AT LEAST 17 BOYS DIE IN A DORMITORY FIRE AT A KENYAN BOARDING SCHOOL

  Anxious parents gather outside Hillside Endarasha Primary Academy in Nyeri, Kenya. Fri 06 September 2024: The death toll in a fire at central Kenyan school early Friday morning has risen to 17, authorities confirmed. The blaze broke out at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Nairobi, engulfing a […]

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CHINA, AFRICA RELATIONS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL: PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA

Fri 06 September 2024: Beijing, China – President Cyril Ramaphosa says he does not believe that China invests in countries on the African continent with the intention of putting them in debt. “Our experience is that China seeks to promote a mutually beneficial relationship with countries it engages with on the continent,” the President said on […]

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UGANDAN OLYMPIC RUNNER REBECCA CHEPTEGEI DIES AFTER BEING SET ON FIRE BY BOYFRIEND

Thu 05 September 2024: The head of Uganda’s Olympic Committee announced that Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei passed away four days after her boyfriend set her on fire. “We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei … following a vicious attack by her boyfriend,” Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) President Donald […]

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CHINA OPENS MARKET WIDER FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Thu 05 September 2024: Beijing, China – China will voluntarily and unilaterally open its markets wider for African countries, says President Xi Jinping. Delivering his keynote address at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, Chinese President Xi said China has decided to give all least developed countries (LDCs), which have diplomatic relations […]

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SMART DRIVER’S LICENCE CONTRACT FACES SCRUTINY

Wed 04 September 2024: The transport department received criticism for a “lack of transparency” surrounding its appointment of a French company to roll out smart driver’s licence cards. The preferred bidder, Idemia, was dropped by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) just last week. On Monday, the department announced its preferred bidder to print the new licence […]

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60 PERCENT OF YOUNG AFRICANS WANT TO EMIGRATE DUE TO GOVERNMENT FAILURES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION: POLL

Tue 03 September 2024: Nearly 60 percent of young Africans want to leave their countries because their governments are not reining in corruption, according to a new poll of youth across 16 African nations. They cited corruption as the biggest obstacle to progress, according to the 2024 African Youth Survey published on Tuesday. The poll […]

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