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Sudan protesters to meet Ethiopian mediator

Sudanese protest leaders were to hold talks later Saturday with an Ethiopian envoy who has been mediating with the ruling generals and drafted a compromise blueprint for a political transition. “The document is undergoing discussions among members of the alliance who will be meeting with Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Dardir on Saturday to reflect their view […]

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Critically endangered vultures poisoned en masse in Botswana

More than 500 critically endangered vultures have died of poisoning in Botswana, according to local officials. A total of 537 vultures and two tawny eagles were found dead in the country’s north-east, though it’s unclear when. The government suspects poachers who killed three elephants had laced their carcasses with poisons to avoid attracting attention. Conservationists […]

South Africa president delivers State of the Nation, opposition critique

South Africa’s president declared Thursday the country’s struggling state-owned power utility Eskom “cannot be allowed to fail” and said he wants more funding to keep it afloat after its cash runs out in October. President Cyril Ramaphosa in his first State of the Nation address since last month’s election acknowledged “enormous and severe challenges” including […]

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Malawi parliament elects Catherine Hara first female speaker

Malawi’s Members of Parliament have elected fellow legislator, Catherine Gotani Hara, as speaker of Parliament, making her the country’s first female speaker for the August House. Hara, who belongs to the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), won the seat in a tightly contested electoral process, beating former deputy speaker of the house, Esther Mcheka […]

Over 70 million people displaced in 2018 – UNHCR

Despite populist rhetoric in the West, the real refugee crisis is playing out in developing countries, which hosts most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution, the United Nations said on Wednesday (June 19). Half of the worlds forcibly displaced are children and the 2018 total is the highest […]

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South African MP punches man during alleged racist incident

A black South African MP says she punched a man in self-defence after he allegedly hurled racial abuse at her. Phumzile van Damme from the opposition Democratic Alliance said she got into a row with a white woman at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront when the man intervened. She said the man, who was white, was […]

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Ganduje Gives Details of N6.8m Allegedly Swallowed by Gorilla in Kano Zoo

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has revealed that the missing N6.8 Million missing in a zoo in Kano was not swallowed by a Gorilla as widely reported. Mr Ganduje who spoke to journalists shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that investigations are still ongoing and preliminary reports so far reveal […]

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Stop Criminalising Nigerians, Ghanaian Tells Fellow Countrymen

A Ghanaian, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has called on his fellow countrymen to stop putting the label of criminals on Nigerians living in the West African country. Otchere-Darko, who is the founder of a policy and research institute, Danquah Institute, made the call on his Facebook page. Sharing the photos, Otchere-Darko wrote, “Imagine living in Europe, […]

Gunmen kill 38 in attack on two villages in central Mali

At least 38 people were killed and several others sustained injuries in an attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in Gangafani and Yoro villages in central Mali, authorities said on Tuesday. The government responded to the incident by sending a military unit to the area to track down the perpetrators and investigate the incident, reported […]

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Kenyan national found dead with knife wound mark on chest

The body of a Kenyan national was found with a knife wound mark on her chest in Mehrauli police station area.Her body was found by Delhi Police on Monday.”On June 17, a PCR call was received at around 8 pm, wherein it is mentioned that the sister of the caller has been killed. The staff […]

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Naira Marley hints on plans to help prisoners get fair hearing

Nigerian Singer, Naira Marley, reminiscing on his 35 days experience in detention, has disclosed intentions to help inmates awaiting trial get fair hearing. He revealed this in a post he shared on his Instagram account,@nairamarley, saying that there were several other inmates in jail without trial nor conviction who might need help. Marley, who was […]

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Tanzanian Artist,Harmonize Responds To Ben pol’s Claims That He Slid In Anerlisa’s DMs

Tanzanian Vocalist/Bongo crooner, Harmonize has finally given a response to claims that he has “set camp” in Anerlisa Muigai’s messages on social media. Harmonize was one of several musicians accused by Ben Pol of making advances on Anerlisa. The others included rapper Khaligraph Jones and Shetta. Ben Pol claimed, “Wasanii wapo ninawaona Shettah. Harmonize, Khaligraph […]

Ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies in court

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has died in court, state television reported on Monday. It said Mursi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards. Mursi, a top figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, was toppled by the military in 2013 after mass protests against this rule. He had been serving a seven-year sentence for […]

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Egypt: Morsi buried in Cairo

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has been buried alongside other senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, his son, Ahmed Mursi, said on his Facebook page on Tuesday. The burial was attended by members of the family in Cairo’s Nasr City after authorities refused burial in Mursi’s home province of Sharqiya in the Nile […]

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South Africa: Mandela Foundation Seeks Meeting with Zindzi Mandela Over ‘Land Thieves’ Tweets

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called for a meeting with South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark Zindzi Mandela after she she posted several tweets about land that sparked outrage, The Citizen reports . Luzuko Koti, communications director at the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said the organisation was seeking a meeting with Mandela, adding: “We will comment after […]

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Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies after collapsing in court

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi died on Monday in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a session in court, judicial and security sources said. “He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died,” a judicial source said. Morsi […]

Deadly weekend as bombs in Kenya, Somalia, Cameroon kill police officers

Bombs in Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia over the weekend killed at least 12 police officers, and injured dozens as authorities struggle to contain the Anglophone security crisis and the Al Shabaab insurgency respectively. While authorities blamed the bombing in Cameroon on separatists from the English-speaking regions, the terrorist group Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the […]