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84Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registers 12 million new voters for 2019 Nigerian election
Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria has an unstable economic and social climate around election season, much like any other highly populated and...
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Humanity’s first visit to a star began this weekend
On Sunday, NASA launched its historic Parker Solar Probe at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sunday. – an unmanned machine about the size...
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Nigeria and Ghana risk suspension from international football by FIFA
FIFA has issued ultimatums to Nigeria and Ghana that they will both face bans from global football for “undue influence” on Tuesday...
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Acting President, Osinbajo orders immediate overhaul of SARS’ activities
Through the year 2018, the infamous arm of the police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has been in the news for their...
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Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni attacked by Opposition
The car of Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was attacked on Monday evening, by opposition supporters in the town of Arua. Photos shared by...
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Pakistan is getting its first lawmaker of African descent
39-year-old Tanzeela Qambrani was nominated by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to a women’s reserved seat in...
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After 17 years, Joseph Kabila will step down as DR Congo’s President
Yes, you heard me right. Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a former minister of interior was confirmed by DRC’s ruling party as the candidate...
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South Sudan signs Peace Deal ending 5 years of Civil War
President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir and former vice president/Rebel Leader Riek Machar started a civil war in the country two years after gaining independence and...
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Patricia De Lille will resign as mayor of Cape Town in October
The Democratic Alliance and Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille announced on Sunday that she will resign as mayor at the end of...
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Ebola In Congo: Dozens infected, Many confirmed dead
On Sunday, 5 August, the World Health Organization confirmed that the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed...
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Could the Youngest Political Leader In Africa, Abiy Ahmed be the saviour Ethiopia needs?
Ethiopia is Africa’s second-largest country (in terms of population), located in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the...
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Africa’s economic growth will suffer from rising global temperatures
As the global population hits 8 billion, some of the world’s fastest growing populations will be most at risk from climate change,...
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South African Women protest against gender-based violence in the country with #TotalShutdown
Women took to the street today with #TheTotalShutdown protest tag against gender-based violence towards women in South Africa, labeled an ‘intersectional women’s march‘...
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Nigeria launches app to fight human trafficking
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has launched an app called iReport that allows people to report...
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President Buhari is ECOWAS’ newly elected Chairman
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected the chairperson of the Economic Community of West African Communities (ECOWAS) in Togo’s capital Lome. Preceding the...
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Over and again, Nigeria’s ruling party becomes a minority months ahead of general elections
Months ahead of the general elections, Nigerian lawmakers are instigating moves that could break off President Buhari’s second term ambition. Earlier today, ...
