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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:56:20 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely after the site deleted a tweet from its president
The decision follows Twitter's removal of the Nigerian president's tweet for violating its "abusive behaviour" policy.

Wed, 26 May 2021 06:20:25 +0000
News24.com | News24 appoints Lynsey Chutel to head up new Africa desk
News24 has appointed seasoned journalist Lynsey Chutel to head up its Africa desk.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 18:50:04 +0000
News24.com | 'We are not proud of the amount' – Namibia reacts to Germany’s genocide settlement
Namibia has expressed disappointment in what was hailed as a historic apology from Germany over the 1904 to 1908 genocide.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:55:22 +0000
News24.com | Some of Zimbabwe's vaccine sites run out of Covid-19 vaccines
Zimbabwe's government said on Friday citizens should not panic because it had enough Covid-19 vaccines for those needing a second shot after some centres ran out of doses this week and turned people away.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:53:02 +0000
News24.com | Few options for Mali's partners in latest twist to crisis
Mali's neighbours and its ally France have struggled to formulate a firm response to the latest twist in the years-long crisis gripping the key Sahel country.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:47:20 +0000
News24.com | Egypt sends 'reconstruction' convoy to Gaza after destructive middle east conflict
Egypt on Friday sent an aid convoy to neighbouring Gaza with diggers, trucks and cranes to "prepare the ground for reconstruction" of the bomb-battered Palestinian enclave, the government said.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:48:55 +0000
News24.com | 57 killed in ADF attacks in DR Congo, UN says
Attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces militia on displacement camps in the eastern DR Congo on 31 May killed 57 civilians, the United Nations said on Friday.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:16:19 +0000
News24.com | African postcolonial critic Mbembe tries fresh start with France
Cameroonian postcolonial scholar Achille Mbembe raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France's President Emmanuel Macron to lead preparations for the upcoming 29th Africa-France Summit.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:27:36 +0000
News24.com | Covid-19: Africa not ready for imminent third wave, warns WHO
Hit by a fresh surge of infections and with vaccine deliveries at a near standstill, Africa is not ready to face a third wave of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) waned on Thursday.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:27:15 +0000
News24.com | Thousands rally in Sudan, upping calls for justice over 2019 killings
Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum on Thursday, stepping up their demands for justice for protesters were killed during a crackdown on anti-government demonstrations two years ago.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 13:49:08 +0000
News24.com | Mali strongman meets former Tuareg rebels
Malian strongman Colonel Assimi Goita met former Tuareg rebels on Wednesday, officials said, amid political uncertainty after the second coup in nine months in the fragile Sahel state.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 11:39:48 +0000
News24.com | Gunmen kidnapped 136 from Islamic school in Nigeria on Sunday
A state government in central Nigeria confirmed on Thursday that gunmen seized 136 children from an Islamic seminary at the weekend, the latest in a string of mass kidnappings in the country.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:58:02 +0000
News24.com | PICS | eSwatini student's death sparks protests over alleged police brutality
The death of eSwatini student Thabani Nkomonye has sparked outrage among young people who see it as part of a legacy of police brutality in the country.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:46:59 +0000
News24.com | Prices on goods in Zimbabwe spiralling out of control after businesses told to stop pricing in dollars
Prices of goods in Zimbabwe are spiralling again, threatening to halt a decline in consumer inflation, after authorities last week forced businesses to stop quoting prices in US dollars in a bid to encourage more use of the falter

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:21:36 +0000
News24.com | Ivory Coast in talks over Gbagbo return
Ivory Coast's government was to meet with the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday for talks on what his supporters have announced as his impending return.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:30:00 +0000
News24.com | Mandela's tailor on mission to boost African fashion
Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe'O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from self-taught improviser to supplier of Africa's wealthy and powerful, including anti-apartheid torchbearer Nelson Mandela.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:49:03 +0000
News24.com | Chad, Central African Republic call for international investigation into border incident
Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR) have called on the United Nations and African Union to investigate an incident at a border post in which at least six Chadian soldiers were killed by Central African troops, a joint statement said.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:48:46 +0000
News24.com | Mali suspended from African Union after second coup in nine months
The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the impoverished country with sanctions, after a second military coup in nine months.

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:28:15 +0000
News24.com | Shoprite sells Nigerian business after struggling with disruptions, repatriation of money
The retailer operated 25 outlets in eight states across Africa’s biggest economy but had been struggling with disruptions.

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:57:30 +0000
News24.com | Pan-African Parliament suspended indefinitely after days of chaos delays presidency vote
After physical altercations and heated disputes, the Pan-African Parliament has called off its presidential election.



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