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Guinea: Reporters Without Borders denounces censorship of private media


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The NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) asked the Guinean authorities dominated by the military to "urgently" an end to the series of restrictive measures taken against certain private media, denouncing "attacks on press freedom on a…

Nigerian Army, Customs Partner To Secure Borders


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The Nigerian Army has expressed readiness to partner with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)  to strengthen border security and initiate modules that aid its Non-Kinetic line of operations. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant…

Niger reopens borders with five neighbouring countries


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Niger's land and air borders with five neighbouring countries have been reopened, almost a week after they were closed in a coup that overthrew elected president Mohamed Bazoum, one of the coup plotters announced. "The land and air…

UN urges Sudan neighbours to keep borders open


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The countries bordering Sudan, which has been shaken by fighting for the past two months, must "keep their borders open", urged the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, after announcing that more than half…

Ivorians welcome land borders reopening


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The reopening of land borders between Ivory Coast and its neighbours was greeted with joy by many on the streets after the government's announcement. Since March 2020 that the Ivorian authorities closed all borders after the country was…


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‘Education Will Get 20% Budgetary Allocation’ –  Accord Party Presidential…


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The presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Prof. Chris Imumolen, says he will commit 20 per cent of Nigeria’s annual budget to finance education, if elected in the forthcoming general elections. Imumolen made the promise on Tuesday…

Ghana reopens borders to boost economy


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Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo has announced the opening of sea and land borders vowing the economy would soon rebound after two years. The reopening of the borders was expected by many Ghanaians, who depend on cross-border trade with…

Guinea borders open, ECOWAS sanctions hit Mali


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The military junta in Guinea says it would keep its borders open with Mali going against ECOWAS sanctions on Bamako. In a statement read on national television, the spokesperson for Guinea's ruling junta announced the country would keep…

COVID-19: South Africa reopens schools, borders


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Schools in South Africa has started reopening Monday for the beginning of the 2021 academic year, after a delay by weeks due to the second wave of the coronavirus. Masked Parents and students had to sanitize their hands and have their…

Saudi Arabia, Qatar agree to reopen airspace, land border


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Kuwait’s Foreign Minister, Ahmad Nasser al-Sabah, said Saudi Arabia on Monday agreed to reopen its airspace, land and sea border to Qatar. Speaking in a televised comment, the Foreign Minister cited a deal towards resolving a political…