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Editor 4 October 2024 No Comment

DRC: 78 drown after boat capsizes in Congo’s Lake Kivu, provincial governor says

By Reuters GOMA: At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern

Editor 3 October 2024 No Comment

TotalEnergies CEO to meet Mozambique president to move forward with US$20bln project in country

By Reuters PARIS: TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said he planned to go to Mozambique later this month to meet the

Editor 3 October 2024 No Comment

Prince Harry visits mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he’s called ‘the warrior’

By Associated Press MASERU: Prince Harry is visiting the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho having co-founded a youth charity there in 2006

Editor 1 October 2024 No Comment

Angola’s Isabel dos Santos loses appeal against freezing order over assets

By Reuters LONDON: Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos on Monday lost an appeal to overturn an order freezing up to

Editor 1 October 2024 No Comment

Kenya lawmakers plan impeachment move against deputy president, majority leader says

By Reuters NAIROBI: Kenyan lawmakers plan to launch impeachment proceedings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of undermining the

Editor 29 September 2024 No Comment

SOUTH AFRICA: 17 people killed in 2 mass shootings in the same street

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: Seventeen people, including 15 women, were killed in two mass shootings that took place at two

Editor 25 September 2024 No Comment

Zambian president suspends judges who ruled in favour of rival

By BBC Africa LUSAKA: Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has suspended three top judges over alleged judicial misconduct, prompting accusations of

Editor 25 September 2024 No Comment

Biden making long-awaited visit to Africa in October. He’ll stop in Germany, then Angola

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will make his long-awaited visit to Africa when he travels to Germany and Angola in

Editor 24 September 2024 No Comment

Late snowstorms batter South Africa’s coast and leave 2 people dead

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: Unseasonably late snowstorms battered coastal areas of South Africa over the weekend, killing two people and

Leading opposition Chadema party figure Tundu Lissu

Editor 24 September 2024 No Comment

Police arrest 8 of Tanzania’s main opposition figures ahead of planned protests

By Associated Press NAIROBI: Police arrested Tanzania’s most prominent opposition figures Monday whose party has called for protests against what