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The Supreme Court in Burundi has sentenced former head of state Pierre Buyoya and 18 high-ranking officers and state personnel to life in prison over the 1993 assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye and the massacres that followed. Buyoya and his colleagues were found guilty of the murder that triggered a civil war in which more […]
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A Ugandan entrepreneur who is now in the running for a “business hero” award has told the BBC her struggle with malaria as a child sparked her business idea. Joan Nalubega, who grew up in an orphanage, has developed an organic soap that repels mosquitoes. “In 2016 I realised that the interventions that people use […]
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Armed fighters freed more than 1,300 prisoners from a jail in Beni in east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a coordinated attack that took place in the early hours of Tuesday. Only about 100 remained following the simultaneous assault on the Kangbayi central prison and on the military camp that provides security to […]
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The Uganda Long Distance and Heavy Truck Drivers Association, said drivers and their associates pay bribes of between $14 and $40 to get a certificate indicating negative status, or to cross the border without being tested. Drivers are required to be designated as COVID-19-free before they can cross the border into any east African country. […]
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Nearly 20 years after the world’s major chocolate manufacturers pledged to abolish employment abuses, hazardous child labour remains rife in their supply chains, a new study finds. Research from the University of Chicago finds that more than two-fifths (43%) of all children aged between five and 17 in cocoa-growing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast […]
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THE NEW STARS WILL COMPETE FOR $500,000 USD IN PRIZE MONEY Africa’s leading fashion platform, the ARISE FASHION WEEK is unveiling the world’s best kept secret: Africa on the march with the young , the talented and the daring in a move designed to reinvent global fashion during these challenging times. Scheduled for 5-12th December, […]
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– Keynote speaker at this year’s Babacar Ndiaye Lecture is China expert Professor Kishore Mahbubani – Lecture will focus on the future of Africa in the emerging multipolar world order – Lecture will also discuss what Africa can learn from Asia and how to reposition itself in the new world order Now in its fourth […]
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Jim Coleman, CEO: de Carnys Capital and dcc Africa The covid-19 pandemic has created an interesting conundrum for the investment world. As global economies attempt to go back to some normalcy following extended periods of economic inactivity, investors are also faced with critical decisions on the best markets and asset classes to invest their capital. […]
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Sub-Saharan Africa has an infrastructure gap of more than $40 billion. As noted by U.S. President Barack Obama in the announcement of his Power Africa project recently, this gap is most notable in the power sector. The power sector accounts for nearly 60 percent of the spending deficit, and more than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population […]
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So we know the Obama’s trip to Africa was not a vacation, he was of course on official presidential business. But between state dinners and important bilateral trade meetings, President Barack Obama and his family did get to visit a few historical sites already popular among tourists, including Goree Island in Senegal and Robben Island in South […]
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South African Steve Benjamin is an underwater photographer based in Cape Town, “revealing and promoting the wealth of life around South Africa has developed into a life quest for me,” he tells CNN. Benjamin, who has a degree in zoology, hopes that his underwater images will open people’s eyes to the value of marine protected […]
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Angolan prosecutors have seized assets belonging to two of former president José Eduardo dos Santos’s closest aides, the latest step in a crackdown on corruption in the southern African country. Assets including a brewery and a vehicle assembly plant held by Gen Manuel Helder Vieira Dias, known as Kopelipa, and Leopoldino do Nascimento, known as Dino, […]
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