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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:07
  • Starlink, has introduced a significant price reduction of 55.6% for its installation hardware kit in the Kenyan market.
  • This promotional offer is valid until May 15, providing Kenyans the opportunity to purchase the hardware equipment at $292.36 (KSh39,500), a substantial discount...
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:06
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- On the afternoon of April 28, 2024, a devastating explosion rocked the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, claiming the lives of six employees of Hormuud Telecom, the country's largest telecommunications company.
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:06
[African Union] The Republic of South Africa is scheduled to hold General Elections on 29 May 2024. As the country makes final preparations towards this end, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, will deploy an African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM...
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:06
[Daily News] ARUSHA: PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has contributed 100m/- for construction of St Karoli Lwanga parish church in Usa River of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arusha.
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:05
[FrontPageAfrica] Capitol Hill -- House Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa has opposed direct budget funding to lawmakers for implementing legislative projects within their respective electoral districts.
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:03
[FrontPageAfrica] Gbelia Town -- Liberia on Thursday, April 25 achieved a significant milestone in its fight against malaria as it introduces the highly anticipated RTS,S malaria vaccine on World Malaria Day under the theme "Health Equity, Gender, and Human Rights: Accelerating the Fight Against...
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:01
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Since assuming office earlier this year as the Minister of Mines and Energy of Liberia, Wilmot Paye has emphasized that measures ensuring the country benefits from its mineral resources are reviewed and, where applicable, meet required global standards. To demonstrate...
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:00
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The key defendant in the ongoing US$100,000 misapplication case at Criminal Court C recently revealed that he was tortured by officers of the Liberia National Police after he personally surrendered himself to the police for a criminal investigation.
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:00
[Afrobarometer] Most citizens want a media that helps hold government accountable.
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:00
[ISS] Senegal's people stood up to protect their democracy rather than wait for the military or external help.
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:00
[The Conversation Africa] Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg's 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa's most famous political figures - Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela - and their role in the country's struggle for...
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:00
  • Data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database 2021 indicates significant strides in female financial inclusion over the past decade.
  • In the 10 years leading up to 2021, the share of women in Africa who owned a financial account doubled to more than 49 per cent.
  • ...
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:59
Heavy rain and flooding has caused a dam to burst, with fears that the death toll could rise.
BBC News - Africa
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:58
[Shabait] Asmara, 28 April, 2024 - International Workers' Day, 1 May, was enthusiastically observed in the Northern Red Sea and Gash Barka Regions under the theme "Professional Competence Development Stimulant."
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:57
[Shabait] Asmara, 28 April, 2024 - The 'Fitewrary' award was presented to 165 outstanding students, including 90 female students from the Central Region, who achieved high marks in the 2022/2023 eighth grade national examination.
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:55
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Monarch Insurance Company Limited has been ordered to pay Sh2.5 million as claim payments to its joint creditors.
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:53

Houses washed away and road cut off as dam collapses amid heavy rains and floods across country

At least 42 people died when a dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya’s Rift valley, the local governor has said, as heavy rains and floods battered the country.

The dam burst near Mai...

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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:51
The disaster has also damaged infrastructure, including the destruction of roads, bridges and cancellation of school lessons across the country. Thousands have also been displaced due to rains in the country.
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Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:50
[Government of Mauritius] The Bel Air Rivière Sèche Mediclinic, constructed to the tune of some Rs 90 million, with the aim of providing various health care services to the inhabitants of the region, was inaugurated, this afternoon, by the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs...
All Africa, All the Time.
Monday, April 29, 2024 - 12:49
From dog races to bullfighting and circus shows — animals have historically been used in sports and for entertainment. But critical voices are getting louder.
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