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US asks for ‘humane treatment’ for Hotel Rwanda hero
The US assistant secretary for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, has held talks with Rwandan ambassador to the US over the…
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9, 246 Nigerian teachers fail qualification exam
Some 9,246 Nigerian teachers, who sat for the Batch A professional qualifying exam held in July 2020, reportedly failed. The Teachers Registration…
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Stage 3 load-shedding for Friday
Power utility Eskom will implement stage 3 load-shedding on Friday, as the weather improves and demand decreases. “Due to reduced…
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Uganda’s ugliest man marries a second wife [photos]
Is this love or not? A Ugandan comedian named Ssebabi recently got married to his second wife in a grand…
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SA no longer among five countries worst hit by Covid-19
South Africa is no longer among the five countries most affected by coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization. Peru…
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Nile dam row: US cuts aid to Ethiopia
The US is cutting aid to Ethiopia over a controversial mega dam being built on a tributary of the River…
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Expectant mother allegedly stabs boyfriend to death
The police in Anambra state have arrested a 25-year-old pregnant woman, Oyinye Chime, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Eleyi Azubuike,…
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Kenya freezes assets of al-Shabab ‘financiers’
Kenya has frozen the assets of nine people it accuses of funding Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab. The interior ministry said…
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Stage 2 load shedding continues
Due to the continuing severe generation supply constraints as a result of multiple unit breakdowns, Eskom says it will continue…
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DR Congo militia rape students on eve of exams
Armed militia attacked a school and raped female students on the eve of their examinations in the Democratic Republic of…
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