South Africa: EskomSePush Now Tracks Water Outages Too! - South African News Briefs - March 25, 2024
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March 25, 2024, 5:41 AM
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Ghana: Parliament Passes Law to Prohibit Payment of Compound Interest By State
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March 25, 2024, 2:32 PM
[Ghanaian Times] A law to prohibit the payment of compound interest by the state in transactions entered into on her behalf by public officers, has been passed by Parliament and assented to by the President.
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Africa: Rural Schools in South Africa Can Produce Good Exam Results Too - Study Shows What's Behind One Success Story
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March 25, 2024, 2:31 PM
[The Conversation Africa] Each weekday, hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers in South Africa's rural areas (which make up just over 31% of the country's total area) make the journey to school. It's often difficult. Poor road networks and a lack of easy access to transport make just getting to and from school a challenge.
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Africa: Remembering the Zimbabwean Health Care System's Heyday
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March 25, 2024, 2:30 PM
[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- And outlining what it will take to get it back.
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Nigeria: Exclusive - Binance Speaks On Escape of Executive From Nigerian Custody
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March 25, 2024, 1:49 PM
[Premium Times] Mr Anjarwalla escaped a day after the Nigerian government slammed a four-count criminal charge on him, Tigran Gambaryan and Binance.
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Liberia: Lawmaker Accuses Boakai of Plot to Unseat Opposition Speaker
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March 25, 2024, 12:10 PM
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah has accused President Joseph Nyuma Boakai of bribing each lawmaker of the House of Representatives with a US$4,500 furniture coupon to remove House Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa from the position.
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South Africa: Beating a Thousand Drums for Palestine
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March 25, 2024, 12:00 PM
[GroundUp] This year's Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival focused on the war in Gaza
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Kenya: Govt Seeks Return of Cheap Beer to Ward Off Illicit Brews
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March 25, 2024, 11:00 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government is working on a model of reintroducing low-priced but healthy and affordable alcoholic drinks as one of the ways of eradicating illicit brew on the market.
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Africa: African Diaspora Network (ADN) Announces Pivotal Partnership with Prosper Africa to Strengthen Economic Ties Between Africa and the USA
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March 18, 2024, 11:52 AM
[African Diaspora Network] SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 -- Prosper Africa and ADN collaboration will debut at the upcoming African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24)
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Senegal: Opposition Candidate Takes Early Lead in Presidential Election
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March 25, 2024, 7:30 AM
[RFI] Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were celebrating in the streets of Senegal early on Monday after provisional results in the presidential election suggested he was ahead of the former prime minister Amadou Ba in the race to replace Macky Sall.
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Liberia: U.S. Urges Liberians to Rally Behind Calls for War Crimes Court
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March 25, 2024, 7:19 AM
[New Dawn] In a poignant appeal to the people of Liberia, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack urges citizens to rally behind calls for the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court for the country.
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Nigeria: Detained Binance Executive Escapes From Custody in Nigeria
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March 25, 2024, 6:32 AM
[Premium Times] Mr Anjarwalla escaped a day after the Nigerian government slammed a four-count criminal charge on him, Tigran Gambaryan and Binance.
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Rwanda: Lake Kivu - Two Islands to Undergo Forest Restoration
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March 25, 2024, 5:44 AM
[New Times] Two Lake Kivu islands, Shyute and Kamiko, that were once deforested and degraded will soon be restored with 156,000 different tree species, including native species, to help Rwanda tap into the carbon market, The New Times has learnt.
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Senegal: Macky Sall's Candidate Concedes Defeat in Senegal Election
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March 25, 2024, 4:23 PM
[RFI] Senegal's governing coalition candidate Amadou Ba conceded defeat on Monday, against opposition rival Bassirou Diomaye Faye after Sunday's elections. This brings President Macky Sall's long leadership to a close after months of protests, a delayed election and a deep political crisis.
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Ghana: Stop Targeting Character of Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang - NDC Women Caucus in Parliament
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March 25, 2024, 2:33 PM
[Ghanaian Times] The Women Caucus of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has urged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to concentrate on revitalising the economy rather than targeting the character of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the NDC's running mate for the 2024 presidential election.
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Africa: EU Backs AU's Initiative for in-Continent Vaccine Production
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March 25, 2024, 1:59 PM
[Independent (Kampala)] Brussels, Belgium -- The European Union intends to support its partner, the African Union, in its ambitious goal of producing 60% of vaccines on the continent for African citizens by 2040, according to Jutta Urpilainen, the European Commissioner for International Partnerships.
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South Africa: Progress Made At Troublesome Power Stations
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March 25, 2024, 1:56 PM
[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom Group Executive for Generation, Bheki Nxumalo, says although challenges continue, at least five power stations identified for attention and intervention are beginning to show improvement.
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Nigeria: Death Toll in Bauchi Alms Stampede Rises to 7 - Police
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March 25, 2024, 1:55 PM
[Premium Times] The death toll from Sunday's stampede in Bauchi at an event for the distribution of alms has risen to seven, the police in the state said on Monday.
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Egypt: Ministry of Agriculture Denies News of Deadly Virus Affecting Poultry
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March 25, 2024, 12:26 PM
[Egypt Online] The Cabinet's media center has denied reports claiming that a new deadly virus is affecting poultry in farms.
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Kenya: Dj Joe Mfalme, Crew Arraigned in Court Over Murder of a Police Inspector
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March 25, 2024, 12:14 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- DJ Joe Mfalme, a popular city disk jockey, was arraigned at the Milimani Law Court on Monday over the murder of a Police Inspector following a clash on March 16.
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South Africa: Cape Town School in the Dark Because It Owes Thousands to Eskom
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March 25, 2024, 11:24 AM
[GroundUp] A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023
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Somalia: Somalia Sees Good Progress in Eliminating Tuberculosis
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March 25, 2024, 11:17 AM
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia said Sunday it's making significant progress to achieve the global goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 but called for more investments to help sustain the gains.
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Senegal: Senegal Erects Statue in Honour of Soldier Who Died Saving Rwandans
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March 25, 2024, 11:00 AM
[New Times] Senegal's President Macky Sall has inaugurated a statue in the capital Dakar in memory of Capt Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese peacekeeper killed in Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
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Senegal: Senegal - Faye Nears Victory in Presidential Election
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March 25, 2024, 9:46 AM
[DW] Several opposition candidates have congratulated Bassirou Diomaye Faye after he appeared to be ahead in preliminary tallies. However, the governing coalition has said it was sure there would be a runoff.
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Ethiopia: PM Abiy Says Seedlings Preparation Underway for This Year's Planting Season
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March 25, 2024, 9:43 AM
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed disclosed that seedlings are under preparation across Ethiopia for this year's planting season as part of the Green Legacy Initiative.
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Africa: Voices From Civil Society - 'Feminist Activists Are Less and Less Safe'
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March 25, 2024, 7:41 AM
[Spotlight Initiative] New York -- The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment, is taking place this month under the priority theme 'Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective'.
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Zimbabwe: El Niño - Farmers Suffer Huge Discounts On Livestock
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March 25, 2024, 7:33 AM
[The Herald] The effects of El Niño drought are tightening their grip on Zimbabwe's rural communities, forcing desperate farmers to sell off their prized livestock - primarily goats and cattle- to abattoirs, butcheries and middlemen at heavily discounted prices.
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Nigeria: Govt Hails Team Nigeria's Performance At African Games
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March 25, 2024, 7:22 AM
[Premium Times] Team Nigeria finished second on the medals table behind Egypt with 47 gold, 33 silver and 40 bronze medals.
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Southern Africa: SADC Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Helping Resolve Conflicts in DRC, Mozambique
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March 25, 2024, 5:25 PM
[New Zimbabwe] Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Saturday reaffirmed their commitment to providing both diplomatic and military support to find lasting solutions to the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique.
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Zimbabwe: Three Zimbabweans Nabbed With Suspected Stolen Diesel in SA
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March 25, 2024, 5:25 PM
[New Zimbabwe] The three suspects caught with diesel in these containers in Ogies could not produce the proof of purchase.
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Namibia: Joining Opec, Shaping International Energy Relations
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March 25, 2024, 5:19 PM
[New Era] Namibia's possible interest in joining the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries might originate from a number of foreign relations considerations:
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