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AFRICAN NEWS UPDATES

Ethiopia sends second satellite into orbit kidnapped in 2014.

The Ethiopian Space Boko Haram have carried out a number of attacks
Science and Technol- in northern Nigeria where they are fighting to
ogy Institute an- overthrow the government and create an Islamic
nounced that Ethio- state.
pia sent a satellite
called ET-Smart-RSS
into orbit. Ethiopia
sent it's first satellite
ETRSS-1 into orbit
December, 2019.

Ethiopian military ‘kills 42 people involved
in deadly attack’
(Aljazeera)
Ethiopia’s military has killed 42 armed men accused
of taking part in a massacre in the western Ben-
ishangul-Gumuz region, state-affiliated Fana TV re-
They promote a version of Islam that forbids Mus-
ported on Thursday.
lims from taking part in activity not derived from
Islamic tradition. Boko Haram loosely translates to
On Wednesday, the country’s human rights com- mean "western education is forbidden". The
mission said gunmen killed more than 100 people in group's most infamous attack targeted school-
a dawn attack in the village of Bekoji, Benishangul- girls in Chibok in 2014 and held many captive for
Gumuz. years

Boko Haram kill villagers in Christmas Eve attack Another new COVID strain found in Nigeria,
(BBC) says Africa CDC (Walta)
Another new variant of the new coronavirus

Local sources said at least 11 people had been seems to have emerged in Nigeria, the head of
killed, according to AFP news. Africa’s disease control body has said, cautioning
more investigation was needed.

Fighters rode into Pemi, in Borno state, on trucks
and motorbikes shooting indiscriminately, a local The discovery could add to new alarm in the pan-
leader told the news agency. demic after similar variants of the SARS-CoV-2 vi-
rus that appear to be more contagious were an-

Pemi is close to Chibok where 200 schoolgirls were
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