Monday, May 20, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday named the head of the country's railways, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilukamba, as the next prime minister, a move that came nearly four months after his inauguration.Thursday, May 16, 2019 from Top Stories - Google News
Lamborghini’s laptime hero Business Day Nurburgring-taming Huracan Performante arrives in SA with R6.1m pricetag.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has said official esults for one of the country's most unpredictable presidential elections will be be announced "within 8 days."Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[The Conversation Africa] Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge is undoubtedly the greatest marathoner of the modern age. He has won 11 of the 12 marathons he has competed in. His only loss was to another Kenyan, Wilson Kipsang, during the 2013 Berlin...Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[AIM] Maputo -The South African Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Michael Masutha, has decided that former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang shall be extradited to Mozambique rather than the United States.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AFKInsider
Jay-Z and his sports management company Roc Nation Sports are being sued for an unspecified amount by former featherweight boxer and client Daniel “Twitch” Franco. Franco suffered catastrophic, career-ending head and brain injuries in...Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AFKInsider
Omar al-Bashir is out as president of Sudan, but protesters fear that the military-led transitional government may only be stepping into a power vacuum and assuming the same power infrastructure and methods of rule. A curfew did little...Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Monitor] Uganda needs at least 5,000 pharmacists for both the private and government sectors to effectively serve the population, experts have said.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[VOA] A former colonel who served decades ago in the Somali National Army was convicted Tuesday in a U.S. court of being responsible for the torture of a teenager in 1987.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Thirty-one years after he was left for dead, one of the taxi driver's victims has his day in court.Monday, May 20, 2019 from NYT > Africa
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo — the second-largest in history — is escalating in part because locals don’t trust health workers and government officials.Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudanese army rulers and protesters failed Tuesday to reach an agreement yet again on the make-up of a new ruling body as negotiations also became deadlocked over who should lead it - a civilian or soldier.Monday, May 20, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Force Ngwira is fighting the use of mosquito nets for fishing, which depletes stocks in Lake Malawi.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AFKInsider
It is with sadness that I announce this will be my last session in the Missouri House of Representatives. This was a difficult decision that I have made for the sake of my health, particularly mental. The past three years have been both...Thursday, May 16, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
The government is giving some compensation - but not for the land the farmers lost two decades ago.Saturday, May 18, 2019 from NYT > Africa
A once-stable country is plagued by extremists pouring over its northern border, restive farmers and herdsmen battling for land, and militias bent on tit-for-tat vengeance.Thursday, May 23, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
The government cites a growing conflict between humans and the animals, which at times destroy crops.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Gabon's president sacks his vice-president and forestry minister amid a timber-smuggling scandal.Monday, May 20, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
Sudan’s army rulers and protest leaders said more talks were planned for Monday on finalising the makeup of a new ruling body, after hours of negotiations through the night ended without agreement.Monday, May 20, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
Algeria's armed forces chief said on Monday that elections were the best way to overcome the country's political crisis and avoid a constitutional vacuum.Friday, May 17, 2019 from NYT > Africa
The Navy SEAL said he had restrained Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar with duct tape as Sergeant Melgar was being strangled by another commando in Mali in 2017.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Guardian] As stakeholders in the media industry protest against the stringent conditions for covering activities of the National Assembly, the management has withdrawn the controversial accreditation guidelines.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[AIM] Maputo -Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, claims that it is shocked by the decision of the South African Justice Minister, Michael Masutha, to extradite former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel...Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from AFKInsider
U.S. software giant Microsoft recently opened Azure cloud data centers in South Africa and is now investing an additional $100 million in tech development hubs and job creation in two of the continent’s major cities. The Azure data...Thursday, May 16, 2019 from NYT > Africa
The suspension came as a surprise. Early in the day, the two sides announced that they had agreed on a three-year transition to democratic rule.Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi polls opened on Tuesday after a closely fought election campaign, with President Peter Mutharika battling to hold off two serious rivals in a race that has focused on corruption allegations and economic development.Friday, May 17, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
A selection of photos from across Africa this week.Sunday, May 19, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Two scientists were killed by a mob in Ethiopia, who believed they went to a school to poison children.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[WHO] Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by WHO as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country proves that it has interrupted indigenous transmission of the disease for at least 3 consecutive years.Sunday, May 19, 2019 from World news: Egypt | theguardian.com
Incident leaves 17 hurt as Egyptian state TV shows shocked tourists leaving bus with shattered windows A roadside bomb injured at least 17 people on Sunday when it detonated next to a bus of tourists, close to the Giza pyramids in Cairo....Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
A French-Spanish nun has been brutally murdered in a village in the Central African Republic where she taught sewing to young girls, the Vatican said Wednesday.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Prize-winning writer and critic Binyavanga Wainaina dies at the age of 48 in Nairobi.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from NYT > Africa
David Mabuza postponed his swearing-in to the National Assembly to address allegations of graft, leaving it unclear whether he could continue in his post.Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from AFKInsider
Google made almost all its money from ads. It was a booming business—until it wasn’t. Here’s how things looked right before the most spectacular crash the technology industry had ever seen. The crumbling of Google’s cornerstone Back when...Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
In a non-binding vote, the General Assembly demands the UK give the islands back to Mauritius.Monday, May 20, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
A charity in Kenya is calling for the introduction of laws to protect domestic workers to ensure their safety.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AFKInsider
Music mogul, actor and producer Ice-T said that he almost shot an Amazon driver he mistook for an intruder, and he suggested on Twitter that people who make deliveries should wear a vest to identify themselves. His tweet sparked a debate...Thursday, May 16, 2019 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African news
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[East African] East Africa's coffee sub-sector is facing hard times, with a new study revealing that Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania is home to 15 of 75 species that are threatened with extinction.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[UNEP] The theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2019 is: "Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health".Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[allAfrica] Johannesburg -Algeria is now the second African country after Mauritius to be officially recognized by the World Health Organisation as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country proves that it has interrupted...Thursday, May 16, 2019 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African news
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 from Africa and Indian Ocean news, all the latest and breaking African news
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -An average of 65 people were killed by angry mobs each month accross mainland Tanzania from January to June last year, according to latest Tanzania human rights report.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Monitor] The founding president of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president, Dr Kizza Besigye has expressed willingness to work with Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, whose party, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) is...Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Addis Fortune] The water elevation at Gilgel Gibe III Dam, which produces 46pc of the country's power, is at is 818 metres, 16 metres below this time last year.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from AllAfrica News: Latest
[Monitor] Parliament -The Ministry of Finance has denied responsibility for the delayed payment of workers in 78 districts.Tuesday, May 21, 2019 from BBC News - Africa
Two prostitutes who work on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, tell their stories.Wednesday, May 22, 2019 from Breaking news from AFRICA, Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
South African lawmakers on Wednesday re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the nation’s president, two weeks after the ruling ANC party returned to power in legislative elections.Thursday, May 16, 2019 from Top Stories - Google News
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