Africa
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World Cup Duo Ghana, Cape Verde Not Among AFCON Top Seeds
Ghana and Cape Verde have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, but neither team will be among the top seeds for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw in Cairo on Tuesday.
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Uganda health ministry confirms Ebola outbreak, 1 dead
Uganda’s health ministry said Friday it had confirmed an outbreak of the highly infectious Ebola virus, and that a man had died from the disease after travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Kenya’s Matatu Operators vow to keep PSVs off roads until fuel prices fall
Transport operators have insisted they will keep their vehicles off the roads until the government lowers fuel prices.
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Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga dead: court
Kabuga was arrested in Paris in 2020 after years in hiding using a succession of false passports and aided by a network of former Rwandan allies.
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Kenya’s Reptile Pet Trade Surges as Species Decline
The trade in live reptiles rose sharply from 8,551 in 2013 to 86,330 in 2023, said the report, which analysed Kenya’s data from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and…
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South Africa Court Clears Way for Zuma’s Arms Graft Trial
Zuma is accused of taking bribes from Thales in exchange for protecting the firm from an investigation into the deal, when he was deputy president.
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Nearly 200 Illegal Gold Mining Firms Uncovered in Cameroon
Nearly 200 illegal artisanal gold mining companies, most of them foreign-owned, have been uncovered in central and eastern Cameroon
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Mwabukusi Warns That An Unchecked Registrar of Political Parties is a Disaster in Waiting
This Office operates through oppression, discrimination, manipulation, and abuse of power.
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Burkina Faso shuts more NGOs as crackdown intensifies
Burkina Faso’s military rulers on Tuesday suspended almost 250 associations, bringing the total number closed or dissolved to more than 900 since the latest clampdown in the west African country began last month.
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Janet Museveni misses Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration amid health concerns
Uganda’s First Lady, Janet Museveni, on Tuesday missed President Yoweri Museveni’s seventh-term inauguration ceremony at Kampala’s Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, deepening questions over her prolonged absence from public view
