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Wed, 04 May 2022 10:31:51 +0000
News24.com | Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads
There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.

Wed, 04 May 2022 09:27:11 +0000
News24.com | Al-Shabaab attacks AU base in Somalia, casualties reported
Heavily armed Al-Shabaab jihadist fighters on Tuesday attacked a military base in Somalia where African Union peacekeepers are stationed, causing casualties, a local military commander and witnesses said.

Tue, 03 May 2022 19:56:42 +0000
News24.com | Marking World Press Freedom Day amid new wave of media repression in Africa
This year's Press Freedom Day - on 3 May - is celebrated at a time when journalists operating in Ethiopia are experiencing some of the harshest working conditions to ever emerge in Africa.

Tue, 03 May 2022 17:39:52 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | FIFA boss says workers gain 'dignity and pride' from hard work when asked about 6,500 deaths in Qatar
According to The Guardian, over 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since it won the right to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010.

Tue, 03 May 2022 17:39:29 +0000
News24.com | 'A new, despicable turn in violence' as insurgents attack water sources in Burkina Faso
The Norwegian Refugee Council said that, so far, 300 000 people have no access to water, after their water sources were attacked.

Tue, 03 May 2022 16:26:16 +0000
News24.com | Africa to experience sharp food price increases this month if war in Ukraine goes on - report
If the war in Ukraine goes well into May, food prices would likely increase by about 17% with the sharpest hike expected in East, West, and Southern Africa, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its latest report.

Tue, 03 May 2022 12:23:47 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | Africa’s fastest growing companies are in Kenya and Nigeria, a new FT survey shows
The first South African company on the Financial Times list of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies is at number 10.

Tue, 03 May 2022 11:42:03 +0000
News24.com | Abuse of civilians 'with impunity' - rights group says Russian fighters are killing civilians in CAR
Human Rights Watch has said there was "compelling evidence" that Russian paramilitary troops are committing serious rights abuses and killing civilians in the Central African Republic.

Mon, 02 May 2022 17:50:08 +0000
News24.com | Joint Rwanda and SADC forces operation restores life in Macomia, Mozambique
A month-long joint operation by Rwandan security forces and the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in the Macomia district of Cabo Delgado has restored life to normal.

Mon, 02 May 2022 14:59:19 +0000
News24.com | Only two African countries sign 'The Declaration For the Future of the Internet'
Cabo Verde and Niger are the only two African countries that have signed 'The Declaration for the Future of the Internet'.

Mon, 02 May 2022 12:30:31 +0000
News24.com | 'We have been working since last night,' says Nigerian official as 8 dead found in building collapse
A three-storey mainly residential building has collapsed in Lagos, killing eight people and injuring 23 others who were rescued and taken to hospitals, the emergency services have said.

Mon, 02 May 2022 10:11:31 +0000
News24.com | Chad to delay national peace dialogue
Chad's military government has announced it is postponing the start of landmark national talks with opposition forces and rebels, as preparatory negotiations between the two sides drag out in Qatar.

Mon, 02 May 2022 09:19:08 +0000
News24.com | 'West met their match in Putin.' Zim president to copy Russia's currency strategy
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate Russian President Vladimir Putin in his attempt to revive Africa’s worst performing currency.

Sun, 01 May 2022 20:31:25 +0000
News24.com | Kenyan president hikes country's minimum wage by 12%
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said his government would hike the country's minimum wage by 12% immediately to help workers cope with a surge in consumer prices, driven in part by the war in Ukraine.

Sun, 01 May 2022 10:57:37 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwe to launch measures to protect currency, President says
Zimbabwe is working on measures to increase confidence in the local money as it wants to de-dollarise its currency.

Sun, 01 May 2022 09:52:57 +0000
News24.com | Tigray teen recounts 16-month refugee odyssey
The teenage refugee from the war-torn region of Tigray in Ethiopia had just had a narrow escape from drowning in the Mediterranean Sea - like countless others before him.

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 20:06:44 +0000
News24.com | US Deputy Secretary of State to start 4-nation tour in SA
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will start her four-nation tour in South Africa on Tuesday and will then go to, Angola, Gabon and France.

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:04:34 +0000
News24.com | eSwatini court refuses to recognise LGBTQ group
A court in eSwatini, Africa's last absolute monarchy where homosexuality is still banned, has rejected a bid by the country's leading LGBTQ rights group for official recognition, the group has said.

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 13:54:30 +0000
News24.com | Leading Algeria opposition figure Karim Tabbou arrested: rights groups
One of Algeria's leading opposition figures, Karim Tabbou, has been arrested again, rights groups have said.

Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:27:42 +0000
News24.com | US offers $5m bounty for Rwandan genocide fugitives as UN ramps up hunt
Twenty-seven years after the Rwandan genocide, five central figures are yet to be located and brought to book, with the US State Department putting up US$5 million (around R80 million) for information leading to their capture.



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