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Jul 31, 2020
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US Ex-Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Dies

US former presidential candidate Herman Cain is dead, reported some media on July 31, 2020. He died on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 74. A graduate mathematician and former CEO of the Godfather’s Pizza chain, Herman Cain ran for US president in 2012 under the banner of Republican Party. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africauptodate. All Rights Reserved

Jul 31, 2020
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Uganda Poacher Given 11 year Jail Sentence For Killing Famous Gorilla Rafiki

A court in Uganda on July 30.2020 sentenced a poacher for 11 years in jail for killing a famous mountain gorilla called Rafiki in the country’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, reported some media on July 31, 2020. The national park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a home of 50% of world’s mountain gorilla population. According to the reports, the convicted poacher, namely Byamukama Felix, admitted killing the gorilla in June 2020, but said that was in self defense. He r

Jul 30, 2020
2 min

Zimbabwe To Pay $3.5 Billion Compensation For Improvements On Expropriated Looted Land

Government of Zimbabwe on July 28, 2020 said it will pay $3.5 billion compensation for exhaustible improvements on looted land the country expropriated from farmers of European descent. That was reported by some media on July 29, 2020. According to the reports, the government of Zimbabwe will compensate the farmers for exhaustible improvements rendered on expropriated land particularly infrastructure, but not land per se. The government of Zimbabwe is said to have also emphas

Jul 28, 2020
1 min

5 Female Egyptian Social Media Influencers Jailed For Contravening Moral Values

Five female social media influencers in Egypt have been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court there for contravening the country’s moral values or what are known there as public morals. That was reported by some media on July 28, 2020. The defendants were also fined $18750 each. According to the reports, one of the defendants Haneen Hossam was charged for encouraging women to meet men through a video app, as well as soliciting her followers on social media telling th

Jul 28, 2020
1 min

Tanzania’s Prominent Opposition Politician Tundu Lissu Returns Home From Belgium

Tanzania’s prominent opposition politician Tundu Lissu on July 27, 2020 returned to his homeland from Belgium, reported some media. Mr Lissu has been living in Belgium for nearly three years, where he received medical treatment for gunshot wounds he suffered from an assassination attempt on September 7, 2017 in Tanzania’s capital Dodoma. In the assassination attempt, Mr Lissu, a member of parliament then, was reportedly shot 16 times as he arrived at official residence in the

Jul 26, 2020
1 min

Ciara Gives Birth To Third Child

Music artist and model Ciara on July 23, 2020 gave birth to her third child, reported some media on July 24, 2020. This is Ciara’s second child with her husband professional American football player Russell Wilson. The Grammy Award winner´s other child is firstborn Future Jr (6) from her previous romance with rapper Future. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africauptodate. All Rights Reserved

Jul 24, 2020
1 min

Tanzania’s Ex-President Benjamin Mkapa Dies

Tanzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa is dead, reported some media. According to the reports, Benjamin Mkapa died in a hospital in Dar es Salaam on July 24, 2020. He was 81. A highly respected journalist, diplomat, and peacemaker, Benjamin Mkapa was Tanzania’s third president from 1995 to 2005. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africauptodate. All Rights Reserved

Jul 24, 2020
1 min

Delegation Of West African Leaders Fails To Resolve Mali’s Political Crisis

A strong delegation of West African leaders consisting of five presidents has failed to bring to an end Mali’s political crisis, reported some media on July 24, 2020. The presidents of Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Niger landed in the capital Bamako on July 23, 2020 with the aim of mediating an end to the political crisis in the West African nation. The crisis involves violent anti-government protests that have so claimed several deaths. The protests led by an opp

Jul 23, 2020
1 min

Human Rights Watch Lambastes Kenya’s Mau Forest Evictions

Africa | Energy & Environment | Kenya July 23, 2020 Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report partly published on July 23, 2020, about findings of an investigation of Kenya’s Mau Forest evictions, lambasted the government of the East African country, saying the evictions violated human rights. More specifically, HRW said Kenya Mau Forest evictions that began in 2018 and carried out in phases violated human rights in, among others, the following ways: 1) Use of excessive fo

Jul 23, 2020
1 min

Islamist Jihadists In Nigeria Execute Abducted Aid Workers

Five aid workers of a charitable organization called Action Against Hunger alias ACF, who were abducted on June 8, 2020 by some Islamist Jihadists in Borno State, Nigeria, have been executed by their abductors. That was reported by some media on July 23, 2020. The execution is said to have been announced by ACF. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

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