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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:48
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Newly crowned London Marathon champion Alexander Munyao admits he was a bit scared of multiple Olympics and world champion Kenenisa Bekele when the race came down to both of them.
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:47
[Business Day Africa] US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is slated to visit Kenya next week ahead of President William Ruto's upcoming State visit to Washington in May.
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:47
[The New Humanitarian] Berlin -- 'This coming famine is a political decision by the warring party.'
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:46
[CPJ] Lusaka -- The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday called on Zambian authorities to thoroughly investigate a police assault on journalist Rodgers Mwiimba and his two-hour detention, alongside a second journalist, Innocent Phiri.
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:42
[Business Day Africa] The United Nations will establish a humanitarian logistics hub at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), elevating Kenya to the status of the second African nation to host such critical infrastructure.
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:41
[VOA] The U.S. State Department on Monday released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, outlining Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the civil war in Sudan and the Israel-Hamas war as just some of the major global human rights concerns.
All Africa, All the Time.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:00

Brewing can involve incense, butter, herbs or spices, and takes so long neighbours take it in turns. But they wouldn’t have it any other way

Drinking coffee takes time in Ethiopia, a nation of caffeine lovers. In her village in Kafa, Ethiopia’s coffee heartland, Hagre Bekele starts by...

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 06:00

Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget

The World Bank has suspended financing intended to develop tourism in southern Tanzania after allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions.

The bank...

Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 04:38
Parliamentary stand-off ends, opening the way for asylum seekers to be sent to the African country.
BBC News - Africa
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 04:09
Farmers in rural Malawi are learning to move away from over-dependence on maize, the country’s primary staple crop. A local charity Never Ending Food is teaching farmers about 200 types of food crops they can grow and eat. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 04:00

While conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have captured global attention, the civil war in Sudan has been largely ignored. That can’t be allowed to continue, says the Guardian’s Nesrine Malik

With so much of the world’s attention on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, one of the worst humanitarian...

Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 03:21
Abubakar Salim set up his own studio to tell a personal tale of grief inspired by his Kenyan heritage.
BBC News - Africa
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 02:54
How the country's former president is thwarting attempts to bar him from contesting the polls.
BBC News - Africa
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 01:29

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 00:58
Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 00:51

Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa

Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 00:48
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Monday, April 22, 2024 - 23:53

…. Taraba State Sports Commissioner 

By Sani Yarima 

The team of Special Appearance Bikers scheduled to participate in the Nwonyo International Fishing Festival held in Nwonyo village, Ibi LGA, Taraba State, expressed their disappointment over their inability...

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Monday, April 22, 2024 - 23:05
Kinshasa, April 22, 2024— Ahead of a court decision expected on Saturday in the prosecution of radio journalist Blaise Mabala, the Committee to Protect Journalist is alarmed that prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have asked that he be sentenced to 15 months in prison and urges...
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