Fri 03 May 2019: KHARTOUM – Sudan’s public prosecutor has ordered the interrogation of ousted President Omar al-Bashir on suspicion of money laundering and financing terrorism, a judicial source told Reuters on Thursday. In April, the prosecutor began investigating Bashir over accusations of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal […]
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Fri 03 May 2019: NAIROBI – Kenya introduced new gambling regulations on Thursday, including banning advertising outdoors and on social media, the interior minister said, after highlighting last month how it had become a problem for the young and poor. Advertising of gambling will be banned between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. as will the […]
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Thu 2 May 2019: KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine was freed on bail Thursday after spending three nights in a maximum-security prison. The lawmaker, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, is charged with disobeying statutory authority. He faces trial over staging a street protest in July against a […]
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Thu 3 May 2019: South African fans of Olympian Caster Semenya Wednesday expressed shock and disappointment after their star athlete lost a bid to challenge IAAF rules forcing female athletes to regulate their testosterone levels. In a landmark ruling, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IAAF regulations which require women like Semenya, with […]
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Wed 01 May 2019: PEMBA, Mozambique (AP) — Next to a marble pulpit inside a Catholic church, a young Muslim girl chases around with other children. The church has become a home for her and nearly 1,000 others from different faiths as they wait out the aftermath of Mozambique’s latest devastating cyclone. Situated in the […]
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Wed 01 May 2019: • Olympic 800m champion must reduce testosterone to compete • Cas rejects appeal against ‘discriminatory’ IAAF policy The South African 800m star Caster Semenya has lost her landmark legal case against athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, in a decision that will send shockwaves through sport. It means that the 800m Olympic champion will have to […]
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Wed 01 May 2019: In an interview at Yeni Şafak daily’s headquarters in Istanbul, Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela praised Turkish-South African ties and Erdoğan’s anti-imperialist stance The grandson of iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela hailed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s anti-imperialist stance during a visit to Yeni Şafak on Tuesday. In an interview at Yeni […]
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Wed 01 May 2019: BUTEMBO, Congo (AP) — The woman spent more than a week at home sick before family members tried to take her to an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo. Before the motorcycle could reach the facility, it was too late. Her crumpled body rested against the driver’s back as he worriedly […]
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Tue 30 Apr 2019: A Harare-bound Zimbabwean airliner requested an emergency landing and circled around the airport near Johannesburg, South Africa, after its engine suddenly caught fire shortly after takeoff. Zimbabwe airliner, Boeing 767, engine on fire. Flight returning to OR Tambo international airport. pic.twitter.com/jWhcr1AnJx — PigSpotter™ Pty Ltd (@PigSpotter) April 28, 2019 A video, […]
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Mon 29 Apr 2019: KASAWO, Uganda (Reuters) – Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married off at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed – along with four sets of triplets and five sets of quadruplets. Three years ago, however, the 39-year-old Ugandan was abandoned by her […]
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