AFRICA NEWS
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Obiri Boahen granted GHS200,000 bail over ‘beating mercilessly’ comment
It has emerged that Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen has been granted bail…
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Buhari backs Nigerian banker’s re-election at AfDB
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina’s re-election bid, despite allegations…
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ICC Appeals Chamber lifts restrictions on Gbagbo
The restrictions that were placed on the former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, and his ex-Minister of Sports and…
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Doctor bust three times for sick note racket released on bail
An East London medical doctor, who was arrested on Thursday for allegedly selling a sick note to an undercover Hawks…
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‘Irrational! Irrational!’ Constitutional crisis as judge rules lockdown regulations invalid
The inference Judge Norman Davis draws after the declaration of a national state of disaster was that little or no…
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Six elephants killed in poaching ‘massacre’ in Ethiopia
Poachers have killed at least six elephants in just one day at Mago National Park in southern Ethiopia. The park’s…
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Burundi’s first lady flown to Kenya after testing positive for coronavirus – Kenyan media
Burundi’s first lady has reportedly been airlifted to Kenya after contracting COVID-19, Kenyan media report. Citizen TV reports that Denise…
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9 year-old receives state award for hand-wash invention
A Kenyan boy is among this year’s recipients of state commendations for his invention of a handwashing machine. Nine-year-old Stephen…
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6-year-old girl snatched from mother’s car
KwaZulu-Natal police are searching for a Grade 1 Umhlali Preparatory School pupil who was allegedly abducted from the back of…
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Soldier recounts how his mother was allegedly raped by colleague
A former Nigerian soldier has shared the sad story of how his mother was raped by a neighbor in the…
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