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Dar es Salaam, October 8 — Tanzania’s ruling party—Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the government have come under strong criticism for allegedly attacking citizens’ rights and processes necessary to...
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The South Sudan Government Announces Assassination Of The 7 October Movement Leader
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Stuck in weak healthcare system and panic, Kenya temporarily ban international conferences as coronavirus...
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Confusion Over South Sudanese Students’ Funds in Morocco
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Kenyan Street Families Take Up Street Cleanup In Nairobi
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Zimbabwe’s President Expels Health Minister Over Graft
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Poverty ravages Southern Africa’s aging population
LILONGWE, Malawi — At the age of 94, Malawi’s widower Kenneth Banda resides alone at his aging rural home — a thatched kitchen hut and a two-roomed house roofed...
Zimbabwean Government Urged To Stop Hemorrhaging Gold And Other Minerals
Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), a Zimbabwe-based NGO advocating for violence-free and conflict-free extraction of natural resources now wants the government to halt the scourge.
“We are gravely concerned...
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