanzania Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu
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Magufuli Died of COVID-19, Says Tanzania Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu has spoken out following the death of President Pombe Magufuli. Lissu, who was the first person to raise questions on Magufuli’s whereabouts and health status, said the news of h…

Mar 18, 2021
Tanzania to Get First-Ever Female President Following Magufuli's Death
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Tanzania to Get First-Ever Female President Following Magufuli's Death

Samia Hassan Suluhu is set to become Tanzania’s first female president following the death of John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday. Suluhu, who made history as the country’s first female vice-president when Magufuli was e…

Mar 17, 2021
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is Dead
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Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is Dead

Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. His death was announced by Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu in a televised address on Wednesday night.  Suluhu said Magufuli, 61, was hospitalized on March 6th at J…

Mar 17, 2021
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