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Tanzania leader banned from making statements ahead of polls

Tanzania opposition leader banned from comment ahead of vote

Source country startribune Friday, May 29, 2020 3:52:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Zitto Kabwe[1]; Freeman Mbowe[1]; John Magufuli[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Increased Militization; Current Issues in Africa;

The magistrates court released Zitto Kabwe, leader of the ACT-Wazalendo party, on the condition that he does not make "seditious" statements for a year. It is not clear who decides what statements are seditious in the East African country, and human rights groups have called for the related colonial-era laws to be repealed....

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Somalia says 8 ‘very young’ aid workers abducted, killed

Somalia says 8 ‘very young’ aid workers abducted, killed

Source country TorontoStar Friday, May 29, 2020 5:00:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Other categories: Conflict; Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Global; Current Issues in Africa; Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Africa;

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South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000

South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000

Source country dailyjournal Friday, May 29, 2020 4:09:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: National Health[1]; Jack Ma[1]; Lai Mohammed[1]; Zweli Mkhize[1]; Donald Trump[1]; Ekke Primauno[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases; Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Global; Africa 2063; Increased Militization; Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Africa;

JOHANNESBURG South Africa says it has a backlog of nearly 100,000 unprocessed tests for the coronavirus, a striking example of the painful shortage of testing kits and reagents across Africa as cases steadily rise. “This challenge is caused by the limited availability of test kits globally,” the.......

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S.African tobacco firms, associations seek court action over cigarette sales ban

AFP - Health-virus-SAfrica-court-industry

Source country nampa Friday, May 29, 2020 5:40:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Cyril Ramaphosa[1]; British[2];

Other categories: Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Global; Communicable Diseases; Africa 2063; Corona Virus Pandemic - COVID19 - Africa;

British American Tobacco contests S.African lockdown ban Johannesburg, May 29, 2020 (AFP) - British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) said Friday it was challenging the government's decision to extend a ban on tobacco sales when the rest of the economy reopens on June 1....

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Former Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi Dies at 96

Morocco's former PM Abderrahmane Youssoufi dies at 96

Source country nampa Friday, May 29, 2020 3:32:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Abderrahman Youssoufi[1];

Other categories: Current Issues in Africa;

. Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. RABAT, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan former Prime Minister Abderrahmane El Youssoufi died on Friday in Casablanca at the age of 96 following a prolonged illness, official news agency MAP reported. El Youssoufi on Sunday was admitted to intensive care unit at the Sheikh.......

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Class warfare: The fight over corporate Australia's most reviled legal tactic has begun

Class warfare: The fight over corporate Australia's most reviled legal tactic has begun

Source country brisbanetimes Friday, May 29, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Association[2]; Maurice Blackburn[2]; Josh Frydenberg[1]; Ian[1]; Commission[1]; Christian Porter[1]; Jacob Varghese[1]; Law Reform[1];

Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Conflict; Conflict; Economy; Governance; ACSRT (CAERT); Africa 2063; Current Issues in Africa;

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Jacob Varghese says: “There’s plenty of room under the current law for them to manage their disclosures to shareholders appropriately,” “This risk of this is that we’re just going to have this black box for six months where shareholders can’t trust what they’re being told because companies are released from their normal obligations”

The directors of IOOF would have breathed a sigh of relief on Monday when one of the shareholder class action lawsuits thrown at the firm following the banking royal commission was dropped. IOOF would pay no money to the plaintiff, its lawyers or the litigation funder backing the case....

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PMB’s 5 years in office: ”Buhari came to steal, kill, destroy”says FFK as he reacts to Adesina’s statement

Fani-Kayode Slams Femi Adesina, Says Buhari Is A 'Devil'

Source country thesourceng Friday, May 29, 2020 3:51:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Muhammadu Buhari[3]; Strategy[1]; Femi Fani Kayode[6]; Femi Adesina[3]; Femi Fani[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

By Akinwale Kasali. Former Minister for Aviation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode, has compared the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to the a Bible passage, John 10:10, which says that the “Devil has come to steal, kill and destroy”. He says that has come to pass in Nigeria....

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Metro 37 mins ago Ondo Pastor sentenced to death by hanging

Court sentences self-acclaimed pastor to death by hanging for murder

Source country dailytimes-NG Friday, May 29, 2020 6:07:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Other categories: Conflict;

An Ondo State based self-acclaimed Pastor, Kolawole Samson, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi at a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The late Olaniyi was said to have in March 2016, gone to hunt frogs alongside three others at a fish pond owned by Pastor Kolawole....

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Just In: Court discharges former Osun guber candidate, Sen Adeleke‎ over alleged exams malpractices

Court frees ex-senator, Ademola Adeleke, from exam fraud charges

Source country pulse Friday, May 29, 2020 3:56:00 PM EAT | info [other]

Entities: Ademola Adeleke[2]; Simon Lough[1]; Thomas Ojo[1];

Other categories: Current Issues in Africa;

Former senator, Ademola Adeleke, has been freed by a Federal High Court in Abuja from the case of exam malpractice which started two years ago. Adeleke had been arraigned before the court in 2018 on charges of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, personation, breach of duty, and aiding and.......

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