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Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?
RUSSIA has never had an African colony. It stayed...
Mozambique’s never-ending debt crisis
MOZAMBIQUE, the southern African nation, can’t seem to catch...
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FIFA takes over management of African football
WORLD football governing body FIFA have appointed its Secretary General Fatma Samoura as ‘FIFA General Delegate for Africa’ for a 6-month period from August...
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Fishmeal industry stealing regional food and livelihoods in West Africa
ENVIRONMENTAL campaign group, Greenpeace, is calling on West African governments to immediately phase out the...
Women wield the bulk of South African spending power
THE purchasing power of South Africa’s 18 million female consumers is undeniable given that seventy-one...
Fall in cobalt price pushes DRC to reform economy
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) new leadership is under mounting pressure to diversify the...
Ghana begins construction of biggest bitumen plant in West Africa
GHANA has kicked off construction of the biggest bitumen plant in West Africa. According to...
Tanzania to tax women’s wigs, plus highlights of East Africa’s budgets
TANZANIA’S finance ministry has proposed new taxes on locally manufactured and imported wigs and hair...
Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire make history by dictating cocoa price
GHANA and Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesday announced that they had won concessions from stakeholders in...
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FIFA takes over management of African football
WORLD football governing body FIFA have appointed its Secretary General Fatma Samoura as ‘FIFA General Delegate for Africa’ for a 6-month period from August...
African survivors of female circumcision call for help with mental trauma
AFRICAN survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) said mental health services are their biggest need and urged governments and charities to provide support for...
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Zimbabwe stock-piling weapons as strike season looms
ZIMBABWE’S government is reported to have acquired a huge arsenal of war weapons to deal with looming street protests, as the intractable political and...
UK’s Special Forces to take on Russia in Africa
THE various branches of the UK’s Special Forces are to be deployed to counter growing Russian influence in Africa, the BBC has reported.
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Rift between Kenya’s president and his deputy widens
KENYA watches with bewilderment as a political rift between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto over policy worsens, barely two years after...
Sudan’s ex-president Bashir charged with corruption
SUDAN’S ex-president Omar al-Bashir was on Thursday formally charged with corruption, following the completion of an investigation by state prosecutors.
Bashir was overthrown and arrested...
The warlord behind the bloody struggle for power in Sudan
IT was an act of intimidation so bizarre that Mohammed barely understood what was happening until it was over.
The young soldier who had stopped...
French court validates François Compaore extradition to Burkina Faso
BURKINA Faso has welcomed the ruling by France's highest court approving the extradition of François Compaore. The brother of ousted president Blaise Compaore is facing...
Sudan protesters want justice for post-Bashir chaos, dissolution of militia
THE Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) one of the main groups under the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change (FDFC) has said they...
Eritrea tells ‘weak’ African Union to ‘wake up’ over Sudan crisis
THE Eritrean government has officially reacted to the current political upheaval in Sudan, but did so via Addis Ababa – seat of the continental...
Sudan’s opposition rejects military’s schedule for elections
SUDAN’S opposition rejected on Tuesday a plan by military authorities to hold elections within nine months, a prominent opposition figure said, after the country’s...
