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Police Fire Tear Gas As Fresh Protests Erupt In Kenya Despite Ban

NwabuezeMarch 28, 2023March 28, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 28, 2023March 28, 2023046

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Monday as he pressed ahead with an anti-government...

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Ivory Coast Repatriates Hundreds More After Tunisia Racism Row

NwabuezeMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023068

Almost 300 Ivorians were repatriated on Thursday from Tunisia, where migrants say they no longer feel safe after President Kais Saied had said they represented...

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South African Corruption Investigator Shot Dead

NwabuezeMarch 20, 2023March 20, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 20, 2023March 20, 2023061

A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases has been shot dead along with his son. Cloete Murray, 50, was the liquidator for...

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Son Of Long-Serving Museveni To Run For Uganda Presidency In 2026

NwabuezeMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 16, 2023March 16, 2023085

The son of Uganda’s ageing leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026, the first time the outspoken army...

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More Than 220 Killed By Record-Breaking Cyclone Freddy

NwabuezeMarch 15, 2023March 15, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 15, 2023March 15, 20230119

Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the coast of Southern Africa for a second time over the weekend, bringing its total death toll to more than 220...

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Senegal Opposition Party Launches Protest Over Leader’s Trial

NwabuezeMarch 15, 2023March 15, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 15, 2023March 15, 2023066

Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko rallied in Dakar on Tuesday, the first of several days of protests as the country prepares...

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Malawi Declares State-Of-Disaster After Cyclone’s Deadly Return

NwabuezeMarch 14, 2023March 14, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 14, 2023March 14, 2023074

Malawi’s president on Monday declared a state-of-disaster in several southern districts including the commercial hub Blantyre after the powerful cyclone Freddy made a comeback killing...

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Kenya Freezes Milk Powder Imports Amid Drought

Shakirat AlabiMarch 9, 2023March 9, 2023

by Shakirat AlabiMarch 9, 2023March 9, 20230120

Kenya has imposed an indefinite ban on milk powder imports to cushion local processors and farmers from surplus production and low prices in anticipation of...

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Boko Haram Survivors Meet Pope On Women’s Day

NwabuezeMarch 9, 2023March 9, 2023

by NwabuezeMarch 9, 2023March 9, 20230101

Pope Francis has met two Nigerian women, formerly held by Boko Haram militants, on International Women’s day. The two girls escaped from Boko Haram captivity...

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Ghana Apologises For Military Excesses In Accra

Shakirat AlabiMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

by Shakirat AlabiMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023085

Ghana’s Deputy Defence Minister Kofi Amankwa-Manu has apologised for military excesses after soldiers were deployed early Tuesday in Ashaiman, a suburb of capital Accra. The...

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