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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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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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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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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Witness will swear that Kelly Khumalo gunshot Senzo Meyiwa by mistake – SA courts
Advocate Malesela Teffo represents four of the men accused of murdering Bafana Bafana captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa. Teffo has claimed that a witness will testify that Meyiw ...
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AU leaders castigate terrorism, bad governance, and coups
African heads of state closed the two extraordinary summits in Malabo on Saturday, with leaders pointing out at terrorism, bad governance, and coups d'état could have causal links ...
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its effects on Africa
The conflict’s effects continue to ripple across the world. In Africa, the conflict is overturning long-term trends across the continent and eliciting mixed reactions from governm ...
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