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South African unions protest over minimum wage in test for Ramaphosa

Several thousand South African union members marched in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest a proposed national minimum wage they called inadequate, presenting...

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Zuma gets love child from 24-year-old lady

South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma is hugging the headlines again with reports that he has fathered a new baby from a...

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DRC sacks more than 250 ‘fake’ or corrupt judges

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday sacked more than 250 magistrates who did not have a law degree or were accused...

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Angola says ex-president’s son planned to steal $1.5bn

The son of Angola’s former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, planned to siphon off $1.5bn when he ran the oil-rich country’s sovereign wealth...

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Fighters disguised as peacekeepers attack UN base in Mali

At least one UN peacekeeper has been killed and a dozen others wounded in a twin suicide attack on a base in...

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Narrative on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is mischievous-Minister Mokonyane

Minister Mokonyane has noted reports from a local broadcaster and some international news agencies which continue to use an apartheid era narrative...

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Kenyan lawmakers refuse to sit on plastic chairs

Kenyan politicians have been holding standing meetings to protest against delays in the renovation of their assembly building, The Standard news site reports....

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Sierra Leone court stops preparations for presidential run-off

Sierra Leone’s High Court on Saturday ordered the electoral commission to halt preparations for a March 27 presidential run-off following a legal...

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Italy seizes rescue ship that stopped migrants’ return to Libya

Italian court has seized a charity ship on charges that its crew helped illegal immigration by rescuing more than 200 migrants from...

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Mnangagwa says only $591m out of $1.42bn of Zimbabwean funds stashed abroad returned

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe said on Monday that only 591 million dollars of the 1.42 billion dollars estimated to be stashed...

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Somalia bans Dubai ports operator

MPs in Somalia have voted to declare a contract with the United Arab Emirates null and void – endangering plans to develop a port in the...

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106 Ghanaian migrants return from Libya

One hundred and six Ghanaian migrants who were detained in Libya on illegal migration charges on Tuesday returned home. This follows the...

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South African Brothel Where Nigerians Were Arrested To Be Demolished

According to reports, the brothel where 26 women and girls were rescued by security operatives on 16 December 2016 in South Africa,...

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Amnesty accuses Myanmar’s military of “land grab’ in Rakhine State

Amnesty International on Monday accused the Myanmar military of “land grabbing” for construction of its bases in Rakhine State after hundreds of...

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Rwanda Seventh-Day Adventist churchgoers killed by lightning

A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an...

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Why Ghanaians are bounced visas – US Ambassador gives details

Failure on the part of over 6000 Ghanaians to make good on their word and return home after the expiration of their...

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NEC releases 50% of Sierra Leone’s Presidential election result

The National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone on Saturday released part of the result of the presidential election held in the country...

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Zambia arrests 41 Ugandan herbalists for unlawful stay

Immigration authorities in Zambia have arrested 41 Ugandan herbalists for unlawful stay in the country, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The Ugandan...