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With dozens of children unaccounted for, and 27 others hospitalised with burns, officials expect the death toll to rise.
The joint initiative aims to strengthen and accelerate African countries’ response to the virus, supporting their efforts to curb its spread, and to save and protect lives.
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[The Point] The Gambia will on Sunday 8th September 2024 host Tunisia in a must win match of the 2025 Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Stade El Abdi Jadida in Morocco at 4pm.
[Vanguard] The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) exams.
[Vanguard] Abuja -- AS torrential rains continue to wreak havoc, Save the Children International, SCI, Friday, reported that the flood has displaced 950,000 people, mostly children in Nigeria, Mali and Niger Republic.
[Vanguard] The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to help address irregularities stopping polytechnic students from participating in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National football team Harambee Stars was held to a 0-0 draw by Zimbabwe, in the opening Group J match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, played at the Nambole Stadium in Kampala, Uganda, Friday evening.
[World Bank] JUBA, September 5, 2024--The World Bank Group Executive Board of Directors has approved International Development Association* (IDA) grant financing to the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GoSS) to support strengthening of institutional and human resource capabilities in the public service to better deliver basic needs and services to citizens. The IDA grant of $15 million will join GoSS counterpart funding of $3 million, bringing the total project amount to $18 million.
[World Bank] Windhoeknamibia -- Effective October 1st, 2024, Mariama Cire Sylla becomes the World Bank Group's joint Resident Representative for Namibia.
[Vanguard] The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has decried the comment by a rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, claiming that the body, NANS, is dead.
[Vanguard] Protest is currently rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo state, over alleged imposition of chairmanship candidates ahead of the September 21, 2024 council elections in Imo.
[Capital FM] Kuresoi -- The government has urged residents of Kuresoi in Nakuru County to take advantage of the newly opened births and deaths registration office to avoid paying higher charges for late application for the vital documents.
[Daily News] DODOMA -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan has approved three bills into law, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa disclosed to lawmakers in Dodoma on Friday.
[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM -- Azam FC has inked a five-year partnership deal with their Sweden counterparts, AIK that will see the two parts collaborating in the several areas, including player development and training.
[Daily News] DODOMA: As the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) has forecasted below-average short seasonal rains "Vuli" in many parts of the country, the government has announced measures to ensure food security.
[Daily News] MBEYA -- AT LEAST 11 passengers were killed and 44 others sustained injuries after a bus veered off the road and overturned at Luanjilo in Mbeya Rural District.
[Daily News] SONGWE -- The Police Force in Songwe Region has arrested a total of 302 suspects in connection with various offenses, including cyber-related crimes.
[New Dawn] The National Campaign Management Team of Julius Kanubah and Beatrice Sieh for the Leadership of the Press Union of Liberia welcomes the latest scheduled activities leading to the rerun of the November 2022 PUL elections as ordered in the June 2024 ruling of the Nineth Judicial Circuit Court, sitting in Gbarnga, Bong County.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has categorically denied accusations that it does not support the Pretoria Peace Agreement, calling such claims "false and defamatory."
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Togo and Liberia get their quest for a place in the 2025 African Cup of Nations underway when they go head to head at the Stade de Kegue on today September 6, 2024.
[Agenzia Fides] Algiers -- Algerians will elect their Head of State tomorrow, September 7. Outgoing President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, is widely considered the favorite. His only challengers, accepted by the Constitutional Court and confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Authority (ANIE), are only two: the Islamist Abdelali Hassani Cherif of the Movement for the Society of Peace (Algerian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood) and Youssef Aouchiche, secretary of the historic opposition party Front des Forces Socialistes (FFS).
