🇿🇦 South Africa: Measles cases on the rise

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) announced that measles cases continue to soar across the country.

According to the latest data, South Africa has recorded 227 cases of laboratory-confirmed measles cases for specimens collected between 8 October and 17 December across all provinces.

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🇰🇪 Kenya's baobab trees face new threats

In Kenya the recent discovery of old baobab trees being uprooted and prepared for export caused a public outcry .

The tree, native to Africa, is commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in dry areas.

Scientists believe the ancient species plays a role in fighting climate change.

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🇹🇳 Tunisia's largest syndicate calls for halting electoral process

The Tunisian General Labor Union, the country's largest syndicate, has called for a halt to the current electoral process and to instead address issues the country is facing.

Tunisia’s Independent High Authority for Elections announced Monday that the turnout in the first round of early elections Dec. 17 amounted to 11.22% out of 9.2 million people eligible to vote.

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🇨🇩 M23 rebels kidnap 52 civilians in eastern Congo

M23 rebels kidnapped 52 civilians Saturday in the Rusekera village in the territory of Rutshuru, located in North Kivu province on eastern Congo, a security officer said.

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🇪🇹 Ethiopian federal government delegation heads to Tigray

A delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern region of Tigray to oversee the implementation of last month's peace agreement, the government communication service said on Monday.

This is the first high-level federal delegation that has travelled to Tigray in two years, the government said. Tagesse Chafo, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is leading the delegation.

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🇸🇩 Ethnic violence in Sudan's Darfur region kills at least 12

Ethnic violence in Sudan’s troubled western region of Darfur killed at least 12 people over the past few days, an aid group said on Sunday.

The clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the Beleil area in South Darfur province also wounded at least 42 people, said Adam Regal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur.

Local authorities declared a state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew to help stop the clashes.

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🇰🇪 Prison warden lynched after robbing woman in Nairobi

A Prison warden was lynched on Christmas day following a robbery incident in Nairobi.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the warden who was attached to Nairobi West died after a hail of blows from angry members of the public.

The warden who was in the company of two other robbers was armed with a loaded Ceska pistol when they accosted a woman along Muchai Drive in Kilimani and robbed her of a mobile phone and other valuables.

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🇳🇬 Nigerien military helicopter crashes at Niamey airport, killing three

A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry said.

A comission of inquiry has been set up to determine the cause of the accident.

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🇨🇩 Early voter registration in DRC marred by kit shortages

Voter registration kicked off in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the weekend, as the country prepares for the December 2023 general election.

President Felix Tshisekedi is expected to seek re-election after a first term marked by economic hardship and a resurge of rebel activity in the east.

Almost 50 million people across the central African nation's 26 provinces are expected to register to vote over the next three months. However, registration opened in the first 10 provinces on Saturday morning to long lines and undersupplied stations.

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🇳🇬 Boko Haram kill 17 herders in northeastern Nigerian state of Borno

Boko Haram jihadists attacked herders guarding their cattle in a pasture near Airamne village in Mafa district on Saturday, a local militia group said.

“Seventeen herders were killed in the fight and all their cattle taken away,” militia leader said.

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso explosion: Minibus hits deadly landmine amid jihadist violence

A minibus has hit a landmine in Burkina Faso in West Africa, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

Five others were wounded in the blast, which occurred in the east of the country near the border with Niger.

Some of the passengers are still missing.

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🇰🇪 Al-Shabab militants kill two men near Kenya’s east coast

Al-Shabab Islamist militants attacked Taa village in the Pandaguo area of Lamu county on Christmas Day - a Christian religious holiday - and killed two local men.

The area neighbours Boni forest, where security agencies have been conducting an operation since 2015 to flush out militants in hiding.

The forest near the Kenya-Somalia border and the area around it have been repeatedly attacked by the militant group in recent years.

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🇸🇴 Somalia: National Consultative Forum kicks off in Mogadishu

The President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has opened today the National Consultative Forum at his office in Villa Somalia.

The meeting brought together PM Hamza Abdi Barre, DPM Salah Jama, the heads of the regional states, and the mayor of Mogadishu Madaale.

The fight against Al-Shabaab and federalizing the justice judicial sector have dominated the agendas of the talks which come as the country is facing political divisions and insecurity.

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South African authorities have updated to 18 the number of victims that resulted from Saturday's gas tanker explosion near Johannesburg.

Initially, the authorities had announced 10 deaths, updated to 15 on Sunday.

Of the 18 victims announced on Monday, half were staff working at Tambo Memorial Hospital which suffered extensive damages due to the explosion.

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🇩🇿 Algeria sets reference price for oil at $60 barrel through 2023/2025

Algeria has set the reference price for crude oil at $60 a barrel through 2023-2025, state news agency said, citing the 2023 budget approved earlier in the day by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The budget set the market price for crude oil at $70 a barrel during the same period.

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🇪🇬 Egypt's central bank taking action to regulate forex market

Egypt's central bank said on Monday it is taking all necessary actions to regulate the foreign exchange market and achieve monetary stability in the near future.

The bank had observed "illegal practices related to the foreign exchange market" and illegal attempts to make quick profits, its statement said.

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🇨🇩 Key figures in DR Congo say government outsources security in the east

A Nobel Prize winner and two of DR Congo's presidential hopefuls have accused President Felix Tshisekedi's regime of pursuing a "policy of outsourcing" the vast country's security.

The accusation was made in a joint declaration released on Monday and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege and presidential hopefuls Martin Fayulu and Augustin Matata Ponyo.

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