Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 04:05
The White House will roll out the red carpet for the first African leader to be hosted for a state visit since 2008. Kenyan President William Ruto will be honored with a state dinner, the White House says. Also on the table are Nairobi’s aims to leverage Washington’s largesse and influence after...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 02:27
The White House — The White House gave three reasons for inviting Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday to break the 16-year drought during which no African leader has been honored with a pomp-filled state visit.
Those include the two governments' shared democratic convictions and their like-...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 01:17
The BBC tracks the crucial issues facing South Africans ahead of 29 May general election.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 00:02
The ZiG is Zimbabwe's latest currency — yet another attempt to unravel the economic catastrophes of the past decades. According to many there, it's every bit as baffling as its predecessors.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 23:37
The supreme leader’s son may be the beneficiary
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 23:35
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy MCcain, executive director of the World Food Programme, about her current trip to Zambia, where people are enduring a severe drought and going hungry.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 22:24
The government seized the AP equipment from a location in southern Israel earlier on Tuesday (May. 21). When Israel closed down Al Jazeera’s offices earlier this month, media groups warned of the serious implications for press freedom in the country.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 22:19
In tonight's edition: Sudan is on the brink of famine and after more than a year of conflict, people struggle to get access to medical facilities. Every child should go to school. That's the Gambia's ambition to make education accessible to all. And we'll go to Senegal where the new government is...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 22:18
New York — The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide warned Tuesday that Sudan exhibits all the risk signs of genocide, and it may already have been committed.
“The protection of civilians in Sudan cannot wait,” Alice Nderitu said. “The risk of genocide exists in Sudan. It is real...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 21:01
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have announced their willingness to open "safe passages" out of the former haven city of El-Fasher in Darfur, which has been gripped by fighting for weeks.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 20:37
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved the appointment of Michael Zira as the Director General of the State Poverty Alleviation And Wealth Creation Agency. Also appointed are Members of Boards and Agencies in the State.
They include-
Adamawa State Mass...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 20:04
An advance group of Kenyan officers, part of a larger UN-backed ‘support mission’ to stabilize Haiti, landed in Port-au-Prince
Kenyan special forces police who have spent time battling al-Shabaab fighters in east Africa are...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:48
A White House proposal to allow the billionaire Dan Gertler to sell off his assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparks a bipartisan rebuke.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:16
Gaborone, Botswana — As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, the number of women running for office remains low.
Political parties have finalized their list of candidates for the 2024 vote, and the majority of contestants are male. In the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP),...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:10
[MAP] Rabat -- The partial withdrawal of the butane gas subsidy will take effect starting tomorrow, Monday, May 20, 2024, as part of the government's direct social assistance program. This initiative aims to more effectively select households eligible for social aid, according to the Directorate of...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:06
[Namibian] Xander Schauffele outdueled Bryson DeChambeau and Viktor Hovland down the back nine on Sunday to win the PGA Championship, capturing his first major triumph and snapping a two-year victory drought.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:06
South Africa experienced one of its worst electricity crisis last year with daily power cuts of up to almost 10 hours.
It strangled Africa's most developed economy.
This put the spotlight on the government's energy transition strategy.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 19:05
The organised labour had demanded N615,000 as the new minimum wage, noting that the demand could go higher if the inflation rate continued to rise.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 18:57
The price of hiring the luxury private jet was reportedly around $1.5m (£1.2m).
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024 - 18:54
[The Herald] WITH the accelerating inward investment into Zimbabwe and the expansion of the economy, formal employment has been rising rapidly, with the National Social Security Authority now recording about 700 000 jobs in the formal private sector. Added to this are the State employees in the...
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