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Kenya’s feat on track

Kenyans sing and dance beside one of the first batch of locomotives for the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Mombasa, Kenya. The SGR passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers

July 13, 2022

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Ex-top Rwanda official jailed for genocide in France

A French court on Tuesday jailed a former senior Rwandan official for 20 years after finding him guilty of complicity in the African nation’s genocide, media reported…reports Asian Lite News Laurent Bucyibaruta

July 13, 2022

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Ethiopia, UN ink pact for rehabilitation

Ethiopia has signed a third-party implementation agreement with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for the rehabilitation of infrastructure projects in the East African country’s northern Tigray region…reports Asian Lite

July 13, 2022

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Malawi translocates wildlife as national initiative

Malawi has carried out a program to translocate 250 elephants and 405 additional wildlife from Liwonde National Park to Kasungu National Park as part of a national conservation initiative…reports Asian Lite News

July 13, 2022

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Red Cross flags Africa’s hunger pangs

The situation is particularly dire in countries that have suffered from war, instability and armed conflict for years…reports Asian Lite News The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that

July 13, 2022

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Tanzania launches campaign for alternative energy

Tanzanian authorities on Monday launched a campaign aimed at mobilizing people to use alternative energy, including using gas for cooking, to stop deforestation…reports Asian Lite News January Makamba, the Minister for Energy,

July 13, 2022

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AU’s 20th anniversary brings mixed feelings

When the African Union was launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), its founders pledged a shift to a more realistic and pragmatic stance on political

July 13, 2022

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Tunisia sees rebound in Covid-19 infections

Tunisia witnessed a noticeable rebound in Covid-19 cases as the test positivity rate has risen to 50 per cent from about 21.75 per cent over the past two weeks, private radio station

July 13, 2022

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Zambia heightens Covid-19 preventive measures ahead of AU meetings

Health authorities in Zambia have announced heightened Covid-19 preventive measures ahead of the forthcoming African Union (AU) meetings…reports Asian Lite News Zambia will host the 41st session of the Executive Council of

July 13, 2022

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Mohammed Ali Al Yamahi being crowned as Arab Reading Champion

The final qualifiers witnessed the honoring of Mona Shaheen Al Hammadi from the Khorfakkan Educational Zone with the title of Distinguished Supervisor…reports Asian Lite News A grade 12 student from Hamad Bin

July 12, 2022

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