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Editor 4 February 2024 No Comment

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, dies after cancer diagnosis

By Reuters Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was
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Editor 3 February 2024 No Comment

Kenya’s president blames corruption and incompetence for huge fireball that hurt hundreds in Nairobi

By Associated Press NAIROBI: Kenya’s president says corruption and officials’ incompetence allowed a liquid petroleum plant to operate in one
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Editor 3 February 2024 No Comment

Hamas demands Israel release a man some Palestinians see as their Nelson Mandela

By Associated Press JERUSALEM: He’s viewed by some Palestinians as their Nelson Mandela, and he’s a prime candidate to become
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Editor 1 February 2024 No Comment

South Africa says Israel is already ignoring UN court ruling ordering it to prevent deaths

By Associated Press PRETORIA: Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.’s top court last week by killing hundreds more civilians
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Editor 31 January 2024 No Comment

Auction of Nelson Mandela’s possessions suspended as South Africa fights to keep them

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: The planned auction of dozens of artifacts belonging to Nelson Mandela has been suspended pending a
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Editor 30 January 2024 No Comment

South Africa’s ruling ANC suspends former president Zuma for backing a new party in elections

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s ruling party suspended former President Jacob Zuma on Monday after he gave his backing
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Editor 30 January 2024 No Comment

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS as tensions deepen

By Associated Press ABUJA: West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known
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Editor 30 January 2024 No Comment

Italian leader Meloni opens an Africa summit to unveil a plan to aid development and

By Associated Press ROME: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday opened a summit of African leaders aimed at illustrating Italy’s big
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Editor 29 January 2024 No Comment

PICS: Armed South African man arrested while transporting 23 undocumented Ethiopians from Zimbabwe

By IOL South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: Police at Sebayeng in Limpopo have arrested 25 undocumented foreign nationals for contravention of
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Editor 25 January 2024 No Comment

Tanzania’s main opposition party holds first major protest in several years, after ban was lifted

By Associated Press DAR ES SALAAM: Hundreds of supporters of Tanzania’s main opposition party marched in the commercial capital Wednesday
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