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Nigerians who are currently in South Africa and wish to return back home despite the closure of the country’s borders will have to pay at least $840 to be flown back via a chartered flight. This is according to a notice issued by…
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At least 127 journalists in 31 countries have died due to the novel coronavirus over the past three months, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said Tuesday. “Media workers play an important role in the fight against the novel…
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Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes during his fatal arrest will now face second-degree murder charges, officials announced Wednesday. State…
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The handcuffed unarmed black man who died in police custody after a former police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes was killed by “asphyxiation from sustained pressure,” an independent autopsy found Monday. Drs. Michael…
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A recently conducted poll has shown that 81% of Malawians are not afraid of COVID-19 and are more concerned about hunger. Those aged above 55 are least afraid of the virus despite them being at higher risks than the younger population.…
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As nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd enter their sixth day, US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington would list far-left anti-fascist political activist movement Antifa as terror group. “The United States…
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Long queues have formed outside shops selling alcohol in South Africa after restrictions on its sale, imposed two months ago as part of measures to fight COVID-19 were lifted. Social media posts showed people, who had braved the morning…
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A police station in Minneapolis has been set alight during the third night of protests over the death of an unarmed black man in custody. The unrest continued despite the governor of Minnesota ordering the deployment of hundreds of…
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Nigeria’s information minister has said the country is yet to receive ventilators promised by US President Donald Trump in April. Lai Mohammed has denied Mr. Trump’s last week remarks that he had sent 1,000 ventilators to the West…
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Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina appears to have made a U-turn regarding the much-publicised purported coronavirus remedy he said his country had developed. Last month Mr Rajoelina officially launched a local herbal tonic which he…
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