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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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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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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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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Africa: One in Eight People Are Now Living With Obesity
[WHO] New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity. Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age). The data also show that 43% of adults were overweight in 2022.
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Liberia: Former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to Receive a Lifetime Achievement Award
[New Dawn] Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf retired in 2018 having led Liberia for 12 consecutive years as Africa's first female elected president upon winning a 2005 democratic election at the end of a brutal 14-year civil war.
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Demands Action to Protect Children in DR Congo
[Unicef] Kinshasa -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are calling for immediate action to protect children and families caught in the escalating violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where an increasing number of people, including children, have been wounded or killed near makeshift camps. Both agencies call on all parties to the conflict to prioritize the protection of civilians and allow humanitarian agencies to do their work.
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Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast: Presidential pardon - 51 prisoners including General Dogbo Blé and several pro-Soro concerned
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara granted presidential pardons to 51 civilians and military staff convicted of offenses committed during the post-electoral crises and for endangering state security, including General Dogbo Blé Brunot and Koné Kamaraté Souleymane said Soul To Soul. The latter was Guillaume Kigbafori Soro's head of protocol when he was Prime Minister and President of the National Assembly. When General Dogbo Bruno was the commander of the Republican Guard under
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Egypt: Govt Announces Plans to Build Logistics Corridor in Tanzania
[Egypt Online] Minister of Transportation Kamel Al-Wazir inspected the Kigali Dry Port in Rwanda, one of Egypt's projects in African countries.
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Mozambique: Anti-Corruption Office Investigates Mozambique Airlines
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Central Office for the Fight Against Corruption (GCCC) has opened two investigations into possible criminal activities concerned with the management of Mozambique Airlines (LAM).
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Nigeria: Senate Dumps FIRS On Tax Credit Controversy
[Vanguard] THE Senate yesterday dumped stay of action position proposed to it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) on N2.7trillion Tax Credit Fund required for specific road construction by the Federal Ministry of Works.
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Egypt: Cabinet Decides to Stop Power Cuts in Ramadan
[Egypt Online] The cabinet, under Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, on Thursday 22/2/2024 decided to halt the program for reducing electricity loads during the fasting holy month of Ramadan.
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Africa: After the AU Summit, Africa Continues Its Drift
[Vanguard] IF a family meets in a room, members give themselves pecks, exchange polite greetings, make flowery speeches and emerge laughing for group photographs, it is likely they have not been truthful to themselves. That was my impression following the 37th Summit of the African Union, AU, from February 17-18, 2024 in Addis Ababa.
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Nigeria: Be Patient, CBN Working to Strengthen Naira - Cardoso Begs Nigerians
[Vanguard] Ibadan -- CSOs protest hardship in Osun·Sanwo-Olu unveils intervention measures in Lagos·Approves 25% discount on food purchase·Ogun to sell 100 truck load of rice --Abiodun
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Nigeria: Economic Council Takes Measures to Ease Cost of Living
[Vanguard] The National Economic Council (NEC) has taken bold steps to ensure food security and put an end to the economic challenges confronting the nation.
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