Uganda bans ‘immoral’ music festival linked to sex, drugs, LGBTQ

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Uganda on Tuesday banned the Nyege Nyege festival electronic music festival, on grounds that it affects the morals of the children in the East...

Zambia wins IMF board approval for $1.3 billion loan program

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Zambia $1.3 billion in support as part of an agreement to restructure the massive debt that has...

South Africa’s 21 teens who died in tavern were suffocated –...

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Twenty-one young people who died in a tavern tragedy in June were suffocated, five parents said on Thursday, relaying to reporters information given to...

374 academic programmes at University of Ghana unaccredited – Auditor-General’s report

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374 academic programmes offered by the University of Ghana are unaccredited according to the 2021 Auditor-General’s report. Of the 374, 14 are Diploma programs, and...

Floods impact half a million people in Nigeria, many in northeastern...

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Half a million Nigerians have been affected by floods caused by heavy rains since the start of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari said on...

South Africa: Pistorius wants to push forward with parole application

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South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, has asked the courts to...

Libya : Five migrants dead, 16 missing in the Mediterranean

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Libya is considering a new law which will allow for the protection of migrants and asylum seekers in Libya. This comes after a series of...

Ivory Coast celebrates 62nd Independence Day

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Ivory Coast marked Sunday the 62nd anniversary of its independence with a military parade. In the administrative capital Yamoussoukro, officers held flags and sang as...

US top diplomat begins 3-nation Africa tour in South Africa

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US top diplomat landed at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa.  He visited...

Somalia: Parliament approves cabinet as mortar fire hits Mogadishu

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In Somalia, Sunday, a majority of members of parliament approved the country’s appointed cabinet by a show of hands. Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre's 75-member...