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Editor 9 August 2024 No Comment

Brazilian airliner crashes, all 62 on board killed

By Reuters SAO PAULO: A regional turboprop plane crashed near Sao Paulo in Brazil on Friday, killing all 62 people
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Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera
Editor 9 August 2024 No Comment

Malawi President Chakwera secures his party’s support for second term bid

By Reuters BLANTYRE: Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has secured his party’s support to run for a second term in next
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President Cyril Ramaphosa
Editor 8 August 2024 No Comment

South Africa moves to implement national health bill despite resistance

By Reuters JOHANNESBURG: South Africa is moving ahead with implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Republican Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris
Editor 8 August 2024 No Comment

Harris draws more support among Black voters, Trump up slightly among white voters

By Reuters WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is drawing more support from Black voters than President Joe Biden did
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Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and former leader Joseph Kabila
Editor 7 August 2024 No Comment

DRC president accuses predecessor Kabila of backing a US-sanctioned rebel coalition

By Associated Press DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi accused former leader Joseph Kabila of backing a U.S.-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups
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Editor 7 August 2024 No Comment

90 Ethiopian migrants are rescued from a property in South Africa, police say

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South African police said they rescued 90 Ethiopian migrants who were being held against their will
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Editor 7 August 2024 No Comment

Nigerian protesters defy president’s request to stop amid the worst cost-of-living crisis in years

By Associated Press ABUJA: Protests against economic hardship continued for a fifth day in several Nigerian states on Monday, a day
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Editor 4 August 2024 No Comment

Nigerian leader calls for end to hardship protests, blaming ‘political agenda’ for violence

By Associated Press ABUJA: Nigeria’s leader on Sunday called for an end to mass protests over economic hardship, saying the rallies
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Editor 4 August 2024 No Comment

UK Prime Minister condemns ‘far right thuggery’ as anti-migrant unrest flares across Britain

By Reuters LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday condemned what he described as “far-right thuggery” and said perpetrators
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
Editor 4 August 2024 No Comment

Ukraine foreign minister heads to Zambia, Malawi to seek support in war against Russia

By Reuters KYIV: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit three African countries this week in an effort to drum
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