February 29, 2024
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Ethiopian artefact withdrawn from auction after complaint
A UK auction house has cancelled the sale of a shield looted from Ethiopia by British soldiers in the 19th Century. The move came after a complaint from the Ethiopian government.. The artefact was taken…
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Opposition leader killed in Chad shootout
An opposition leader in Chad has been killed during a shootout with security forces, a state prosecutor says. Yaya Dillo’s death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country’s security agency.…
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Ali Hassan Mwinyi: Tanzania’s reformist president
When Ali Hassan Mwinyi became Tanzania’s president in 1985, few expected the shy, unassuming politician, who died on Thursday aged 98, to emerge as a transformative leader, turning around a flailing economy and introducing multi-party…
