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May vows to invest in Africa

Theresa May has announced plans to boost the UK investment in Africa after leaving the European Union. The declaration of intention took place during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. "Mrs Thatcher believed that Nelson Mandela was a terrorist…Did you think the same thing?"@Theresa_May is questioned by @MichaelLCrick about her stance on…

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South Sudan refuses peace deal

South Sudan’s rebel chief Riek Machar on Tuesday, August 28, refused to sign a final peace deal, which aims to end a brutal civil war, with the government, according to a Sudanese mediator. Here’s a bit of the reasoning why Riek Machar is refusing to sign a peace deal in Khartoum. Essentially, the SPLM-IO says, the…

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Mnangagwa vows to open probe into post-election violence

Zmbabwe‘s newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Sunday, August 26 to open a probe into violence which followed the country’s first election since Robert Mugabe was ousted from power. Mnangagwa Vows To Probe Zimbabwe’s Post-Election Violence. https://t.co/KZrFkwc7K8 pic.twitter.com/xHjGOdZwNN — Channels Television (@channelstv) August 26, 2018 “To put closure and finality to the matter, I…

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Mnangagwa calls for peace ahead of inauguration

Zimbabwe’s president elect Emmerson Mnangagwa will be inaugurated on Sunday, August 26. Crowds of supporters are expected to gather at Zimbabwe National Sports Stadium for the ceremony. Top #Zimbabwe court confirms #Mnangagwa's presidential election victory https://t.co/Bi52fiWBVW — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) August 24, 2018 Mnangagwa has called for peace after a top court upheld his victory…

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Trump concerned with killings of farmers in South Africa

President Trump tweeted that he had directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to investigate “the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers”: South African farm killings — where victims are typically members of the country’s white, Afrikaans-speaking minority — are often extremely brutal in nature, involving prolonged periods…

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Goddess Osun festival in Nigeria

Fertility goddess Osun festival attracts thousands of Yorubas, an ancient ethnic group in West Africa that numbers around 40 million, the vast majority living in Nigeria. VIDEO: The Arugba brings Osun-Osogbo festival to exciting climax https://t.co/Eih3aGFg7W #OsunOsogboFestival pic.twitter.com/7YDBYEKMOx — TheCable (@thecableng) August 19, 2018 According to Unesco which named the area a World Heritage site in…

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Violence contributes to Ebola outbreak in Congo

Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has prevented aid workers from reaching some suspected cases in an outbreak of Ebola that has so far took lives of 44 people, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. At least 1,500 people are in high risk group exposed to the deadly virus in North Kivu province…

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Wounded and killed Oromos in Ethiopia

Killed and wounded people by security forces in eastern Ethiopia at the weekend were reported by senior regional official. “The victims were all ethnic Oromos. The perpetrators were members of a paramilitary force,” said Negeri Lencho, spokesman for the Oromiya state administration. Ethiopian forces kill at least 40 in east -regional official https://t.co/D6oBL9ZkrQ — Reuters…

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Rwanda murderer of Belgium peacekeepers asks for asylum

Former Rwandan Major Bernard Ntuyahaga, sentenced in 2007 by the Brussels Court to twenty years in prison for his participation in the killings of the ten Belgian peacekeepers on April 7, 1994 in Kigali, has served his sentence. After his release from prison, he seeks asylum in Belgium, said the Secretary of State for Asylum…

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