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Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:28:06 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | Namibia just rolled out a digital nomad visa. It's pretty cheap – as long as you have money.
Feel like becoming a digital nomad but don’t want to stray too far from home? Well, you can now go just next door for a reasonable price.

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:33:46 +0000
News24.com | African Union chair calls for unconditional ceasefire, peace talks in Ethiopia
The chair of the African Union on Sunday called on those involved in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to implement an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and agree to direct peace talks.

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:34:33 +0000
News24.com | Uganda locks down two districts in bid to check spread of Ebola
Health ministry reports 19 deaths and 58 confirmed cases since the outbreak was first reported on 20 September.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:46:04 +0000
News24.com | WATCH | All the latest news videos from around Africa
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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:04:13 +0000
News24.com | 'We are telling him to leave' - Tunisian protesters demand President Kais Saied's removal
Thousands of Tunisians have demonstrated in the capital Tunis, denouncing a power grab by President Kais Saied and demanding accountability for the country's long-running economic crisis, AFP correspondents said.

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 09:30:35 +0000
News24.com | Living in darkness: Poverty and pollution in oil-rich Congo
Behind their homes is an oil pipeline and above them are high-voltage cables suspended between pylons. A little further off is a flare tower, burning off excess gas 24 hours a day.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:00:27 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwe will keep world's highest interest rates into 2023
Zimbabwe hiked interest rates to an all-time high of 200% in June to help rein in inflation.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 15:31:18 +0000
News24.com | Many Angolans are unaware of climate change. But those who are, say it's making life harder
It's been five years since Angola had a good rainy season and harvest. In the acutely vulnerable country, fewer than half say they have heard of climate change.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:58:19 +0000
News24.com | DR Congo colonels condemned to death for murder of two Chinese workers
Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a DR Congo military court on Friday for the murder of two Chinese mine workers.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:29:40 +0000
News24.com | Taiwan charges 10 over Uganda student labour scam
Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday indicted a senior university official and nine others over a scholarship scam where Ugandan students were forced to toil in a factory instead of studying.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:08:24 +0000
News24.com | WATCH | Mali bus blast kills at least 11 people: hospital source
At least 11 people were killed and 53 injured when a bus hit an explosive device in central Mali on Thursday, according to a hospital source.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:16:02 +0000
News24.com | Nigerian court drops terrorism charges against separatist leader Kanu
Nigeria's Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:37:17 +0000
News24.com | Seven SADC countries, including SA, abstain in UN vote against Russia annexing parts of Ukraine
In total, 35 countries abstained from the vote, of which 19 were African.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:44:51 +0000
News24.com | Malawi asks more vaccines to battle cholera outbreak
Malawi is asking the UN for more cholera vaccines, fearing heavy rains could worsen an outbreak of the water-borne disease that has so far claimed 128 lives.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:37:47 +0000
News24.com | Child malnutrition soars in central Somalia area on verge of famine
Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a survey conducted by humanitarian agencies.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:50:12 +0000
Businessinsider.co.za | Botswana banned SA fruit and veg. Now traders there are demanding a U-turn.
South Africa exports large quantities of onions, potatoes, and cabbages to Botswana.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:15:41 +0000
News24.com | Sudan schools crisis threatens grim future for children
It's the start of a new school term in Sudan, yet nine-year-old Zahra Hussein stays home helping with household chores, forced to drop out as her family's money grows ever tighter.

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:55:33 +0000
News24.com | ANALYSIS | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's pan African Independence Day speech
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda is known in some circles as a typical African strongman - with many years in power, no sign of stepping down, human rights abuse claims, and oppression of voices of dissent.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:31:16 +0000
News24.com | Why a Formula One racetrack in Zimbabwe is a pipe dream
The racetrack was set to be constructed between Victoria Falls and Hwange National Park, two areas which are in the Zimbabwe section of the Kavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area that cuts across Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:13:47 +0000
News24.com | 'Malawi worse off than we were promised', Catholic bishops tell President Lazarus Chakwera
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi, a grouping of Catholic bishops, says that compared to his regional peers, President Lazarus Chakwera has failed to steer the country in the face of Covid-19, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.



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