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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:36

South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of apartheid.

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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:35
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has appointed renowned banker and businessman, Mr. Jim Ovia, as the Chairman of the Board of the newly launched Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The appointment was made public in a statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:30
Sabreen al-Rouh Jouda, named after her mother, died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams were unable to save her, according to her uncle Rami al-Sheikh.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:30
No fewer than 70 people have died due to flooding and heavy rains in Kenya since mid-March, according to a government spokesperson, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. Africa Today News, New York understands that Kenya and other countries particularly those in East Africa — a region...
Breaking News from Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:13
Trees for the Future and 61,000+ Farmers Celebrate Restoration Milestone  Regenerative agroforestry nonprofit and United Nations World Restoration Flagship Trees for the Future (TREES) is celebrating a land restoration milestone […]
Stay Smart About Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 10:00
Nigerians’ seemingly coordinated assault on the Guinness World Records offers a didactic lens into the national psyche and the state of the nation. Over the weekend, twenty-nine-year-old Nigerian chess champion […]
Stay Smart About Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:37
The International Center for Strategic Alliances proudly  presents the 15th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation and Excellence Awards  2024; Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, scheduled for August 14th, 2024. Esteemed […]
Stay Smart About Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:30
The fourth edition of the regional American Chamber of Commerce Kenya (AmCham) Business Summit, the premier platform for strengthening bilateral trade and investment between the United States, Kenya, and East […]
Stay Smart About Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:24
Within the framework of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship, the first online meeting of the Contact Group on Tourism was held. In addition to the permanent members of the association, new BRICS members Egypt, UAE and Ethiopia took part. This is reported by the official website of the Ministry of...
Breaking News from Africa and Around the World
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:20
Standard Bank has committed to Acre Impact Capital’s Export Finance Fund I to support the financing of sustainable projects in Africa. Acre Impact Capital manages Export Finance Fund I LP […]
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:03
This was confirmed in a provisional data published in the latest statistics bulletin for the fourth quarter of the year recently released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:03
They were arrested on Friday, April 26, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars at the Wuse Zone 4 area of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:02
Data was collected from some 450. 000 patients admitted to hospitals for COVID-19 in 65 countries over a three-year period between January 2020 and March 2023.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 09:00
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda says it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled and controversial bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 08:01
Amid tensions and accusations of a constitutional coup, Togo heads to the polls next week. The African nation stands at a crossroads of democracy and dissent.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 05:00
  • Kenya’s high-interest rates hit 13 per cent in the last review by the Central Bank of Kenya.
  • Since mid-2023, however, the World Bank’s index of commodity prices has remained essentially unchanged.
  • World Bank reiterates that between mid-2022 and mid-2023, global...
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 03:43
Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa is looking back on a democratic but deeply divided society. Political divisions have fueled a growing disappointment with Nelson Mandela's liberation party, the ANC.
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 01:20
Thirty years after Nelson Mandela's election and apartheid's end, South Africans reflect on democracy.
BBC News - Africa
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 00:25
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Friday, April 26, 2024 - 23:45
The Democratic Republic of Congo has threatened Apple of  legal action. Its lawyers accuse the tech giant of buying minerals smuggled from eastern Congo from mines, where human rights are violated by rebels,... into neighbouring Rwanda. Congo’s government is questioning Apple about its knowledge of...
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