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1.2KUgandan fintech signs partnership with Ethiopian bank
According to a press release, the partnership with Awash, Ethiopia's biggest private bank, was signed on April 25, 2022, at the bank’s...
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1.2KMuseveni talks to former Russia president over Russia-Ukraine war
Speaking on a Zoom meeting to the former Russia president and current chairman of the United Russian party, Dmitry Medvedev, Museveni said...
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1.1KECOWAS convenes summit on political situations in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso
Opening ECOWAS’ 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said he...
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1.1KPutin, AU discuss sanctions, food access for Africa
Putin and Sall addressed a wide range of cooperation issues, including the importance of enhancing political dialogue as well as economic and...
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928UN okays Turkey to change name to Türkiye in rebranding effort
The move seen as part of bid to dissociate name from bird and also from associated negative connotations such as a ‘stupid...
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1.2KRussia confirms sacking 100 soldiers for refusing to fight in Ukraine
The case appears to be the first official confirmation of soldiers refusing to join Russia's military campaign in Ukraine that was launched...
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946Russia intensifies Donbas offensive as war enters fourth month
The Ukrainian presidency said Tuesday that four people in one house had been killed and four others wounded in the shelling of...
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1.4KBiden approves plan to redeploy forces into Somalia
The New York Times reported that Biden also approved a plan to target about a dozen suspected leaders of al-Shabab.
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1.0KTen killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting at US grocery store
The gunman shot four people in the parking lot of the Tops supermarket, three of them fatally, then went inside and continued...
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1.2KUAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies aged 73
The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning for the death of the President whose modernization policies helped transform...
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1.5KPutin to handover power as he undergoes cancer surgery
The news comes amid speculation that Putin will launch an all-out war across Ukraine and order mass mobilisation of military-age men, a...
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1.3KMP Resigns after admitting to watching porn in Parliament
British politician Neil Parish has announced he will resign from his position Member of Parliament after admitting twice watching pornography in the...
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1.2KBREAKING: Football ‘super agent’ Mino Raiola dies aged 54
Raiola was the agent of many football stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland, Pavel Nedved and many others.
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1.1KBREAKING: World’s Richest Man Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44billion
Elon Musk, the world's richest man Monday evening sealed a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion, capping a saga complete with...
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1.2KUN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
Russia swiftly rejected the suspension, with its foreign ministry blasting the move as "illegal and politically motivated, aimed at ostentatiously punishing a...
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931Elon Musk takes 9% stake in Twitter to become top shareholder, starts poll on edit button
In less than three hours of starting the poll, more than 1.2 million users voted, with over 75% of them backing an...
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1.3KWill Smith resigns from Oscars Academy
"I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for...
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1.3KWill Smith apologises to Chris Rock over Oscars slap
"I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and...
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1.3KAbramovich, Ukraine negotiators suffer suspected poisoning – Report
It was not clear exactly who may have conducted the alleged attack, but those targeted blamed hardliners in Moscow seeking to disrupt...
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959Zelensky calls for worldwide protests against Russia’s war
"Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities, come in the name of peace, come with Ukrainian symbols to support...
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Zelensky asks U.S. to “do more” to help Ukraine
Zelensky also called on the United States to double down on sanctions against Russia, including asking all American companies to end their...
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1.3KGlobal COVID-19 cases on rise again despite reduced testing: WHO
According to Maria van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, more than 11 million cases have been reported to WHO in the last...
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1.5KNearly 30 million under lockdown in China as coronavirus resurges
China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant spreads across...
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1.1KFox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine
"Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during...
