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After protests, Ivory Coast and Guinea will fly their people back to Tunisia.

The West African states of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating hundreds of their citizens from Tunisia, officials said Wednesday, after Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a storm by accusing sub-Saharan migrants of crime. "The most urgent thing is to...

The first stop on Macron’s four-nation trip of Africa is Libreville.

France's President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Central Africa on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to safeguard French interests in Africa, as anti-French sentiment runs high in a majority of African nations. He landed in Gabon's capital Libreville on...

US senators pledge support for AIDS relief in South Africa

A group of US senators, accompanied by 75-year-old star British singer Elton John, were visiting South Africa to mark 20 years since the launch of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. PEPFAR was launched in February 2003...

Al Duhail defeats Al Shabab thanks to Olunga’s performance

Kenyan Michael Olunga scored the decider for Al Duhail knocking out Al Shabab 2-1 in the AFC Champions League semi-final on Thursday. Michael Olunga was the star of the match after breaking the deadlock well into the second half. Seven minutes later Olunga scored again following a pass by Ismaeel Mohamed. Al Shabab pulled...

US First Lady visits an NGO operating in Namibia

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent her second day in Namibia visiting Hope Initiative Southern Africa. It is a nongovernmental organization that works to end poverty and hunger in marginalized communities in the region. Some of its programs, including ones to...

Calib Cassim is appointed acting CEO of Eskom.

The state-owned utility Eskom, which currently imposes 12-hour power cuts on South Africans, has appointed an interim leader after its chief executive, Andre de Ruyter, quit in the wake of a shock interview in which he denounced corruption at...

After gunmen kill two staff members, MSF suspends operations in northwest Burkina Faso.

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its operations in an area of northwest Burkina Faso where armed assailants killed two of its employees on Wednesday, the medical charity said in a statement. "On the morning of Wednesday, February 8, a...

President of Mauritius Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Sergei Lavrov meet.

Russian FM Lavrov meets Mauritania counterpart Merzoug and President Ghazouani Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Mauritania on Wednesday, holding talks with his colleague Salem Ould Merzoug and President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation across a wide...

South Africa’s power outages may cause small enterprises to suffer severe losses.

South Africa is facing a major electricity crisis, sometimes with no power for almost six hours a day. It is also affecting small business owners struggling to survive and forced to make hard choices. "We can run the store which...

Turkey Earthquake : 65 countries extend support so far

A total of 2,769 teams from 65 countries have so far contacted Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to offer assistance after an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hit the country yesterday.In all, 30 governors and 47 district...
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Next NPP gov’t to establish Hall of Fame in all regions, Tourism Minister reveals.

If given another mandate at this year’s general election, the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will establish Creative...
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