Thu 02 January 2025: French troops will withdraw from Ivory Coast in January, President Alassane Ouattara said Tuesday in his end of year address to the nation. “We can be proud of our army, whose modernization is effective. It is in this context that we have decided on the concerted and organized withdrawal of French forces in Cote d’Ivoire,” […]
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Thu 02 January 2025: Senegal intends to end the presence of French military forces on its soil this year. France is currently the only foreign military power in Senegal, maintaining a permanent base with approximately 350 soldiers stationed in the country. In a New Year’s address yesterday, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye stated: “Senegal is an […]
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Wed 01 January 2025: Africa faced unprecedented crises in 2024, as climate change, migrant accidents, mpox outbreaks, and armed conflicts devastated the continent and threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions. With rising temperatures, droughts and floods, many were killed and displaced in various countries. For instance, a burst dam in northeastern Nigeria in September […]
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Wed 01 January 2025: Zimbabwe has announced that it has abolished death penalty in its statues nearly 20 years after it carried out its last execution, a top government official said on Tuesday. Martin Rushwaya, the chief secretary to the Cabinet, said in a government decree that the President Emerson M’nangagwa approved the law this […]
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Tue 31 December 2024: Holidaymakers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as they make their way back home following the announcement that all grades of petrol and diesel are expected to increase from New Year’s Day, this Wednesday. The price of LP Gas is also expected to increase with a decrease in the […]
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Tue 31 December 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all South Africans to rally together for a better future for all in the New Year. The President was addressing the nation on Tuesday afternoon on New Years’ Eve. “As we can embark on a New Year, I call on each and every South African […]
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Tue 31 December 2024: Newly released Cabinet Office documents reveal that Tony Blair’s government lobbied Libya actively for arms deals with BAE Systems, the Financial Times has reported. The documents provide fresh evidence of the former UK prime minister’s controversial relationship with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. A 2004 letter from BAE chair Sir Richard Evans to Blair’s chief […]
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Mon 30 December 2024: South Africa has increased security and patrol along its border with Mozambique to prevent and combat any opportunistic crime that may arise as a result of the neighboring country’s ongoing protests, said a statement. Mozambique has been gripped by weeks of violent protests since late October, when the electoral authority declared 47-year-old Daniel Chapo of the […]
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Mon 30 December 2024: A tragic accident claimed the lives of 71 people, including a bridegroom, when a wedding caravan crashed in southern Ethiopia’s Sidama region, local authorities said Monday. The incident took place late Sunday as the group, accompanying the bridegroom, was en route to the bride’s home for the wedding. According to the […]
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Mon 30 December 2024: International health experts believe the wave of illnesses in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which had been dubbed “Disease X”, is entirely due to known pathogens. The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that malaria, influenza, rhinoviruses, coronaviruses and other known viruses had been found in 430 laboratory […]
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