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African Union to launch African credit rating agency in October, adviser says
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) - an African Union-backed initiative - will launch a continent-wide credit ratings agency in...
Read moreDetailsDRC opposition urges Tshisekedi to abandon constitutional changes
A leading Congolese opposition figure has called on President Felix Tshisekedi to abandon proposed constitutional changes that opponents fear could...
Read moreDetailsRwanda’s Kagame Calls FDLR Disarmament Efforts ‘Superficial’
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has dismissed recent efforts to disarm the FDLR as “superficial”, saying no initiative so far has...
Read moreDetailsTwo U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia killed in South Sudan ambush
Two U.N. peacekeepers from Ethiopia were killed and seven other people injured in an ambush on Monday in South Sudan's...
Read moreDetailsCeasefire monitors deploy in eastern Congo under Qatari peace deal
A mission to observe implementation of a ceasefire between Congolese forces and Rwandan-backed rebels began on Monday in eastern Congo,...
Read moreDetailsKenya arrests four in probe into 18 elephant deaths in Amboseli
Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation into the deaths of 18 elephants in Kenya's Amboseli ecosystem, where authorities...
Read moreDetailsZambia closes courts on last day to file election challenge
Zambian authorities closed the country's top courts on Monday, blocking access to the premises on the last day that the...
Read moreDetailsTanzania: Tundu Lissu denounces ‘political case’ as treason trial starts
A Tanzanian court on Friday ruled that the treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu will go ahead after finding...
Read moreDetailsDRC: Ex-president Kabila challenges US sanctions in court
In a suit before a court in Washington, Joseph Kabila who led Congo from 2001 to 2019 wants his name...
Read moreDetailsNigeria: Kano State records 5,000 Human Trafficking returnees in 3 years
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), the Civil Society Organisation for Conflict Resolution in Nigeria...
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