Mwanzo Editor
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South Africa shooting: Johannesburg student killed by stray bullet
A university student has been killed and another seriously injured by stray bullets as gunmen shot dead two men in a parked car on a busy street near the centre of the South African city…
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Ethiopian artefact withdrawn from auction after complaint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…
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Universal set for majority stake in Nigerian label
Universal Music Group (UMG), one of the world’s biggest music corporations, is set to aquire a majority stake in a leading African label.
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Medical students arrested for gay sex in Zambia
Police in Zambia have arrested two male university students on suspicion of having sex with each other. The pair were subjected to invasive medical checks afterwards on police orders.
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Museveni and Ruto discuss Odinga’s bid for top AU role
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni discussed with Kenya’s William Ruto about Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s candidacy for the top African Union (AU) position. Mr Odinga is seeking support from different African countries to help him…
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First daughter’s prayer for a husband amuses Kenyans
A prayer to God to provide a husband for Charlene Ruto, the daughter of Kenya’s president, has sparked a flurry of online reactions in the country.
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Kenya’s President Ruto promises money for athletes
“We have now reinstated the sports fund to deal with only matters [of] sports,” says Kenya’s President William Ruto, adding that all the facilities asked for during Friday’s funeral for marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum…
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Kenya scraps entry fee for South Africans and several other foreign nationals
Kenya has exempted passport holders from South Africa and six other countries from paying an unpopular entry fee introduced last month. The government scrapped visa requirements for all foreign passport holders last month.
