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The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
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[UNFPA] Johannesburg -- \"Today, I see glimmers of hope, from enabling policies and legislation to end violence, to reproductive justice movements led by young women aimed at ensuring bodily autonomy, choice and dignity. Yet we must also confront the stark reality that we still have a long way to go before we achieve a gender-equal world,\" said Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director.
BOSTON (AP) — IBM security researchers say they have detected a cyberespionage effort using targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information on the World Health Organization’s initiative for distributing COVID-19 vaccine to...
[The Conversation Africa] The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population has declined by over 95% since the 1900s and by nearly 65% over the past 30 years.
The Horn of Africa has once again experienced renewed tensions this weekend.
Somalia decided to recall its ambassador to Nairobi and expel the Kenyan ambassador.
In a statement, Somalia’s foreign Affairs Ministry accused Kenya of “overt and blatant interferences” in internal affairs in Jubbaland.
“In recent weeks, it has become apparent to the Federal Government of Somalia that the Kenyan government is placing great political pressure on the regional President of Jubaland, Mr. Axmed Maxamed Islaan in order to pursue its political and economic interests in Somalia,” the statement read in part.
“For that reason, the Federal Government of Somalia recalls the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the Republic of Kenya, Mr. Maxamed Ahmed Nur Tarzan, and instructs the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Lucas Tumbo, to depart to Kenya for consultation,” it added.
This is not the first time that diplomatic relations between the two countries have been strained. After oil fields off the coast, disputed by both countries, were auctioned off by Somalia, Kenya recalled its ambassador to Mogadishu last February.
The state of Jubaland, one of Somalia's five semi-autonomous states and a buffer zone with Kenya, is now at the center of diplomatic tensions between the two East African countries.
The latest incident notwithstanding, Mogadishu authorities have in recent weeks not only accused Nairobi of meddling in its internal affairs, including the backing of Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe
But what mainly disturbs many Somalis is the presence of Kenyan troops in the force of AMISOM, the African Union mission in Somalia, experienced as a rooting of the country in Jubaland.
Kenya Army fighting Al-Shabaab
In 2011, the Kenyan army had crossed the border to fight against Shabaab terrorists who were targeting the north of its territory.
Even though the presence of the Kenyan armed forces has diminished in recent years, Kenyan-led military operations have not ceased in Somalia.
While the African Union mission is expected to end its mandate in the country in December 2021, Kenya now faces a dilemma: whether to leave the fight against the main terrorist threat to the Somali army or to continue its operations in the name of protecting Kenyans.
What is certain is that its interests in its northern neighbor are not about to stop guiding Kenya's military policy.
Disputed borderline
Kenya and Somalia have had a long simmering territorial dispute . The 62,000-square-mile triangle of the Indian Ocean has made the two neighbors lock horns and the dispute taken to the floors of the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The battled area is said to be rich with oil, gas and tuna fish.
Somalia initially went to the ICJ In 2014, challenging a 2009 agreement that set its maritime border along latitudinal lines extending 450 nautical miles into the sea.
Kenya, which has always regarded the line to be its border pleaded with the international court to seek o
THE Rowing Association of Zimbabwe (RAZ) is in high spirits following the African Regional Indoor Rowing Championships held on November 28 where its teams took first and second position in a competition that was held in virtual format. BY FREEMAN MAKOPA A total of 12 Zimbabwean rowers took part in an event which attracted 459 rowers from 17 African countries. This was the first time that Zimbabwean rowers competed international races since Zimbabwe went into COVID-19 lockdown in late March 2020. RAZ president Andrew Lorimer expressed satisfaction over the team’s performance at the championships. “This was the first time that many African rowing athletes had competed in a virtual indoor rowing regatta. Rowing athletes competed on indoor rowing machines linked to a computer and the internet from schools, gyms and rowing centres situated all over Africa. 44 races were held using the indoor rowing machine and racing over distances of between 500 metres, 1 000 metres and 2 000 metres,” he said. “The Rowing Association of Zimbabwe is delighted with the performance of its athletes at the first African Continental Regional Indoor Rowing Championships,” he said. In the Junior Women’s Under-14 event raced over 1 000 metres, Peterhouse Girls School student Danielle Kaschula became the African Indoor Rowing Champion in her age group with a first place finish. Kaschula beat eight other athletes from South Africa and Tunisia in the category, winning her race in 3:45 seconds. This was 32 seconds faster than her closest rival. In the Men’s’ Open 2 000-metre race, two Zimbabwean athletes finished in the top five in the category. There were 14 athletes who entered in this race from Algeria, Benin, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Peter Purcell-Gilpin finished second in a time of 6 minutes and 2 seconds, while Andy Peebles came fifth in a time of six minutes and eleven seconds. Purcell-Gilpin achieved automatic qualification for Zimbabwe to the World Indoor Rowing Championships to be held in March 2021. The race was won by an Egyptian athlete, Abdelkhalek Elbanna, in a time of five minutes fifty-seven seconds. Purcell-Gilpin successfully qualified Zimbabwe for a place in the Men’s 1x (single scull event) at the Tokyo 2021 Summer Olympics, by winning a silver medal at the African Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia in October 2019. Purcell-Gilpin has also been training full-time in Australia and in England this year, putting in training of six days a week with a training mileage of up to 280km per week. In 2020 Purcell-Gilpin broke the Zimbabwe Men’s Open record for 2 000 metres. Andy Peebles represented Zimbabwe in rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro in the Men’s 1x event. Follow freeman on Twitter @freemanmakopa
Analysis - The WHO is worried that it will fail to reach the goals set in the fight against malaria. Death rates are expected to rise sharply again in 2020 because resources are being diverted to fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
