Sudan prime minister names first cabinet since Al Bashir’s ouster

Fri 06 September 2019: Sudan’s prime minister announced the formation of his Cabinet on Thursday, making a major step for the East African county after former leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted after three decades in power. “A new stage in Sudan’s history starts today,” Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said at a press conference in the capital, […]

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Zimbabwe state doctors went on strike over pay, conditions

Wed 04 September 2019: Zimbabwean doctors on Tuesday went on strike after rejecting a 60 per cent salary increment offered by the government. The strike, the second this year by the medics, follows months of protracted salary negotiations between civil servants and government for better pay and conditions. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is struggling to […]

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Johannesburg unrest: Violence now in Fordsburg and Turffontein (VIDEOS)

Mon 02 September 2019: It was a chaotic Monday across various communities in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros as residents went on a rampage, looting and torching buildings.  Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. […]

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Johannesburg unrest (VIDEOS): Violence now in Turffontein and Fordsburg

Mon 02 September 2019: It was a chaotic Monday across various communities in the Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metros as residents went on a rampage, looting and torching buildings.  Protesters in Turffontein, Johannesburg, looted shops as they demonstrated in the area on Monday morning. The protesters targeted shops they believed to be owned by foreign nationals. […]

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Johannesburg: Chaos erupts overnight as protesters looted shops, burnt cars and buildings (Photo+ Video)

Mon 02 September 2019: Police have arrested 31 people in central Johannesburg following overnight chaos, with several foreign-owned shops being looted, cars and buildings set alight. The unrest started on Sunday along Jules Street when businesses were ransacked by a mob. “Many cars and shops were set alight,” police spokesperson Captain Mavela Masondo told to […]

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Pope’s Africa trip: Environment, poverty, corruption on agenda

Sun 01 September 2019: Pope Francis leaves on Wednesday for Africa, he will spend most of the Sept. 4-10 trip in Mozambique and Madagascar and briefly visit Mauritius at the end. Fires in the Amazon have given new urgency to the pope’s calls to protect the environment, tackle climate change and promote sustainable development. Aides […]

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Hunger looming in Senegal, Mauritania according to Satellite data

Fri 30 August 2019: Hundreds of thousands of people in Senegal and Mauritania are at risk of going hungry in the coming year because not enough grass has grown to feed the region’s cattle, analysts said on Friday. Satellite maps show barren pastures across large swaths of the two West African countries, which means animals […]

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