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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:34:42 +0000News24.com | Returning Zimbabweans battle to rebuild their lives in Harare
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:16:54 +0000News24.com | Nigerian presidential hopefuls in tight race as 2023 vote campaign opens
With Nigeria's economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February's election in an open race to replace President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:33:36 +0000News24.com | WHO says latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda is less lethal than DRC strain
The World Health Organisation says the Ebola that recently broke out in Uganda, called the Sudan strain, is not as lethal as the Zaire strain found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:14:03 +0000News24.com | Former Central African Republic rebel leader denies war crimes at the Hague
A former Central African Republic rebel commander pleaded not guilty at the International Criminal Court on Monday at the start of his trial on charges of "awful" war crimes.
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:33:18 +0000News24.com | Teamwork makes the dream work for relentless Eliud Kipchoge as he smashes world record again
Kenyan great Eliud Kipchoge beat his own world marathon record by 30 seconds, running 2hr 01min 9sec in Berlin on Sunday.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 12:53:04 +0000News24.com | Standard Bank sees Tanzania-Uganda gas pipeline as 'positive'
A proposed natural gas pipeline running from Tanzania and Uganda may have a positive environmental impact, says Standard Bank's east African chief executive Patrick Mweheire.
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:12:51 +0000News24.com | Harare says residents can again use Zim dollars to pay for services
The authority which runs the affairs of Zimbabwe’s capital has reached an agreement with the central bank allowing it to charge for services in local and foreign currency.
Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:32:24 +0000Businessinsider.co.za | 2,600-year-old pots of cheese found at the ancient necropolis of Egypt's pharaohs
The cheese, which researchers identified as halloumi, was found in a new round of excavations in the vast Saqqara necropolis near Cairo in Egypt.
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:30:11 +0000News24.com | Sudan's leader says date for elections not fixed, but: 'We are waiting'
The head of Sudan's ruling council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that no fixed date had been set for elections, but the military would not wait forever.
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:24:39 +0000News24.com | One killed in new airstrike on Ethiopia's Tigray, says hospital
One person has been killed in a fresh air strike on Ethiopia's rebel-held Tigray the region's biggest hospital has said, capping a month of renewed clashes between pro-government forces and Tigrayan fighters.
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:11:02 +0000News24.com | Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death
Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a strain for which the authorities do not yet have a vaccine, officials said.
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:02:09 +0000News24.com | Burkina Faso soldiers jailed over 1990 student leader murder
A Burkina Faso court has found three former presidential guards guilty of involvement in the 1990 murder of a student leader, and sentenced them to terms of 10 to 30 years in prison.
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:30:57 +0000News24.com | Nigeria's Buhari, in last UN speech, raps leaders who extend term limits
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has criticised fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power, saying this was having a "corrosive" effect, and promised free and fair elections when the country elects his successor.
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:38:16 +0000News24.com | 'In defiance of international law' - DR Congo President Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of aggression
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has accused Rwanda of direct aggression, renewing charges as he addressed the United Nations.
Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:30:15 +0000News24.com | Tunisia opposition chief Rached Ghannouchi questioned all night by counter-terrorism police
The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has been questioned through the night by counter-terrorism police over alleged complicity in the departure of jihadist militants for Syria and Iraq.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:31:00 +0000News24.com | 'Unique moment' as Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty
Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty after the country's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed a new penal code into law.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:40:06 +0000News24.com | 'We are shocked… the file is completely empty' - lawyer after Tunisia police detain ex-PM Laarayedh
Tunisia's anti-terrorism police have detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:49:47 +0000News24.com | Zambia road crash kills 23 church women
Twenty-three women members of a Zambian church died on Monday when their speeding vehicle ran off the road in the north of the country, police said.
Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:59:43 +0000News24.com | Suppliers lash out at Zimbabwean govt over halted payments
Government contractors are contesting last month’s decision by Zimbabwe’s Treasury to halt payments on the grounds that they were overcharging for goods and services.