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Kenyan Activist Mwangi Abducted by Men in Plainclothes
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Kenyan Activist Boniface Mwangi Abducted Amid Calls for Anti-Government Protest

Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan Activist, has been abducted by six men in plain clothes suspected to be from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation,...

Ghana's Foreign Minister Botchwey Appointed Commonwealth Secretary General
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Ghana’s Foreign Minister Botchwey Appointed Commonwealth Secretary General

Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has been appointed among two others as the new secretary-general of the Commonwealth. The former lawmaker, on...

Enugu State Police Use Teargas on Nigerians Demanding Accountability for Musician Okezie Mbas Murder
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Enugu State Police Use Tear Gas on Nigerians Demanding Justice for Murdered Okezie Mba

Officers of the Enugu State Police Command on Saturday fired teargas on protesters demanding justice and accountability following the murder of Okezie Chikezie...

Mali Authorities Confirm Neutralising Two Terrorists in Timbuktu
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Mali Authorities Confirm Neutralising Two Terrorists in Timbuktu

Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) on Saturday said it had neutralised a logistics truck and two terrorists in the Timbuktu region as part of...

Nigerian House of Reps Urges MDAs to Establish Climate Change Desk
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Nigerian House of Reps Urges MDAs to Establish Climate Change Desk

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Service Matters has directed all Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to integrate a ‘Climate Change...

Tinubu Appoints Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Opponent of EndBadGovernance Protests as Minister of Womens Affairs
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Tinubu Appoints Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Opponent of #EndBadGovernance Protests, as Minister of Women’s Affairs

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, an opponent of the #EndBadGovernance protests, as the Minister of Women’s Affairs in a recent cabinet...

Kenya Grants Gates Foundation Immunity Amid Bill Gates' Vaccine Indictment
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Kenya Grants Gates Foundation Immunity Amid Bill Gates’ Vaccine Indictment

The Kenyan Government has granted diplomatic privileges and immunity to the staff of the Gates Foundation (formerly Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) operating...

Burkina Fasos Yatenga Province Anticipates Over 80 Tons of Rice Harvest as Security Improves
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Yatenga Province in Burkina Faso Expects Over 80 Tons of Rice Amid Improved Security

Burkina Faso is set to harvest over 80 tonnes of rice planted on the banks of the Zamdogo rice lowland in the Yatenga...

Countries Do Not Always Have to Follow IMF Advice – Nigerias Finance Minister
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Countries Do Not Always Have to Follow IMF Advice – Nigeria’s Finance Minister

Olawale Edun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, said that countries do not necessarily have to take advice from the...

Despite Retraction of Senate Invasion Report, DSS Ordered Abduction of OrderPaper Staff Edna Ulaeto
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Despite Retraction of Senate Invasion Report, DSS Orders Abduction of OrderPaper Staff Edna Ulaeto

Edna Ulaeto, a staff member of OrderPaper, has been abducted by the Department of State Services, DSS. OrderPaper, an independent parliamentary monitoring organisation...

BRICS GDP Growth to Hit 4% by Q4 2024, Exceeding Global Average of 3.2% - Putin
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BRICS GDP Growth to Hit 4% by Q4 2024, Exceeding Global Average of 3.2% – Putin

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on average, by the end (Q4) of 2024, the BRICS nations’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate is...

Kenya's President Nominates Interior Minister to Replace Impeached Deputy President Gachagua
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Kenya’s President Nominates Interior Minister to Replace Impeached Deputy President Gachagua

President William Ruto of Kenya nominated Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy on Friday following the Senate’s impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua....