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No fewer than 50 people have been killed by flash flooding in western Afghanistan, provincial police revealed on Monday morning, with some residents reaching safety on higher ground mere minutes before the water hit. The floods on Friday destroyed approximately 2,000 houses and caused damage to...
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The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has asserted that the success of service and project delivery achieved within his first one year in office far outweighs the eight years spent by some other administrations in the state. Governor Fubara asserted this at Ngo Town during the official...
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Continuing her farewell visits with Somali leaders, the top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Puntland where she discussed the world body’s support in areas such as local development […]
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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II on Saturday evoked memories of old as he danced to the songs of his forebears when he received two artefacts from Germany through the National Commission for Museum and Monument (NCMM). Africa Today News, New York gathered that the national treasures include a wooden...
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La composition polyrythmique complexe du mbalax sénégalais ne milite pas en faveur d’une ouverture internationale.
Saliou Ndour, enseignant-chercheur, Université Gaston Berger
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Former President of the United States, Donald Trump have called on gun owners to vote in the 2024 election as he addressed thousands of members of the National Rifle Association, which officially endorsed him just before Trump took the stage at their annual meeting in Texas last night. “We’ve got...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — After 30 years of dominating South African politics, the ruling African National Congress will face its toughest election this month as most opinion polls predict it will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time.
Once admired under the leadership of Nelson...
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has shed more light on the importance of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to economic development, stressing that every 1,000,000 vehicles converted to CNG will save the country about $2.5bn. Mr Michael Oluwagbemi who is the Programme Director of the Presidential...
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mbale, uganda — Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters.
The half was the ailing Nabulo, who at age 12 understood her mother's meaning.
"I hated myself so much," Nabulo...
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The Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has announced that by next month (June), Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria will no longer need to import gasoline due to the operational plans of the Dangote Refinery. Speaking as a panelist at the Africa CEO Forum Annual Summit in Kigali...
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Junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have concluded plans to form a confederation after aggressively kicking out former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Africa Today News, New York gathered that their foreign ministers had on Friday held a meeting in Niger’s capital Niamey...
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Bayer Leverkusen has become the first team in Bundesliga history to go through an entire season unbeaten they managed a 2-1 home win against Augsburg extended their undefeated streak in all competitions to 51 games. Crowned Bundesliga champions for the first time in April, goals from Victor...
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The apex Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere had decried the insecurity levels in the country and has now called on President Bola Tinubu to invoke an executive order to create state and local government police. The spokesman of the group, Ajayi in a statement made available to Africa...
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Medical officers from Somali Security Forces (SSF), United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have completed a three-day training programme on […]
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DJENNE, Mali — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016.
The Grand Mosque of Djenné — the world's largest mud-...
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The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag.
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The star of viral hit People talks to the BBC about getting death threats for waving a Cameroonian flag.
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JEBENIANA, Tunisia — Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana on Saturday to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded as the country ramps up border patrol efforts.
Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana...
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Dakar, Senegal — An alliance of separatist rebel groups fighting Malian government forces on Saturday accused the army and Russian paramilitary group Wagner of killing 11 civilians earlier in the week.
The Malian authorities did not respond to a request for comment from AFP about the allegations...
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JOHANNESBURG, south africa — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his new political party's manifesto ahead of the country's much anticipated elections.
He told...
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