Month: July 2019
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World
South Africa: Unemployment Rate Jumps To 29 Percent
South Africa’s unemployment rate jumped to 29 percent, the highest level in a decade, data showed on Tuesday. The second-quarter…
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Algeria: Army Chief Calls For Unconditional Dialogue
Algeria’s Army Chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah on Tuesday ruled out accepting any preconditions by the opposition to launching…
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DRC Ebola Crisis: Second Ebola Case Detected In Border City of Goma
The Democratic Republic of Congo officials have confirmed a second case of the deadly Ebola virus in the eastern Congolese…
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Sudan: Military Council Shuts Down Schools After Student Killings
Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council on Tuesday ordered for suspension of all schools in the country for an indefinite period…
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Nigeria: MTN Subsidiary Gets Financial Services Licence
The Nigerian Central Bank on Monday awarded a license to a subsidiary of South African telecom giant MTN Group that…
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US, Britain, Norway Reaffirms Commitment To South Sudan Peace Deal
The United States, United Kingdom, and Norway, also referred to as the Troika, on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to the…
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Ethiopia Sets New Record Of Planting More Than 350 Million Trees In A Day
The people of Ethiopia have set a new record of planting more than 350 million trees in 12 hours on…
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Security Forces Kills Four School Children During Protest Rally In Central Sudan
Five Sudanese protesters, including four school children and one adult, were killed on Monday when security forces opened fire on…
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Nigeria: More Than 60 Killed At Funeral By Suspected Boko Haram Fighters
In a horrific incident, around 65 people were killed and 10 got injured after suspected Boko Haram militants fired shots…
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Kenya: Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu Detained Over Corruption Charges
Kenyan authorities on Sunday detained Ferdinand Waititu, the governor of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s home region Kiambu, on corruption charges, reported…
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Sudan Military, Protest Leaders To Resume Talks Over Remaining Issues On Tuesday
The negotiation talks between Sudan’s ruling military council and protest leaders to resolve the remaining issues concerning the power-sharing deal…
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Libya: Airstrike On Hospital Kills Claims Lives Of Five Doctors
An airstrike by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces has killed five doctors in a hospital in the southern outskirts of…
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Nigerian Court Gives Government Permission To Declare Shi’ite Group As A Terrorist Group
A federal court in Nigeria has granted permission to the government to label a local Shi’ite Muslim group as a…
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Zimbabwean Court Charges Tourism Minister With Corruption Worth $95 Million
A Zimbabwean court on Friday charged Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira with corruption charges involving $95 million from the state pension…
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Sudan: Investigation Committee Says 87 Killed During June 3 Protest Break-In
A Sudanese investigation into the June 3 raid on a Khartoum protest camp has found 87 people were killed and…
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DRC President Felix Tshisekedi Agress To Share Cabinet Posts With Joseph Kabila’s Coalition
Democratic Republic Of Congo president Felix Tshisekedi on Friday reached an agreement with his predecessor Joseph Kabila to divide the…
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Sudan: Protest Leaders, Rebel Groups End Rift Over Power-Sharing Deal With Military Council
Sudanese protest leaders have finally sorted out all differences with and their rebel partners over the power-sharing deal signed with…
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Saudi Arabia Bans People From DRC To Enter Country For Haj Over Ebola Concerns
Saudi Arabia has reportedly banned people from the Democratic Republic of Congo seeking to enter the country due to the…
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Algeria: Interim President Appoints Six Member Panel To Lead National Dialogue
Amid ongoing political crisis, Algeria’s interim President Abdelkader Bensalah on Thursday announced the set up of a six-member panel that…
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British Airways To Resume Flights To Cairo On Friday After Security Review
British Airways on Thursday announced it would resume flights to Cairo on Friday. In a statement, the airline said after…
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Zimbabwe: Anti-Corruption Commission Detains Tourism Minister
Zimbabwe’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Thursday said it has detained Environment and Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira on allegations of corruption…
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Libya: Around 150 Migrants Feared Drowned As Boats Capsize Off Libya Coast
More than 150 of refugees and migrants were missing and feared drowned after two boats capsized off Libya’s coast in…
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Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi Dies Aged 92 After Severe Illness
Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi died at the Tunis military hospital on Thursday morning, the presidency confirmed the news in…
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Somali: Six Killed In Suicide Bombing Attack On Mogadishu Mayor’s Office
Six people were killed and several injured in a suicide bombing attack at municipal government headquarters in the Somali capital…
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Sudan Military Arrests Top General, Officers, Political Leaders Over Foiled Coup
Sudan’s military on Wednesday announced that it had arrested the army chief and several senior officers in connection with a…
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