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Mar 29, 2020
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Legendary US Civil Rights Movement Pioneer Joseph Lowery Dies

Legendary pioneer of the US Civil Rights Movement Reverend Dr Joseph Lowery is dead. He died on March 27, 2020 at the age of 98. Dr Lowery was a renown champion of civil rights. He worked alongside Dr Martin Luther King and other prominent pioneers of US Civil Rights Movement in the 1960 on-wards. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by former President Barack Obama. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 27, 2020
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Duchess Meghan Markle Returns To Film Acting

Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex and former Hollywood actress, has returned to film acting, reported some media on March 26, 2020. According to the reports, Meghan Markle has signed a deal with Disney, for the role of a narrator of the company's forthcoming documentary film called Elephant. The latter concerns a 1600 kilometer trek by an elephant family through the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. The return of the Duchess to film acting comes about 2 months after she

Mar 24, 2020
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Manu Dibango Dies From Covid-19

One of Africa's music legends Manu Dibango has died after contracting the new coronavirus disease, covid-19. The Soul Makossa hitmaker who hails from Cameroon, died in Paris, France, on March 24, 2020 at the age of 86. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 24, 2020
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Rihanna's Charity Donates $5 Million To Coronavirus Pandemic Global Fight

Rihanna's charity, Clara Lionel Foundation, has donated $5 million to the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, reported some media on March 24, 2020. Clara Lionel Foundation supports, among others, education worldwide. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 24, 2020
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64 Ethiopian Migrants Found Dead In Cargo Container In Mozambique

64 people suspected to be Ethiopian migrants have been found dead in a cargo container in Mozambique, reported some media on March 24, 2020. The discovery is said to have been made after a haulage truck carrying the container was stopped at a check point in Tete Province, northwest of the country. The truck was coming from Malawi, the reports said. Also found in the container were 14 survivors. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 19, 2020
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Suspected Coronavirus Sufferer Battered To Death In Kenya

Africa | Kenya March 19, 2020 A man suspected of suffering from coronavirus infection was battered to death in Kenya, reported some media on March 18, 2020. According to the reports, the man was assaulted with stones by a mob of youngsters in the evening of March 17, 2020, in Msambweni village, Kwale County, in the south eastern part of the East African country. He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africauptoda

Mar 16, 2020
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15 Perish In Gas Explosion In Lagos

At least 15 perished in a gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 15, 2020, reported some media same day. The deadly explosion is said to have occurred after a goods truck smashed into a gas processing plant in Abule Ado suburb of the mega city. Several buildings within close vicinity of the gas processing plant were also destroyed by the explosion and subsequent blaze. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 16, 2020
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Tanzania's Opposition Female Lawmakers Brutally Assaulted By Security Forces

Two prominent Tanzanian opposition female lawmakers, Halima Mdee and Ester Bulaya, were on March 13, 2020 brutally assaulted by prison officers and police, as they landed at Segerea Prison in Dar es Salaam, to welcome release of their party's leader Freeman Mbowe from the prison. That was reported by various media on March 14, 2020. Also assaulted was the mayor of Dar es Salaam's Ubungo urban district, Boniface Jacob. The two female lawmakers who belong to the country's main

Mar 9, 2020
1 min

Assassination Attempt On Sudan's PM

There has been an assassination attempt on Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, reported some media. The attack is said to have occurred on March 9, 2020 after an improvised explosive device detonated in street near Kober Bridge just outside downtown Khartoum, as the prime minister's motorcade drove past. Mr Hamdok escaped the assassination attempt unharmed, according to his tweets. ______________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Mar 3, 2020
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25 Killed As Bus Plunged Into Ravine In South Africa

At least 25 passengers were killed and 68 injured after a bus plunged 300 meters down into a ravine in South Africa on March 2, 2020. That was reported by some media same day. According to the reports, the horrific bus accident occurred along a gravel country road between the towns of Cebe and Butterworth, in Eastern Cape Province. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

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