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Protesters throw rocks at Kenyan police as a three-day tax protest begins
Around 100 protesters hurled rocks at police in a poor neighbourhood of Nairobi on Wednesday as three days of demonstrations...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa: Army deployed in KZN, MP, LP and FS provinces after mystery truck attacks
South Africa deployed the army in four of its provinces after at least 21 trucks carrying goods were set on...
Read moreDetailsVenezuelan diplomat, 3 Kenyans jailed for 20 years for envoy’s murder
A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia and Egypt to restart controversial dam talks
Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to resume talks over a controversial hydroelectric mega-dam that Addis Ababa is building over the...
Read moreDetailsSuspended Nigeria’s central bank governor charged after weeks in detention
The suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria was charged after a month in detention under a court directive...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma in Russia for medical treatment
South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons, his foundation says. "He will be returning...
Read moreDetailsSenegalese prosecutors file an international arrest warrant against Sonko’s lawyer
Senegalese prosecutors on Friday (Jul. 14) said they had filed an international arrest warrant against the French lawyer of Senegal's...
Read moreDetailsKenya’s President says further tax-hike protests will not be allowed
Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of...
Read moreDetailsAngola and DRC announce joint project to rehabilitate railway line
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have announced a joint project to rehabilitate the railway line linking the Congolese mining regions...
Read moreDetailsKenya and Iran strengthen bilateral ties
Kenya's president William Ruto and Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi have signed a number of trade agreements during a visit by...
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