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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 15:38
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with 84.3 percent of the vote in last week's election, final results announced Saturday showed, down from an initial count contested by rivals. 
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 15:31
  • China commits to refurbishing TAZARA railway system during the just concluded FOCAC Summit in Beijing.
  • China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC) has been awarded the tender.
  • TAZARA capacity is now...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 15:19
MORONI, COMOROS — Comoros President Azali Assoumani is "out of danger" after he was injured on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old police officer who was found dead in his cell a day later, officials said Saturday. The attack occurred around 2 p.m. Friday in Salimani Itsandra, a town just...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:54

A brewing political tsunami is currently building ahead of the 2027 general election as former vice president Atiku Abubakar and former governor of Adamawa Admiral Murtala Nyako begun talks that is expected to coalesce into a formidable structure come 2027 general polls.

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:50

Following the devastating severe flash flooding that displaced thousands of people and caused significant damage across several communities in Maiduguri, Borno State Capital, the World Health Organisation Respentative in Nigeria, […]

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:48
BUKWO, Uganda — Dozens of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire. Local leaders and others gathered at the local administration hall Saturday as they awaited her burial at her ancestral home in a...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:29

From war orphan in Sierra Leone to international ballet star – the trailblazing Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer has died aged 29

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:27
An iconic high school jersey worn by basketball star LeBron James is expected to fetch more than a million US dollars when it goes on auction later this month in Hong Kong.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:26
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 14:02
South Sudan, the world's youngest country, has not held a national poll since independence in 2011.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 13:58
About three out of 10 people use the internet according to the Ugandan government
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 13:35

By Kanini Mutooni, Africa Managing Director, DRK Foundation I remember the first all-female investor panel at Angel Fair Africa 2016 like it was yesterday. At that point in time, the […]

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 13:31
Azali Assoumani's injuries were not serious and he had returned to his home, his office said in a statement.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 12:49
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Ekhator Street, Ekosodin, an area known for housing students.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 12:32
Seventeen months after one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, many in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi area are still shaken despite repeated warnings about the church’s leader.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 12:27
  • Dutch climate action organization DGB Group aims to restore 12,000 hectares of native forests in Ethiopia’s mountainous region.
  • DGB’s iconic bamboo project has been added to the prestigious Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) registry.
  • This move ensures that the project...
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 12:08
South Sudan said Friday that long-awaited elections would be postponed for a further two years, once again extending a transitional period agreed in a peace deal. 
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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 11:47

By Kojo Richman Lufthansa has officially launched its new nonstop flight connecting Johannesburg to Munich, Germany, marking a significant development in South African air travel. This route, reintroduced after a 19-year hiatus, […]

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 11:35

New data from Kenya’s State Department for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has shown that default rates for loans from Kenya’s “Hustler Fund,” a government initiative which allows citizens […]

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Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 11:34

Vast swathes of Sudan face famine on a scale the world has not seen in decades. The war, which pits the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) against a paramilitary group from […]

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