AFRICA NEWS
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UGANDA ELECTION VIOLENCE: BOBI WINE ALLY ARRESTED
Ugandan police have arrested Muwanga Kivumbi, a close ally of opposition leader Bobi Wine, accusing him of playing a role…
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OVER ONE MILLION NIGERIANS FACE HUNGER DUE TO FUNDING SHORTAGES
More than one million people in northeastern Nigeria are at risk of starvation as the United Nations World Food Programme…
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MUSEVENI WINS UGANDA ELECTION WITH OVER 75% OF VOTES
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has secured a seventh consecutive term in office, winning more than 75% of the vote in…
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ZAMBIA WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR IMF LOAN EXTENSION
Zambia has withdrawn its formal request to extend its financial program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Fund confirmed…
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SOMALIA CANCELS ALL AGREEMENTS WITH UAE OVER ACCUSATIONS OF UNDERMINING NATIONAL UNITY
Somalia has announced the cancellation of all agreements with the United Arab Emirates, accusing the Gulf state of undermining its…
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BENIN FOILS ATTEMPTED COUP, GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS PRESIDENT TALON IS SAFE
The government of Benin announced on Sunday, December 7, that it had successfully thwarted an attempted military coup after a…
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ZIMBABWEAN MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR RAPING HIS 56-YEAR-OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW
A Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of raping his 56-year-old mother-in-law…
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MALI ANNOUNCES THAT STUDENTS WILL NO LONGER STUDY FRENCH HISTORY IN SCHOOLS
Mali has announced that students will no longer study French history in schools, a move the government says is meant…
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ECOWAS LOSES ONE MORE STATE TO MILITARY RULE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COUP IN GUINEA-BISSAU
Guinea-Bissau has become the latest ECOWAS member to fall to a coup, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrested alongside senior…
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NO FAMILY DESERVES THIS PAIN – Davido Speaks On Kwara Church Attack
Nigerian music star David Adeleke, widely known as Davido, has expressed deep sorrow over the recent church attack in Kwara…
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