[The Herald] Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba is today expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates' Court on criminal abuse of office charges...

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[VOA] Nairobi -- Human rights groups in Kenya are urging authorities to reconsider plans to close two camps that are home to over 400,000 refugees and asylum-seekers...

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[New Times] Rwandan cyclist Didier Munyaneza, who rides for Ignite Benediction, has crashed out of Tour du Rwanda 2021 after suffering an accident in Nkoto, Kamonyi District, during Stage 3 on Tuesday...

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[East African] Zimbabwe continued to record a steady influx of refugees from across Africa despite the closure of borders for the past one year due to the outbreak of Covid-19, according to new figures from the UN Refugee Agency...

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[The Herald] Former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba, who was yesterday granted $20 000 bail on fresh criminal abuse of office charges, has notified the State that he will apply for refusal of further remand if police fail to complete investigations within the next two weeks...

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[SciDev.Net] Nairobi -- Gambia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, offering hope to other African countries trying to eradicate the painful eye disease...

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[Nation] Kenya would be thrown into a constitutional crisis should President Uhuru Kenyatta dissolve Parliament as advised by retired Chief Justice David Maraga, the electoral agency has told the High Court...

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[Monitor] President Yoweri Museveni Wednesday expressed optimism that Uganda's economy will grow in the range of 9- 10 per cent when the country starts commercial production...

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[Premium Times] The news comes as a surprise for Fela's fans because he placed second in the fan vote category on the last day of voting...

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[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. human rights officials are expressing concern about increasingly repressive actions by the Algerian government, which they say are stifling peoples' rights to freedom of opinion and assembly...

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[The Conversation Africa] Netflix went live in South Africa on 6 January 2016. The arrival of the subscription-based content streaming service was a game changer for the country's film and television industry, as it had been for other countries...

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[Daily Trust] The Department of State Services yesterday alleged that some religious and past political leaders, who had either called for forceful change of government or mass action against it, were collaborating with external forces and influences against Nigeria...

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[Daily Trust] The controversy over the creation of local council development areas in Lagos is rearing its ugly head ahead of the July 24 local government election in the state...

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[Daily Trust] In view of their accomplishments over the years, many readers would hardly come to terms with what had befallen the military in the last many years, particularly as it affects the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and the insolent kidnappers. Our military have had a ...

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[New Zimbabwe] A mine workers group has bemoaned the ushering in of Chinese nationals into the country's investment space, insisting the Asians were among the worst employers ever seen...

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[The Herald] A VICTORIA Falls woman from whose house police recovered 481kg of mbanje, almost half a tonne, with a street value of more than $48 million, has appeared in court charged with unlawful possession of dagga...

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[Govt of SA] The Department of Public Enterprises welcomes the notice of substantial implementation filed by the Business Rescue Practitioners. This signals the exit o the BRPs at the South African Airways SOC Ltd since the process started in December 2019...

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[SAnews.gov.za] School safety will come under the microscope when Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga and MECs meet to discuss matters affecting the sector this week...

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[Daily Trust] The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has lauded the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank's enhancement of its Intra-African Trade Initiatives as it prepares for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA...

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[This Day] The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), yesterday called for the release of journalists who are still in detention across the country, urging media owners, the private sector and the government, to provide special protection for journalists, as most of them are often neglected and exposed to...

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[This Day] Kaduna, Makurdi -- Bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University in Kaduna have threatened to kill the remaining ones still in captivity if their demand for ransom is not met by today...

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[The Herald] THE Premier Soccer League family converge in Harare today, for their annual indaba, expected to complete the formalities of how domestic football will return...

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[The Herald] The trial of MDC-Alliance vice chairman, Job Sikhala, on allegations of inciting public violence sometime last year, has been set for June 30 at the Harare Magistrates Court...

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[Namibian] THE police over the weekend arrested a former Air Namibia employee who is suspected to have lived in Namibia for 18 years with a questionable citizenship status...

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[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry phoned on Saturday 15/05/2021 Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to review efforts exerted to form a new government to get Lebanon out of the critical economic situation...

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