Ghana’s Former President Jerry Rawlings Dies At 73
Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73.
He came to political prominence on the back of two coups, in 1979 and 1989, before twice...
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As Federal Government of Somalia pursues fugitive minister, a Governor in Kenya is on...
NAIROBI MARCH 13, 2020 — “When the safety and security of our population is threatened by foreign forces regardless of how they came into Mandera County, our position is...
Tanzanians Raise Eyebrow Over $100 COVID Screening Fee
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Amidst rumours of the rising number of people with respiratory diseases in private hospitals, Tanzania authorities have issued new policy directives requiring national and...
Kenyan Street Families Take Up Street Cleanup In Nairobi
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Domestic violence dents Zimbabwe’s lockdown
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The Ghanaian Christians Working For The Salvation Of A Dying Earth
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Ghana’s Main Opposition Party Sounds Alarm To International Community Ahead Of Elections
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Malawian Lawyers Match As Government Send Chief Justice On ‘Forced Leave’
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Tea farmers in Kenya find reprieve as international market opens up for their produce.
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Ghanaian Women Band Together Under The Shadow Of Sexual Violence
A group of women gather on a synthetic lawn one Sunday in Labone, a suburb of Accra.
Clad in sports gear, they pick up little tricks from an instructor to...
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Aiding Poverty By Smuggling A Rare Black Stone For 30 Pieces Of Silver
For Claudious Murungweni (not his real name), a 35-year-old bus conductor plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa cross-border route, the corruption and smuggling of a low base mineral has turned around...
Tanzanian Opposition Leader Suffers Broken Leg After Midnight Attack
Dar es Salaam, June 9 — The leader of Tanzania opposition in the parliament and national chairman of the country’s main opposition party Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA),...
Sudanese Professionals Association With South Sudanese Activists Discuss Refugees’ Condition In Sudan
Khartoum, June 22 — In a meeting that gathered activists from South Sudan with the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) headquarters in Burri—Khartoum, a number of issues related to the...
Thomas Sankara Trial Set To Resume
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — Thomas Sankara's trial is set to resume on Wednesday, February 2nd after a military court restored the constitution on Monday, January 31.
The trial was due...
Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Succumbs To COVID-19
Harare, July 29 — Zimbabwe’s Minister of Agriculture, Perrance Shiri has succumbed to the novel Coronavirus at the age of 65, becoming the first government minister to be claimed...
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