Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar count deaths, damage by storm

seattlepi Wednesday, January 26, 2022 8:40:00 PM EAT | info [other]

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa. In central and northern Mozambique at least 11 people have died, including children and elderly, and several bridges and.......

Mali asks Danish troops to leave European special force

ABCnews Wednesday, January 26, 2022 6:51:00 PM EAT | info [other]

BAMAKO, Mali -- Mali’s government is asking Denmark to withdraw its soldiers from the country's north, saying no permission had been given for them to deploy there as part of a European counterterrorism operation, a government spokesman said Wednesday....

How to make sense of COVID numbers as rapid tests rip up the rule book

theage Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:49:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Admissions to ICU are also rising but are still well short of state capacities. Death rates have increased and Australia’s infection rate has become among the highest in the world on a per capita basis. What does all that mean, how can we make the best sense of raw numbers and COVID data, and what.......

Ghanaians mourn the country’s first female Army General

maravipost Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:06:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Ghana’s first in the Armed Forces ( GAF ), Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu has been reported dead. Local media reported that she died at the 37 military hospital on Monday 24 January 2022, after a short illness. Edjeani-Afenu was the first female to occupy that position after recently also.......

Ekiti 2022: Olujimi pulls out of primary, alleges compromise

punchng Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:33:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Sitting Senator and Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party governorship aspirant, Biodun Olujimi, on Wednesday pulled out of the governorship primary, saying the system had been compromised in favour of a particular aspirant. Olujimi, who arrived at the Pastoral Centre, venue of the PDP accreditation.......

2023: PDP group wants presidential ticket zoned to North

tribuneonlineng Wednesday, January 26, 2022 8:39:00 PM EAT | info [other]

A group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which goes by the name Justice and Equity Group (JEG) has called for the zoning of the presidential ticket of the party to the north in the interest of fairness and justice. In a statement Wednesday by its Chairman and former Deputy Majority Whip of.......

Macron calls 1962 Isly 'massacre' in Algiers ‘unforgiveable for the Republic’

france24-en Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:38:00 PM EAT | info [other]

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said the March 1962 shooting of dozens of European supporters of French Algeria on the rue d'Isly in the heart of Algiers was "unforgivable for the Republic". In a first, the French president admitted that the shooting of unarmed civilians by French soldiers was a "massacre"....

Train 7 project: Senate tackles NCDMB over violation of local content laws

dailypost Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:15:00 PM EAT | info [other]

. The Nigerian Content Development Management Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday came under fire from the Senate for serially breaching the local contents laws in SAIPEM’s $10 billion Train 7 gas project. SAIPEM (S.P.A ) is an Italian multinational oil field services company serving as the principal contractor involved in executing the Train 7 Project....

AFP - fbl-Afr-2021-2022-stadium

nampa Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:41:00 PM EAT | info [other]

URGENT Two Cup of Nations games moved from Douala to Yaounde: CAF Yaoundé, Jan 26, 2022 (AFP) - Two Africa Cup of Nations matches will be relocated from Japoma Stadium in Douala to Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Wednesday....

Gen. Irabor tasks media executives on publicising terrorist activities

tribuneonlineng Wednesday, January 26, 2022 8:39:00 PM EAT | info [other]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor on Wednesday counselled the media to be more sensitive to national interests when reporting on terrorist activities in the country. The Defence boss, who spoke at an interactive session with media executives in Abuja, interrogated the theme: “Role.......