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58485-Year-Old President Paul Biya will rule Cameroon for another seven years
This year has been both good and bad for the political climate of most African countries, the good comes for the few...
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539Uganda opens Africa’s 5th largest Bridge
Uganda recently opened Africa’s fifth-largest, it’s has been named “Source of the Nile bridge“, and cost $112 million to construct. The bridge...
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577Voila! Ethiopia just elected its first female president
It’s official. Members of the Ethiopian parliament have just elected Sahle–Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Her election to the ceremonial...
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613Africa’s Youngest Billionaire, Mohammed Dewji, Abducted In Tanzania
African billionaire Mohammed Dewji has been kidnapped by Gunmen from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police told...
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414At least 50 killed in Kenya bus crash
On Wednesday, at least 50 people, including seven children, were killed in a bus crash west of Nairobi, Kenya. The bus was traveling from...
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507Ethiopia to give visas on arrival to African travellers
It’s about time Africans have the free will to move around other countries on the continent without Visas, a promise The African Union...
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436Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts and actions towards the end of sexual...
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746Vice President Of Nigeria Osibanjo announces slash in business name registration fees
Nigeria is known for its complex process and overpriced government process, one of them being the registration of upcoming businesses. Yesterday, Nigerian...
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541The Extensive BBC Investigation That Got Us All Shook & The Tools That Performed Magic
Sometime in July, a video depicting a woman carrying a baby on her back and another one holding a little girl by...
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497South Africa court legalises private cannabis use
Today, the South African court ruled that private, personal cannabis use is legal in a landmark case that has pitted officials against marijuana...
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497More than 100 communities in Niger state are currently submerged
In 2012, heavy floods swept parts of Bayelsa, a surprise to many residents of the coastal state. Virtually all the communities along the...
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5.1KBrazil Adopts Yoruba As One of Its Foreign Languages
The Yoruba people are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin at almost 40 million people in...
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790Women Now Make Up 68% Of The Parliament In Rwanda
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar once said, ‘the role of women in the development of society is of utmost importance. In fact, it...
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406South African currency Falls As the Country Slips Into First Recession Since 2009
This is the first time since 2009 that the South African economy, the second largest in Africa after Nigeria, will be going...
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603China Pledges $60 billion package of aid investment and loans to Africa at the 2018 FOCAC summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $60 billion package of aid investment and loans to Africa yesterday at the FOCAC summit,...
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427Brazil’s 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Huge Fire
Famed National Museum, Brazil’s oldest and most important historical and scientific museum, a building that once served as the residence for the Portuguese royal family caught...
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648Boko Haram attack in NE Nigeria, death toll hits 48
The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has been waging a deadly insurgency in Nigeria since 2009 intensifying attacks on military targets in recent...
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493Somali national stadium returns to its original use as AMISOM hands over
A few days ago, The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officially handed over the country’s national stadium to the government,...
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518German Chancellor, Angela Merkel just arrived Nigeria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday morning alongside a German Business Delegation, ending her trip to...
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566Nigeria’s Central Bank fines four banks for helping MTN illegally transfer $8bn
Late Wednesday, Nigeria’s central bank fined four leading banks a combined sum of $16m (£12.3m) for their part in helping South African telecoms giant...
