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1.1KAfricaZambia votes in closely contested polls
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA | AFP NEWS: Zambians were voting in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and...
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866AfricaSudan ‘to hand over’ Bashir for international war crimes trial
KHARTOUM, SUDAN | AFP: Sudan will hand longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with two other officials wanted...
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1.1KAfricaShock of more than a hundred children killed at IDP camp in Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA | AFP: Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Afar region was...
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1.2KAfricaFirst case of deadly Marburg virus confirmed in West Africa
Officials in Guinea have confirmed a case of the Marburg virus disease, the first appearance of the deadly illness in West Africa,...
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1.4KAfricaEnergy minister arrested over fuel tender scam
The Anti-Corruption Bureau said its investigations had revealed that the minister had "attempted to influence" the National Oil Company to award multi-million...
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974AfricaJournalist murdered in eastern DR Congo
A journalist for DR Congo’s national broadcaster had his throat slit in North Kivu in the country’s east where massacres and clashes...
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774Big StoryCheptegei: My dream was to become Olympic champion
Joshua Cheptegei made up for his silver in the 10,000 metres to win the 5,000m Olympic title on Friday, succeeding two-time champion...
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834Big StoryChina pledges two billion vaccine doses to world
BEIJING, CHINA: The People’s Republic of China will “strive to provide” two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and...
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1.6KBreakingTokyo Olympics: Uganda’s Peruth Chemtain wins steeplechase gold
TOKYO OLYMPICS, JAPAN: Ugandan Athlete Peruth Chemutai has won the women’s 3000m steeplechase race to bring home Uganda’s first gold medal in...
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1.3KCOVID-194 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide
Although more than four billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered around the world, poorer countries are still struggling to secure...
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888Africa16 Civilians Killed In Suspected Militia Attack In DR Congo
Suspected members of an Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of...
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909SportsCoronavirus forces four athletes out of Tokyo Olympics
Four competitors including a shooting world number one saw their Tokyo Olympic dreams dashed on Wednesday after testing positive for the coronavirus....
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909AfricaLeader of Tanzania’s main opposition party arrested
DAR-ES-SALAM: The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday ahead of a planned conference to...
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893SportsUgandan Olympics Athlete finally found days after disappearing from camp
Julius Ssekitoleko, a Ugandan weightlifter has been found four days after he disappeared from an Olympic training camp in Japan leaving a...
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1.5KAfricaDRC ex-President Joseph Kabila earns Master’s Degree
By Nation.Africa Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has earned a Master’s degree as he utilises his break from active...
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1.6KAfrica13 killed, 11 injured after fuel tanker explodes in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA: Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in...
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1.0KAfricaSouth Africa Protests: Death toll reaches 45 after Soweto looting stampede
Stores in two South African provinces were ransacked on Tuesday for a fifth consecutive day, hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed troops...
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984AfricaSouth Africa’s Ramaphosa deploys troops after 10 killed in ‘rare’ unrest
JOHANNESBURG: President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said the deadly unrest gripping the country is unprecedented in post-apartheid South Africa as he deployed...
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840AfricaSouth Africa deploys troops as unrest spirals after Zuma jailing
Johannesburg (AFP): South Africa’s army has deployed troops to two provinces, including its economic hub of Johannesburg, to help crush mob violence...
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1.3KBreakingJovenel Moise: Haitian president shot dead at home overnight
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital, according to the country’s interim...
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1.4KAfricaWorld Bank, AU partner to vaccinate 400m Africans
The World Bank and African Union have partnered to support the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative with resources to allow countries to...
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2.6KBusinessMore than 1,100 arrested over cryptocurrency money laundering
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part...
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1.1KAfricaBoko Haram leader ‘kills self’ in fight with rival jihadists
Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
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1.5KAfricaMore than 230 killed in two weeks in South Sudan gun violence
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: More than 230 people have died as a result of gun violence in South Sudan in the past two...
