Africa
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1.1KSouth 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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1.2KSouth 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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970South 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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1.5KKenya Airways reduces flights to Uganda over rising Covid-19 cases
Kenya Airways has joined other airlines in cutting flights destined to Entebbe as Covid-19 third wave takes its toll on Uganda. In...
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1.3KSouth Africa ex-President Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months over contempt of court
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months by the highest court in the country. The jail sentence...
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1.7KWorld 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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1.2KRuthless Father Remanded For Defiling & Impregnating 14-Yr-Old Girl
SHOCKING: A 56-year-old man, Taiwo Pata and his 23-year-old son, Josh Joseph, have been remanded for allegedly having canal knowledge of a...
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1.1KKenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President dies at 97
LUSAKA: Zambia’s founding father and former President Kenneth Kaunda has died in the capital Lusaka aged 97. Kaunda was hospitalized last week...
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1.6KRwanda deports more Ugandans in Less than a week, says they’re prohibited immigrants
KIGALI: Authorities in Rwanda have yet again deported two more Ugandans under unclear circumstances in a period of less than a week....
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4.0KSouth African Woman Gives Birth to 10 Babies to Break World Record
A South African woman from Gauteng province has given birth to 10 babies, breaking the Guinness World Record held by Malian Halima...
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1.2KBoko 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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1.7KProphet TB Joshua: Nigerian Televangelist, preacher dies at 57
Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua, a popular Nigerian preacher and televangelist, has died, family sources told popular...
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1.6KMore 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...
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1.6KMali soldiers arrest President, Prime Minister after cabinet reshuffle
FEATURED: Transition Mali President Bah Ndaw is seen during his inauguration ceremony at the CICB (Centre International de Conferences de Bamako) in...
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1.3KTop army chief dies in air force plane crash
Nigeria’s army chief, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash Friday on an official visit to the northern state of...
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1.9KVeteran Journalist Shaka Ssali officially retires after 20 years on VOA’s Straight Talk Africa
Veteran Voice of America (VOA) journalist Shaka Ssali has officially retired after 20 years of hosting the famous Straight Talk Africa. VOA...
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1.8KCongo President Sassou Nguesso Names Son as Minister in New Government
The Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso has chosen a new government that includes his son as well as an opposition...
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1.4KEXCLUSIVE: Opposition MPs ‘bribed’ to reject anti-corruption ‘iron lady’
The Public Appointments Committee of Parliament said Tuesday that Chizuma failed to get the scores required for confirmation.
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1.4KODD MAN OUT! Rwanda’s Kagame Refuses To Attend Museveni Swearing-In, Sends Junior Minister
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has refused to attend his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s sixth term swearing-in ceremony, delegating junior minister...
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1.7KPICTORIAL: 10 African presidents in Uganda for Museveni inauguration
At least 10 African heads of state arrived in Uganda Tuesday and Wednesday to witness the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni...
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3.6KWATCH: Wife Buries Dead Husband With Live Snake
".. According to online reports, the dead man used to play with snakes and one of his favourite pet snakes bit his...
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945Journalist Phocas Ndayizera jailed for 10 years for terrorism
The prosecution had demanded a life sentence for journalist Phocas Ndayizera
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1.3KKagame, Ramaphosa headline list of Invited Presidents for Museveni Inauguration
Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa are among 21 heads of state invited for President Museveni’s swearing-in...
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1.9KSenior Muslim cleric Sheikh Ali Amini shot dead in mosque
The gunman shot Sheikh Ali Amini during evening prayers on Saturday and then fled, a human rights activist said. The cleric was...
