Africa
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Burundi vows to ‘eradicate’ begging as police sweep streets
Nearly 300 beggars and street children were arrested between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the National Federation of Associations for Children in Burundi (FENADEB), an umbrella group representing 70 civil society organisations.
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Kenya’s ex-football chief Mwendwa to face fresh charges
Mwendwa was first arrested in November after the Kenyan government disbanded the FKF and set up a caretaker committee to run football over the alleged financial impropriety during his tenure.
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Kenyan fury over Fox News host’s claims on pregnant women voters
Esther Passaris, the Nairobi County women’s representative in parliament, declared: “Pregnant women in Kenya are allowed to leave the house. Pregnant women in Kenya can vote.”
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Suspected jihadists storm Nigeria prison, free hundreds
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday briefly visited the prison, where the burnt-out wreckage of a bus and cars marked the scene of the attack, and yellow police tape was stretched across a destroyed section of…
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DR Congo and Rwanda agree to ‘de-escalate’ tensions
The leaders are also aiming in the short-term to “create the conditions” for the return to DRC of former M23 fighters living in Rwanda. The announcements came after day-long talks intended to defuse the current…
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Women-only media start-up wants to fight stigma in Somalia
Speaking up about gender violence carries huge risks in Somalia, where rape remains a rampant problem. The country has yet to pass its first sexual offences bill, which has been in the works since 2014.…
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Somalia will talk to Al-Shabaab when time is right: President
Mohamud, who was elected in May after previously serving as president from 2012 to 2017, said past approaches to Al-Shabaab had not worked, and his government was open to alternatives including talks when appropriate.
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Burkina ex-president Compaore ‘expected’ home by weekend
Burkina Faso’s former leader Blaise Compaore, who was forced into exile in 2014, is expected to return to Ouagadougou shortly for a summit of ex-presidents, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. “By the end of…
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Mashauri kushughulikiwa saa 24 kupunguza msongamano wa kesi.
Hayo yamesemwa leo na Mkuu wa Kitengo cha Maboresho ya Mahakama, Dk. Angelo Rumisha wakati Benki ya Dunia ilipotembelea banda la mahakama katika maonesho ya 46 ya Sabasaba, Dar es Salaam.
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Bei ya mafuta yapanda nchini Ethiopia huku ruzuku zikipungua
Bei ya petroli kwenye pampu ilipanda karibu asilimia 30 hadi 48.83 huku dizeli ikipanda karibu asilimia 40 hadi 49.02 chini ya sheria mpya ya bei ambayo itaanza Agosti 6.
