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Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the parliament in Iraq has passed a bill making same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Transgender people will also be sentenced to three years in jail under the amendments to a 1988 anti-prostitution law. The...
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The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has sung praises of the country’s achievements under his party’s leadership as the country celebrated 30 years of democracy since the end of apartheid. Speaking on Saturday, the 71-year-old Ramaphosa, reminded South Africans about the first...
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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has declared that it has concluded plans to begin raiding markets to eliminate unfair trade practices such as collusion, price gouging, price fixing, and cartel running. The FCCPC made this known in a post on X. Dr. Adamu Abdullahi...
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The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin has asserted that Nigeria now is the best opportunity to produce a constitution that meets the wishes and aspirations of the people. He said the 10th National Assembly was poised to do just that. Jibrin who doubles as Chairman of the Senate...
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The controversial plan aimed at deterring people from crossing the English Channel to reach the UK was signed into law on Thursday.
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Firearms may provide firearm owners with a means of self-defence in confrontations with criminals, but the unlawful use of a licensed firearm can have negative legal consequences.
Guy Lamb, Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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This advice can help you to engage your teens in open, honest and helpful dialogues about sex and sexuality.
Ayobami Precious Adekola, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of South Africa
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Her book Daughters of Africa brought black women writers into the literary canon.
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Poet and lecturer in Creative Writing, University of the Witwatersrand
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In the joint status report, filed by and through their lawyers, the U.S. (plaintiff) and Ibrahim Bagudu (claimant) requested additional time to complete their settlement or to determine that no settlement is possible.
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In 2010, in the aftermath of the global economic crisis of 2007-09, South African food company Fynbos Fine Foods found itself grappling with declining demand.
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Military-ruled Burkina Faso has rejected as “baseless accusations” a Human Rights Watch report that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25.
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Nigeria’s Minister of Works, David Umahi has flagged off the demolition of a section of the Landmark Beach, the Mami Chula Beach Lifestyle, to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Umahi began the demolition after he inspected kilometre 13, 16 and 20 to ensure the most economical and...
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Lome, Togo — Togo on Monday holds legislative elections after a highly divisive constitutional reform that opponents say paves the way for President Faure Gnassingbe to further extend his family's decadeslong grip on power.
At the helm of the small West African country for nearly 20 years, Faure...
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There is a popular saying, “Water is Life,” which underscores the value of water as a key resource that every human being depends on for their livelihood. Clean Water Improves […]
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The above-average rains since March have caused widespread destruction and displaced over 100 thousand people.
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The last Chief Judge of Kogi State who attempted to hold that office with dignity and independence, Nasir Ajanah, paid with his life, un-mourned and exiled from the state. He was the second Chief Judge of the State to be politically lynched by the government of Kogi State in one decade.
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The party disclosed this at the weekend in Abuja during a public hearing and launch of ‘Operation Hutu Dole Campaign’ organised by the Gwagwalada chapter of the party.
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For the tens of thousands of asylum seekers in Britain, a new law brings the possibility of deportation to central Africa closer. We asked how it was affecting them.
Polls suggest support for the ruling African National Congress is at its lowest since the first democratic elections 30 years ago.
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PRETORIA, South Africa — South Africa marked 30 years since the end of apartheid and the birth of its democracy with a ceremony in the capital Saturday that included a 21-gun salute and the waving of the nation's multicolored flag.
But any sense of celebration on the momentous anniversary was set...
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