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Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office said on Monday, as...
Read moreDetailsItalian PM Meloni offers climate‑shock debt suspension for African states
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that Italy and its African partners had focused their latest talks on the continent's...
Read moreDetailsChina hands over satellite ground station to Namibia, state media reports
Chinese officials on Thursday handed over a satellite ground station to Namibia outside the southern African nation's capital Windhoek, Chinese...
Read moreDetailsUS deports 9 to Cameroon despite court protections
The Trump administration secretly deported nine people to Cameroon, despite many of them having U.S. court protections against such action...
Read moreDetailsChina to implement zero tariffs on imports from 53 African countries
China will implement zero‑tariff treatment for imports from the 53 African countries with which it has diplomatic relations, starting May...
Read moreDetailsAfrican Union summit clouded by Saudi-UAE rivalry in Horn of Africa
A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates across the Horn of Africa is overshadowing this weekend’s African...
Read moreDetailsSA President Ramaphosa launches Nelson Mandela Rules Academy at prison
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday marked 36 years since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison by launching a new training academy...
Read moreDetailsStudents turn on Senegalese government over Dakar university violence
Students were seen packing up and leaving Cheik Anta Diop University in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on Wednesday following the...
Read moreDetailsUproar in Zimbabwe over cabinet plan to extend president’s rule to 2030
Zimbabweans are up in arms over the cabinet’s approval of changes to the constitution as part of a bid to...
Read moreDetailsWHO urges US to share Covid origins findings
The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Washington to share any intelligence it may be withholding on the Covid-19 pandemic's...
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