Africa
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Kenya Formally Submits Raila Odinga’s AU Chairmanship Bid
Kenya Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Korir Singo’ei on Monday said the government had presented the requisite documentation of Kenya’s nominee for the Chairmanship to the Dean of Eastern Region. “Under the authority of the Government…
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Nigeria’s planned protests: What we know
Some analysts believe rallies in Nigeria could take on Kenya-style momentum, pointing to similar grievances and the role of young people promoting protests online
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Rais wa Afrika Kusini kuweka wazi mipango mipya ya serikali
Wiki chache baada ya kupiga kura, ANC ilifikia makubaliano ya kugawana madaraka ambayo hayajawahi kufanywa na vyama vingine 10, ikijipatanisha na mrengo wa kati katika hatua ambayo baadhi ya wachambuzi walisema ingewahakikishia wawekezaji.
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Rais wa Liberia apunguza mshahara wake kwa 40%
Rais wa Liberia Joseph Boakai ametangaza kupunguza mshahara wake kwa asilimia arobaini (40%). Kwa mujibu wa ripoti kutoka ofisi ya Rais, Boakai ana matumaini ya kuweka mfano wa “utawala unaowajibika” na kuonyesha “mshikamano” na Waliberia.…
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Over half of Sudanese face ‘acute food insecurity’: UN-backed report
Some 25.6 million people, or more than half of Sudan’s population, are facing high levels of “acute food insecurity”, a report cited by the United Nations said Thursday.
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Nigeria warns over cholera outbreak that kills 30
Lagos State health officials reported 15 deaths so far and 350 suspected cases, according to a statement on X, formerly Twitter this week.
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Zuma’s party joins S.African opposition alliance
The MK said it would join a newly formed parliamentary grouping includes several mostly leftist opposition parties represented in parliament.
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Storm destroys symbolic tree in Benin voodoo capital
A huge storm brought down the tree that for centuries stood witness to where slaves were auctioned before being shipped off from Benin’s nearby coast.
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S.African parliament meets as ANC nears coalition deal
Ramaphosa, the fifth African National Congress president in 30 years, had called for a government of national unity after his party lost its absolute majority in last month’s general election, but two major leftist parties…
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Malawi VP, nine others, killed in plane crash
The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday, after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to bad weather and was told to return to the capital,…
