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Authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of one of India’s worst aviation disasters in decades. Black smoke and fire engulfed the site following the crash.
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Ex-Orlando Pirates coach José Riveiro has dismissed claims that he left the club for family reasons. Before his departure in mid-May, there were reports that he was homesick and wanted to return to his home country, Spain. Riveiro, however, has remained on the African continent with Egyptian club...
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[GroundUp] After the Trump administration's threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down
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The outcry was swift when Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie dared to challenge South Africa’s sacred unemployment statistic. “The unemployment rate is probably actually 10%,” he contended, arguing that Stats SA’s headline figure of 32.9% ignores the vibrant informal economy where “everyone is doing...
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[Nile Post] For the first time in Uganda's recent history, the health sector has received a record Shs 5.87 trillion allocation in the newly announced national budget for the financial year 2025/26.
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[Nile Post] President Museveni has said that the economy has taken off and rallied leaders to match financial allocations with performance and accountability.
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[Nile Post] On June 3, an explosion killed two suspected rebels including a female suicide bomber near a roman cathoric shrine in Munyonyo Uganda On Tuesday morning no other people were reported hurt.
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The time is opportune for Africa's mining sector to step up and realise its full potential. With its vast mineral reserves, the continent possesses the resources to power the next phase of development for the continent and the globe. Given robust debate around which minerals will be most...
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The World Bank projects a modest uptick in sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth, forecasting a rise from 3.5% in 2024 to 3.7% in 2025. While that places the region among the few globally expected to see improved growth, alongside the Middle East and North Africa, the gains come with caveats....
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Nigeria’s exports surged to $13.44 billion in Q1 2025, marking a 7.42% year-on-year rise, according to fresh data from the country’s National Bureau of Statistics. Crude oil remained the backbone, making up nearly 63% of total exports, while non-oil products contributed $2.07 billion. In...
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Burundi’s ruling CNDD-FDD party has swept all 100 seats in the country’s latest parliamentary elections, according to official results, sparking outrage among opposition groups and election observers. The vote, which saw the CNDD-FDD claim over 96% of ballots, excluded the main opposition...
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Inaugurated in Cairo’s Space City in April 2025, the African Space Agency aims to unify the continent’s 55 nations under a shared vision for space-driven development. To do this, the agency will coordinate and implement Africa’s space ambitions as well as manage its policy and strategy....
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South African striker Fagrie Lakay has won the Egyptian League Cup. Lakay, who plays for Cleopatra Ceramica, scored the second goal in the 2-0 over National Bank late on Thursday. This triumph marks Ceramica Cleopatra’s third consecutive Egypt Capital Cup title, making them the most...
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[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Group (WBG) today approved $300 million to help Togo position itself as a regional hub in agribusiness and animal nutrition by scaling up Togo's Agricultural Modernization Program (ProMAT) and transforming the agriculture sector through productivity-...
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[Nile Post] Government has allocated additional funds to strengthen social protection, expand access to safe water, and enhance environmental conservation in the 2025/26 financial year.
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[MSF] The orchestrated removal of search and rescue ships, such as the Geo Barents, from the Central Mediterranean cuts a lifeline for survivors fleeing horrendous violence in Libya. This is the conclusion of an advocacy report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The report...
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[Nile Post] The government has announced new tax measures on cigarettes, beer, imports, and agricultural by-product exports in the 2025/26 national budget, in a bid to boost domestic revenue and harmonize with regional tax frameworks.
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[Nile Post] Government has unveiled a series of new tax measures aimed at raising an additional Shs 538.6 billion in domestic revenue for the Financial Year 2025/26.
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The tragic drowning of seven women and girls just metres from the port of La Restinga has highlighted the growing number of female migrants crossing to the Canary Islands from west Africa
The four women and three girls were just metres from the pier in the port of La Restinga in El Hierro...
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[New Times] Rwanda aims to reduce the national unemployment rate to 12 per cent in the next five years, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
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