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Ghana, UK sign growth partnership deal to address education and job creation
Ghana and the United Kingdom signed on Monday the landmark UK-Ghana Partnership, which is to help transform the economy and...
Read moreDetailsWHO says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out
The World Health Organization said there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe presses ahead with bill that would extend president’s term to 2030
Zimbabwe's government introduced a bill to parliament on Tuesday that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term by two years to...
Read moreDetailsCounting underway after Guinea votes in legislative and municipal elections
Counting is underway in Guinea after Sunday’s legislative and municipal elections. The vote marks a new step towards the return...
Read moreDetailsWHO chief to meet Congo president, as group warns Ebola likely spread undetected for months
The head of the World Health Organization was due to meet with Democratic Republic of Congo's president on Monday to...
Read moreDetailsBritain will not have to pay Rwanda millions over asylum deal, court rules
Britain will not have to pay Rwanda tens of millions of pounds over the cancelled deal to deport asylum seekers to the...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Obi to run for president again after opposition split
Nigerian politician Peter Obi said he would run for president again in January after winning his party's nomination, setting up...
Read moreDetailsEthiopian election expected to give leader Abiy’s party a landslide win
Voting took place in Ethiopia on Monday in parliamentary and regional elections expected to hand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Tinubu says reforms stabilising economy despite hardship
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Friday his economic reforms stabilised the country and revived investor confidence, despite a...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s World Cup departure delayed in visa ‘debacle’
South Africa failed to depart for the 2026 World Cup as planned on Sunday after some players and officials were yet to...
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