Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 1.5 million children are not receiving life-saving treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF has warned in a statement released on Friday. The number represents almost half of the estimated 3.6 million children in urgent need, who are not …
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DRAW 6PM 🔴 Level 1: Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Nigeria 🔴 Level 2: Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali and DR Congo Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Legends El Hadji Diouf and Emmanuel Adebayor will help decide the fate of the 10 African contenders who will be fighting for a …
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Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. Newly reported cases fell by 20 percent in the week …
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Knockout stage matches will kick off on Sunday with Burkina Faso facing Gabon in Limbe Yaoundé, Cameroon | Xinhua | Knockout stage fixtures for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) were confirmed Thursday evening after Tunisia, Gambia, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Equatorial Guinea booked their places in the last 16. Cote …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s ruling and military-dominated Transitional Sovereign Council on Thursday agreed to the formation of a government of national competencies led by a civilian prime minister to complete the tasks of the ongoing transitional period. Chairman of the council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan made clear the council’s stand …
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✳ Gambia 1 Tunisia 0 ✳ Ivory Coast 3 Algeria 1 ✳ Mali 2 Mauritania 0 Younde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Cote d’Ivoire beat Algeria 3-1 to finish top of Group E and eliminate the title holders from the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. In the other match, debutants Gambia continued to …
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Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) is considering its plans for 2022, including the increase of oil production and reserves, NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said on Wednesday. Sanalla made the remarks during a speech following a series of the meetings of its 28 subsidiary or related …
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✳ Nigeria 2 Guinea Bissau 0 ✳ Egypt 1 Sudan 0 Younde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigeria made it full mark, after beating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in the third and final round of Group D of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021, thus breaking the dream of Djurtus moving forward in …
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Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Sudan to allow mediation efforts. “First and foremost, we want to see an end to the violence. We condemn very clearly the use of live ammunition and lethal force against demonstrators yesterday,” said …
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Central banks to develop their national switches to access payment system and ensure seamlessly transfer funds Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, African Export-Import (Afrexim) Bank, and other partners have unveiled the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in a bid to boost …
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