South Africa: Textile Artist Lizette Chirrime Launches Fashion Line in Cape Town
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Renowned Mozambican abstract textile artist Lizette Chirrime is showing her first artistic fashion line in Cape Town, South Africa, as the first presentation by Art Africa of their Community Residency program.
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Ethiopia: Silent Suffering - Tales of Violence Against Women Echo Across Conflict-Hit Western Oromia
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- When the residents of the Jardega Jarte district within the Horro Guduru Wollega Zone of the Oromia region were compelled to evacuate their residences in pursuit of safety subsequent to what locals characterized as "an assault perpetrated by Fano" in September 2023, the trajectory of Hana Tadesse's life (pseudonym) took an irreversibly adverse turn.
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Liberia: Growing Wave of Insecurity Claims Senators' Attention
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The increase in violent protests at concession companies in western Liberia has claimed the attention of members of the Liberian Senate.
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Liberia: House Concerned About Delay in Submission of 2024 Budget
[Observer] The House of Representatives has instructed its Chief Clerk to write to the Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Boima Kamara, to inquire about the "extreme delay" in the submission of the 2024 National Budget.
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Liberia: Protest Turns Deadly
[Observer] In a tragic turn of events, a protest erupted on Thursday, February 29, into violence at the Bea Mountain Mining Company in Grand Cape Mount County, resulting in the loss of two lives and leaving several others wounded.
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Liberia: House Concerns About Continuous Fire Disaster
[New Republic] The recent wave of fire disaster in Liberia has caught the attention of members of the House of Representatives thus leading to the citation of heads of the institution.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Annual Inflation Surges to 47,6 Percent
[New Zimbabwe] ANNUAL inflation in Zimbabwe surged to 47,6% on the back of receding month-on-month inflation, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reported Thursday.
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Tanzania: Former Tanzania President Dies
[New Times] Tanzania's former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died at the age of 98, The Citizen reports. The death of the former head of State was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
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Chad: Opposition Leader Killed in Gun Battles
[Premium Times] Media reports on Thursday suggested that opposition leader Yaya Dillo had been killed in a shootout in N'Djamena.
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Sudan: UN Chief Expresses Commitment to Sudan As Peacekeepers Withdraw
[UN News] António Guterres expressed his strong commitment to the people of Sudan on Thursday as the UN assistance mission based there comes to an end, in line with a Security Council resolution ending its mandate.
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Power cut to Ghana’s parliament over $1.8m debt
The outage interrupted a debate on the president's State of the Nation speech before a generator kicked in.
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Power cut to Ghana’s parliament over $1.8m debt
The outage interrupted a debate on the president's State of the Nation speech before a generator kicked in.
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South Africa: South Africa's Online Election Talk Heats Up
[allAfrica] South Africa's online election conversation is heating up - and key points and concerns are emerging, according to the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC).
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South African student shot dead by stray bullet
The student was in a passing bus when gunmen killed two men in a car in Johannesburg, police say.
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Tanzania: Govt Declares Seven Days of Mourning for Late President Mwinyi
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu has declared seven days of mourning following the passing of former president Ali Hassan Mwinyi.
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UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal
The figure, which covers a five-year period, is revealed in a report by the government's spending watchdog.
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UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal
The figure, which covers a five-year period, is revealed in a report by the government's spending watchdog.
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South Africa: 3 Dead in Braamfontein Shooting, Police Seek Suspects - South African News Briefs - March 1, 2024
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Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF's Move to Offer Mnangagwa Third Presidential Term Worries Opposition
[New Zimbabwe] Moves within ruling Zanu PF to ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa a third term in office, against dictates of the Zimbabwean constitution, have worried MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora.
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Nigeria: Tinubu Hits Back At Labour Over Strikes
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu yesterday threw jabs at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over its series of industrial actions, saying calling four strikes against his administration that is barely nine months is unacceptable.
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