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170 at-risk elephants up for sale as overpopulation, droughts strike Namibia

Brew Admin   Thu 03 Dec 2020    

Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry said on Wednesday. An advertisement carried by state-owned daily New Era said an increase […]

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’72 hrs’: Ethiopians teeter on edge as promised terror looms over Horn

Brew Admin   Wed 25 Nov 2020    

International pressure mounted Tuesday on Ethiopia’s warring parties to cease fighting and protect civilians in Tigray, where the army says it has encircled the capital ahead of a threatened bombardment. Forces loyal to Tigray’s ruling party have been battling Ethiopian […]

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‘Horn of Africa’ soaked red as hundreds killed in Tigray conflict, tensions boil with no end in sight

Brew Admin   Sun 15 Nov 2020    

Leaders of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Saturday claimed rocket attacks on two airports in a nearby region and threatened to strike neighbouring Eritrea, raising fears that the escalating conflict could spread. The attacks — and threats of more to […]

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Ethiopian refugees flee violence, seek refuge in Sudan amidst rising aggressions in armed Tigray

Brew Admin   Tue 10 Nov 2020    

At least 30 armed Ethiopian troops and “large numbers” of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have crossed the border into Sudan, the state-run SUNA news agency reported, while one diplomat on Tuesday said hundreds of people […]

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Tanzanian Opposition decries election ‘fraud’, rallies supporters to demand re-run

Brew Admin   Sun 01 Nov 2020    

Tanzania’s two opposition parties on Saturday called on its supporters to take to the streets and demand a rerun in the wake of populist vote President John Magufuli’s election victory, which they have rejected as fraudulent. “We first call for […]

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Poorer, at-most-risk nations would suffer if vaccine storage proves ‘impossible’ — which it might

Brew Admin   Tue 20 Oct 2020    

From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need nonstop sterile refrigeration to work. But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live […]

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Kilimanjaro on fire: Tanzanian peak chars as officials struggle to contain the blaze

Brew Admin   Tue 13 Oct 2020    

Tanzanian firefighters were battling for a third day on Tuesday to control a blaze on the slopes of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, officials in the area said. The fire, initially fanned by strong winds, erupted on Sunday at the […]

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Another flag for peace as Sudan govt, rebels sign deal to end decades of violence

Brew Admin   Sun 04 Oct 2020    

Ululations and cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba. “Today we have reached a peace agreement. We […]

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