Africa
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Sierra Leone lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty
Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty Sierra Leone have voted in favour of an amendment abolishing…
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Nigeria jails 10 pirates over ship hijacking
A Nigerian court on Friday jailed 10 pirates for 12 years each over the hijacking of a merchant vessel last…
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At least 16 killed in road ambush by suspected militants in eastern Congo
A Malawian peacekeeper of The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) stand…
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Tanzania says to start vaccine rollout soon
People look at newspapers without adhering to the rules of social distancing despite the confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus in Tanzania. …
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French citizen among six held over plan to kill Madagascar president – minister
Mdagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina. A French citizen is among six people arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot…
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City Lodge sells 148-room hotel in Tanzania for R1m, Kenyan hotels also sold
The City Lodge Hotel Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. City Lodge is selling its stakes in three hotels in…
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First group of Zimbabweans to be deported from UK arrive home
(Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images) The first group among dozens of Zimbabweans slated for deportation from Britain landed in…
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Heavy fighting kills 20 in region bordering Tigray: official
A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea while where an Imperial…
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SADC fact-finding mission wraps up visit to Eswatini – with mixed results
A woman sells peanuts outside the Oshoek border-post on the South African side of the border with Eswatini. A…
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Africa demands local production of Covid-19 vaccines
A nurse draws a Covid-19 vaccine dose on at a hospital in Kampala, Uganda. Africa has administered just…
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