Attention on Rwanda, Togo and Zimbabwe as Commonwealth summit gets underway
Over 35 heads of state and government are attending this year's Common Wealth Summit, usually dubbed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda's capital, Kiga ...
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President Nyusi summaries Mozambique’s new role in UN Security Council
Mozambique was last week elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council along with Switzerland, Malta, Ecuador, and Japan. President Nyusi said, “The agenda o ...
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Global slump worries create chaos in financial markets
Various international economic data and policy statements show a stronger possibility that the world may move into a recession this year, mostly due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict ...
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Masses feared dead in Burkina Faso attacks
In Burkina Faso, armed men attacked the town of Seytenga, near the border with Niger, on Saturday night, in what appears to be a reprisal for an attack on the gendarmerie brigade ...
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Rising prices pile more pressure on ordinary Zimbabweans
Since February, Zimbabwe's inflation rate has shot up from 66% to more than 130%, according to official statistics Zimbabweans are finding it increasingly difficult to make ...
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Nigeria’s ruling party begins to choose a presidential candidate
Members of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are electing a presidential candidate in the capital, Abuja. The APC has won the last two presidential elections in Nig ...
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Zimbabwe strike deal for dedicated electricity supply to miners
ANGLO Platinum (Angloplat), Impala Platinum (Implats), and Sibanye-Stillwater have struck an agreement for guaranteed power supplies in Zimbabwe in return for hard currency to set ...
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South African fury over Ryanair Afrikaans test
South Africans have condemned Irish airline Ryanair for making them take a test in the Afrikaans language on UK flights, calling it discriminatory. Critics of the Ryanair q ...
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South Africa Reserve Bank to print R500 note and R10 coin
With the rising cost of inflation and increased cost of living, there has been a growing debate on whether the country should consider higher denominations of coins and notes. ...
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Putin, AU leader to meet Friday to discuss food crisis
On Friday, Putin will receive Senegalese President Macky Sall, who chairs the African Union, at his Black Sea residence in Sochi. Talks are expected to focus on grain supplies and ...
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