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News24.com | London carnival starts amid riot concerns

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London – London’s Caribbean-flavoured Notting Hill Carnival got under way Sunday amid hopes that Europe’s…

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Uganda: ‘I have never seen this much tear-gas in an election’

January 23, 2021

“Sorry, transaction cancelled.” Last Thursday, as Ugandans voted in the much-anticipated presidential election, this message was displayed at ATMs all...
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How lottery execs received dubious payments through a private company

January 23, 2021

A private construction company, Upbrand Properties, which is linked to a senior executive at the National Lottery Commission (NLC), has...
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Disinformation harms health and democracy

January 23, 2021

Within minutes, it was clear that things were even worse than I had thought. I was listening in while waiting...
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Zuma, Zondo play the waiting game

January 23, 2021

NEWS ANALYSIS The Zondo commission has not filed a fresh criminal charge against former president Jacob Zuma for refusing to...
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Cryptic crossword 264 – January 22

January 23, 2021

Subscribe to the M&G These are unprecedented times, and the role of media to tell and record the story of...
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News24.com | Three Malian troops killed by roadside bomb

January 23, 2021

Three Malian troops were killed and five wounded by a roadside bomb in the centre of the country on Thursday,...
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News24.com | Another big storm, growing stronger, set to hit central Mozambique

January 23, 2021

The predicted track for “Eloise” over the next few days, as supplied by WMO RSMC La Reunion (MeteoFrance). The green...
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News24.com | WATCH | Patients battle covid ‘enemy’ in Nigeria second wave

January 23, 2021

The huge black gates at the centre of Yaba Mainland hospital, symbolises the gulf between the sick and those untouched...
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News24.com | Covid curfew fuels fear of rape in DR Congo’s economic capital

January 23, 2021

For women in Lubumbash a curfew may help fight the coronavirus, but for many, it comes with a dread of...
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Ghana’s Virgil Abloh Stuns with Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Show

January 23, 2021

Ghana's Own Blesses High Fashion Men's Wear The latest Louis Vuitton (LV) menswear show was streamed live from Paris on...
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Nigeria: jailed Kano teenager freed in blasphemy appeal case

January 23, 2021

A teenager in Nigeria's nothern city of Kano who was sentenced last year to 10 years' jail for "blasphemy" by...
Africa

CAR: Insecurity Hinders Humanitarian Efforts

January 23, 2021

Insecurity is Affecting Humanitarian Workers in the CAR A little over a hundred humanitarian workers of several organisations have abandoned...
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A Soulages painting that belonged to Leopold Senghor is up for auction

January 23, 2021

A luminous painting by Pierre Soulages that once belonged to the poet and former president of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor...
Africa

Eight Mozambique jail escapees captured and returned to prison

January 23, 2021

Authorities in Mozambique say they have captured eight out of 15 inmates who escaped a prison in the central Zambezia...
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Lupita Nyong’o laughs off claims of inacessibility for Kenya tourism role

January 23, 2021

Oscar Award-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o, 37, has hit back at Kenya's tourism minister for saying she has been unreachable...