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Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:50:14 +0000
News24.com | MTN asks Nigeria to reverse block on tariff hikes as costs soar
MTN asked the Nigerian government to reverse a directive cancelling an increase in telecom tariffs implemented by operators last month, citing rising costs in the industry.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:29:35 +0000
News24.com | Fresh headache for Africa as Russia pulls out of grain deal
Russia's withdrawal from the United Nations brokered deal, to allow grain and fertiliser to leave Ukraine via the Black Sea, will alter global food production - and Africa could likely be the hardest hit.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:56:35 +0000
News24.com | Nigeria dismisses security risk after US embassy warnings
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held an emergency meeting with security chiefs, who played down any increased threats after the US embassy warned of potential attacks on the capital.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:46:04 +0000
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Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:36:35 +0000
News24.com | Standard Bank open to acquisitions in Nigeria, Kenya
The Standard Bank Group is open to acquisitions in Nigeria and Kenya as Africa’s biggest lender by assets expands its presence in key markets on the continent.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:33:48 +0000
News24.com | Peace dialogue in Nairobi pushed back as M23 rebels seize towns in eastern DRC
The third Inter-Congolese Dialogue of the Nairobi Process has been pushed back at a time when M23 rebels are advancing to take control of key towns in eastern DRC's North Kivu province.

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:49:12 +0000
News24.com | US responds to backlash over security threat alerts in SA and Nigeria
US State Department spokesperson Edward "Ned" Price says the country has "no higher priority than the safety and security of American citizens around the world".

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:45:20 +0000
News24.com | MTN Nigeria still feeling the pinch of SIM registration rules
MTN Nigeria saw a marginal 57 000 quarter-on-quarter decline in mobile subscribers in its third quarter to end-September, but it still gained more than 5 million subscribers in the first nine months of its 2022 year.

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 19:48:14 +0000
News24.com | Rwanda says DRC's governance and security failures behind latest escalation
Rwanda "notes with regret" the decision by the Democratic Republic of Congo to expel its envoy at a time when chaos has returned to the eastern parts of DRC.

Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:57:25 +0000
News24.com | Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congolese capital
Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, the interior minister said.

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:34:19 +0000
News24.com | Car bombs at Somali education ministry leave scores of casualties
Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and the state news agency said.

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 16:31:13 +0000
News24.com | Congo's M23 rebels capture key North Kivu town
Fighters from the M23 rebel group seized the town of Kiwandja in eastern Congo on Saturday, residents and a local official said, effectively cutting North Kivu's capital Goma off from the upper half of the province.

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:31:28 +0000
News24.com | Tigray conflict talks: Ethiopia threatens to cut ties with countries pushing 'sinister political agenda'
Talks to end hostilities in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, taking place in Pretoria, are set to end on Sunday, but already the federal government of Ethiopia has reservations.

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:00:19 +0000
News24.com | 'Deeply worrying': Ethiopia's Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis
Ethiopia's Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday.

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:30:07 +0000
News24.com | Emmerson Mnangagwa gets another five years as leader of Zimbabwe's Zanu PF
It was the Zanu PF's first congress since the removal of the late Robert Mugabe via a coup in November 2017.

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 17:30:07 +0000
News24.com | Lesotho's new prime minister promises a range of reforms within his first 100 days
It's the dawn of a new era in the Kingdom of Lesotho with the inauguration of businessman Sam Matekane as prime minister, and for SADC, there's hope that the new leadership will forge ahead with reforms for transitional justice, social cohesion, and ...

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:11:44 +0000
News24.com | Cholera preys on displaced children in flood-hit Nigerian state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct 28 - Racing against time, a yellow tuk-tuk collected nine-year-old Salaeh Mohammed from an internally displaced persons camp and rushed him to a cholera treatment centre in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 07:53:00 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwe passes law to monitor army and police brutality
Civilians in Zimbabwe can now report misconduct by their police and the army under a new law.

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:16:39 +0000
News24.com | Risk of 'terrorist attacks': US orders non-emergency staff, families to leave Nigerian capital
The United States has ordered its non-emergency diplomatic staff and their families to leave the Nigerian capital Abuja, citing a 'heightened risk of terrorist attacks'.

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:31:37 +0000
News24.com | EXPLAINER | Key players and prospects: The Ethiopia-Tigray peace talks happening in Pretoria
Warring sides in Ethiopia's devastating two-year conflict are sitting down at the negotiating table Africa this week for their first formal peace talks.



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