South Africa: Lawyers Accuse Police of Political Arrests in Fort Hare Corruption Case - South African News Briefs - May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024, 6:09 AM
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South Africa: Building Collapse Leaves Five Dead, Scores Trapped
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May 7, 2024, 9:04 AM
[allAfrica] A multi-storey building under construction in George, South Africa, collapsed, leaving at least five people dead and trapping around 50 others.
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South Africa: Power Utility Eskom Sues Johannesburg for Unpaid Electricity Debt - South African News Briefs - May 7, 2024
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May 7, 2024, 6:19 AM
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Malawi: Anti-Corruption Advocates Worry Over Dropping of Malawi VP Case
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May 8, 2024, 4:50 AM
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima was arrested in November of 2022 after being named among 84 individuals suspected to have received bribes from a U.K.-based businessman, Zuneth Sattar.
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Kenya: MPs Question Excess Fertilizer Bags Linked to Distribution Scam
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May 7, 2024, 3:32 PM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Lawmakers are now conducting investigations on fake fertilizer bag manufacturers after inconsistencies emerged between supplied empty bags compared to fertilizer sold in the market.
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Rwanda: U.S. and DRC's Partners Call On Rwanda to Punish Forces Over Attack
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May 7, 2024, 3:04 PM
[RFI] The United States has called on Rwanda to punish forces behind an attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Both Kinshasa and the US accuse Kigali of meddling in DRC's affairs.
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Africa: Five Worrying Signs of Africa's Poor Election Quality
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May 7, 2024, 12:06 PM
[ISS] Globally and in Africa, many electoral processes suffer from a lack of transparency, trust and oversight.
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Kenya: KQ to Resume Kinshasa Flights Tomorrow After Release of Detained Staff
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May 7, 2024, 8:27 AM
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways will resume its flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo's Capital, Kinshasa, starting Wednesday following the release of its detained staff by the Congolese Military on Monday.
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Africa: Annual Meetings 2024 - Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Free Up Financing for Kenya and in Africa Overall
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May 7, 2024, 9:23 AM
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] "Today, Africa has $640 billion in outstanding debt and pays nearly $70 billion in interest every year. It would only be fair for us to have a financing mechanism that treats us on an equal footing". Kenyan President William Ruto's call at the African Union's 5th biannual coordination meeting in Nairobi in July 2023, was unequivocal: the global financial architecture must be reformed so that Africa is no longer the world's poor relation.
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Kenya: Fake Fertiliser Claims First Causality - Will CS Linturi Fall?
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[Business Day Africa] The fake fertiliser incident has resulted in its first casualty, as attention shifts to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi in the ongoing impeachment proceedings scheduled to conclude in a week's time.
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Mozambique: Mozambique's Ruling Party Nominates Presidential Candidate
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May 8, 2024, 4:50 AM
[VOA] Maputo -- Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party picked Daniel Francisco Chapo, the 47-year-old governor of a southern province, to be its candidate for October's presidential election, after heated internal debates that lasted three days.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Appeals to Its Diaspora Population and Foreigners for Investments
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May 8, 2024, 4:50 AM
[VOA] Harare -- Faced with an inability to access offshore credit lines -- due to defaulting on previous loans -- the government of Zimbabwe is appealing to its diaspora population and foreigners to invest in the Southern African nation. Some citizens in the diaspora are skeptical that their investments would pay off.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Congo - Why Are Displaced People Still in Danger?
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May 8, 2024, 4:50 AM
[DW] At least 15 people are now know to have died following the shelling of IDP camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda has denied involvement in the attacks, while the US has called for an investigation.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Justice Officer From DR Congo Mission Wins UN Trailblazer Award
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[UN News] The UN's second Trailblazer award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers has gone to Major Ahlem Bouzi, an officer with the UN's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).
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Ghana: Walking in African Cities Can Be a Miserable Experience - Accra Study Shows Planners Ignore Needs of Pedestrians
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[The Conversation Africa] African cities aren't welcoming places for pedestrians. Yet walking is free and, given the shortage of decent public transport, it's often the only way for people to move around. More than 70% of Africa's urban population of about 609 million walk daily to their various destinations.
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Likely to Abolish the Death Penalty - How It Got Here and What It Means for the Continent
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[The Conversation Africa] Zimbabwe is likely to abolish capital punishment, following a cabinet decision on 7 February 2024. However, its parliament still has to endorse the move and pass the necessary law enabling the change. The question is when this will happen, especially since it appears that it would require a constitutional amendment.
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Ethiopia: Displaced Yet Again - Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugee Subjectivities in War Torn Sudan
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series ...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Announces a National Financial Education Module for Youth and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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April 28, 2024, 10:06 PM
[Mastercard Foundation] The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), the Mastercard Foundation, and First Consult, through the BRIDGES programme, announced the National Financial Education Module for Youth and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Addis Ababa on 29 February 2024. The official opening event of the Standardized National Financial Education Module for youth and MSMEs was held in the attendance of key stakeholders in the Ethiopian financial industry- including Martha Hailemariam, ...
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Kenya: 'This Flood Has Caused a Massive Shift' - Surviving in Kenya's Slums
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May 8, 2024, 4:38 AM
[African Arguments] Washington Mboya, an environmentalist in Nairobi, describes the effects of and response to the devastating floods in the city's poorest areas.
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Chad: First Round of Presidential Elections Completed
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May 7, 2024, 3:36 PM
[Agenzia Fides] N'djamena -- The first round of presidential elections in Chad ended yesterday, May 6. This election was supposed to be the end of the provisional transitional regime installed after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno, who was killed by rebels on the front lines on April 20, 2021. His son, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, took power and became interim president.
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Kenya: Kenyan Women Build Businesses and Power Thanks to Village Savings Groups
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May 7, 2024, 3:25 PM
[WFP] World Food Programme-supported schemes help fight cultural barriers - and food insecurity
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Namibia: Maize Meal Price Set to Go Up
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May 7, 2024, 3:16 PM
[Namibian] The price of the staple white maize is likely to shoot up after the Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) set the floor price delivered to millers from 1 to 14 May at N$7 554,37 per tonne.
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Rwanda: Senegalese Army Chief Pledges Greater Security Cooperation With RDF
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May 7, 2024, 3:03 PM
[New Times] The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Senegal, Gen Mbaye Cissé, along with his delegation, on May 6, visited Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Headquarters, where he pledged greater security cooperation between the two armies.
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Somalia: Flood Warnings Issued By Sodma - Somali People Urged to Stay Vigilant During Spring Rains
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May 7, 2024, 3:01 PM
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Somali Disaster Management Agency's (SoDMA) National Multi-hazard Early Warning Center has issued flood warnings to the Somali people, emphasizing the need for vigilance as the upcoming spring rains could potentially have a significant impact on their lives and property.
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Liberia: VP Wants Judiciary Uphold Accountability
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May 7, 2024, 3:01 PM
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Vice President Jeremiah K. Young has stressed that the accountability of the judiciary in dispensing justice remains consequential to maintaining a government that works in the interest of its people.
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Ghana: Ghana's Supreme Court to Consider First Arguments On Anti-LGBTQ Bill Lawsuits On May 8
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May 7, 2024, 9:48 AM
[Accra Time] The lawsuits appear to have been one of the blockades to the signing of the bill by President Akufo-Addo - an action that has drawn much controversy
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Ethiopia: Mastercard Foundation and Kifiya Financial Technology PLC to Enable More Than 477,800 MSMEs to Access Uncollateralized Digital Credit Products
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May 7, 2024, 1:14 AM
[Mastercard Foundation] The partnership creates the opportunity for 425,000 Women to Access Smartphones Through Device Financing
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South Africa: Life Under the DA in the Western Cape - Fact-Checking South African Opposition Party's Claims About Governance
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May 7, 2024, 9:45 AM
[Africa Check] Life under the DA in the Western Cape: fact-checking South African opposition party's claims about governance
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Rwanda: One Acre Fund Rwanda Boosts Incomes for Over 800,000 Farmers
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May 8, 2024, 4:43 AM
[New Times] More than 850,000 farmers in 27 districts of Rwanda have recorded increased yields and generated Rwf138 billion in profit thanks to access to agro-inputs and other services delivered by One Acre Fund Rwanda during 2024 Agriculture Season A and B.
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Nigeria: Rainstorm Injures Three, Damages 200 Houses in Plateau
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May 7, 2024, 5:10 PM
[Premium Times] "The damages caused by the rainstorm further put the Miango people, ..., in a more precarious situation."
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Liberia: Patrick Lumumba Is to Address Conference in Monrovia Today
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May 7, 2024, 5:07 PM
[New Dawn] Kenyan lawyer and Pan-Africanism activist Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is expected to address a conference in Monrovia today, May 7, 2024.
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Gambia: IEC Appeals for Extension of Time to Submit Reports
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May 7, 2024, 5:02 PM
[Foroyaa] Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have appealed for extended time period to be able to complete their ongoing special audit and to reappear for submission of their audited accounts and financial statements before members of the Finance and Public Accounts Committee (FPAC) of the National Assembly.
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Gambia: Ombudsman's Reports Reveal Increment in Revenue, Expenditure
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May 7, 2024, 5:02 PM
[Foroyaa] The Audited Financial Reports of the Office of the Ombudsman have revealed increment in assets, revenue and expenditures of the office.
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