US shoots down Iranian drone – Tension is intensifying
The United States shot down an Iranian drone on Thursday over the Strait of Hormuz, located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. According to US President Donald ...
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Ethiopia plans to create three million jobs
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced plans to create three million jobs. He announced the plan at the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget to parliament, who approved ...
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Military leader welcomes power-sharing deal in Sudan
Sudan’s Vice-President of the Transitional Military Council and senior military leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, welcomed a power-sharing agreement on Saturday. The military ...
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Thousands of Sudanese protesters march call for civil rule
Tens of thousands of Sudanese demonstrated on Sunday against ruling generals across the country including in the capital Khartoum where police fired tear gas, amid international a ...
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Top Africa telecoms businessman Bob Collymore dies
Bob Collymore, the chief executive of East Africa's most successful Africa telecoms company, Safaricom, has died, the company has announced. In a brief statement the Kenyan compan ...
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Impact of Zimbabwe’s shift in monetary policy emerge – Confusion, scepticism and hope
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube this week gazetted the banning of the South African rand, US dollar and other foreign currencies for local transactions. The real impact o ...
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Motsepe’s TymeBank appoints Thabani Jali as new chairperson
African Rainbow Capital (ARC) on Tuesday announced former KwaZulu Natal High Court deputy judge president Thabani Jali as the new independent non-executive director and chairperso ...
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Zimbabwe introduces own currency, bans foreign currencies
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended the latest economic move in the country with the ban on use of foreign currencies as announced by the finance minister on Monday ...
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US confirms drone shot down by Iran – Strait of Hormuz
A US military surveillance drone has been shot down by Iranian forces while flying over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the aircraft had v ...
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Ex-Egypt president Mohamed Mursi buried in Cairo
Mohamed Mursi’s son posted on his Facebook page on Tuesday, saying his father has been buried alongside other senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. The burial was att ...
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