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Zimbabwe introduced local currency earlier than planned due to market pressure: finance minister

Tuesday, July 09, 2019
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Ghana to donate 10 mln USD for AfCFTA secretariat operationalization

Monday, July 08, 2019
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South Africa: 17 die in botched circumcision

Monday, July 08, 2019
Bosco Ntaganda at a past hearing. (Net photo)
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DR Congo's Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes by ICC

Monday, July 08, 2019
Carnegie Mellon University- Africa (CMU-Africa) is set to relocate to its newly constructed campus in the Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ) at what is known as Kigali Innovation City. Sam Ngendahimana..
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Top American varsities are doubling down on their presence across Africa

Friday, July 05, 2019
Senegal's Sadio Mane scores his side's third goal from the penalty spot during the African Cup of Nations group D soccer match between Kenya and Senegal in 30 June Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 1, 2019.
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Senegal, Ivory Coast through to last 16 at African Cup

Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Ruling party presidential candidate and former Defense Minister Mohamed Ould El Ghazouani casts his ballot in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Saturday June 22, 2019. Mauritanians are choosing between outgoing President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's heir apparent and five opposition candidates who believe the front-runner would represent a continuation of his rule in this West African country battling Islamic extremism.
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Mauritania’s constitutional council confirms new president

Tuesday, July 02, 2019
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Zimbabwe reassures nation over cash withdrawals

Friday, June 28, 2019
Ethiopia has been left reeling after apparently coordinated attacks last week in northern Amhara state. / Courtesy
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'Lost them forever': Ethiopia pays tribute to slain army chief

Wednesday, June 26, 2019
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China, Africa eye a community of shared future via cooperation

Wednesday, June 26, 2019
The renegade general was released from prison last year. / Internet photo
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Ethiopia Amhara 'coup ringleader killed'

Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has urged Ethiopians to unite against 'evil' (BBC)
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Ethiopia Amhara 'coup ringleader on the run'

Monday, June 24, 2019
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Ethiopia: Amhara state chief killed amid regional coup attempt

Sunday, June 23, 2019
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Malawi parliament elects first ever female speaker

Friday, June 21, 2019
Internet was cut nationwide in Ethiopia on June 11.
Africa

Relief as one-week internet blackout in Ethiopia comes to an end

Thursday, June 20, 2019
Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah.
Africa

Algerian army chief calls for presidential election

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
At least 10 people were killed and 26 others injured in two car bomb blasts in Mogadishu, police said on Saturday. (Xinhua/Hassan)
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UN condemns attacks in Somalia, Kenya after death of 21

Monday, June 17, 2019
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Algeria's crackdown on corruption targets senior officials

Friday, June 14, 2019
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Ethiopia says 525 people infected by cholera outbreak

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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Death toll from Tripoli fighting rises to 653: WHO

Tuesday, June 11, 2019