Vergelegen – top African winery

South Africa’s Vergelegen wine estate in Somerset West has been voted the top winery on the African continent. (Image above: illustration). https://twitter.com/VergelegenWines/status/1149025396764971008 Vergelegen placed 34 overall in the prestigious World’s Best Vineyard 2019 competition, where a global voting panel analysed 1,500 wineries from 17 producing countries. Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco has been announced first. Vergelegen voted best…

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Mogherini proposes increase of cooperation with CAR

“… A point on the Central African Republic. I was there also a few days ago. I proposed to the Ministers to increase our cooperation with the country at a moment that is critical for the implementation of the peace agreement’ said the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini, following the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. "We then…

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IMF agrees to bailout Congo Republic

International Monetary Fund (IMF) decision to bailout the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) this week is expected to allocate around $2 billion in funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), Reuters news agency reports, referring to its sources. The IMF Board has approved a US$448.6 million Extended Credit Facility for the Republic of #Congo. This is to support…

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Tanzania elephant & rhino populations recover

Tanzania presidency reported elephant and rhino populations have begun to recover after a government crackdown dismantled organized criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching and transporting the ivory to China. A influential Chinese businesswoman running a poaching network on industrial scale, dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court…

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Incarnations: Afrocentric cultural view

IncarNations African Art as Philosophy exhibition crosses the African continent, following former slave trade, and migration routes in search of essence of African art. Artist Kendell Geers has selected the artifacts from vast collection of Sindika Dokolo, establishing an Afrocentric point of view, discovering new angles in infinitely rich African cultural heritage. However the exhibition is much…

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26 dead in Al-Shabaab Asasey hotel attack

A suicide bomber drove a car loaded with explosives into the Asasey hotel in the port of Kismayo, Somalia, followed by the gunmen, who stormed popular among travelers location. Radical Islam militants of al-Shabab have claimed the attack, the most devastating act of jihad in Kismayo since fighters were forced out in 2012. (Image above: illustration). KISMAYO…

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Al-Shabaab attacks hotel in Kismayo

A bomb attack in an hotel in Somalia port Kismayo has been revendicated by Al–Shabaab militants, Agence France presse (AFP) reports. #BREAKING At least 7 killed in bomb, gun attack on Somalia hotel, security source says pic.twitter.com/t5ZVHnmo6A — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 12, 2019 TV presenter Hodan (pictured) is announced among seven perished in the…

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Mogherini visits Central African Republic

The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini met in Bangui with the President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange TouadĂ©ra. The visit is a part of her tour of the Sahel region and the Central African Republic. .@FedericaMog rencontre le PrĂ©sident de la RĂ©publique centrafricaine, Faustin-Archange TouadĂ©ra https://t.co/ZKrqViOW04 pic.twitter.com/4rj6CkInEp — European External Action Service – EEAS…

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Shia Muslim clashes close to Nigeria National Assembly

On July 9 Nigeria’s National Assembly was on lockdown after shots were heard outside during clashes between police and a group of Shi’ite Muslim protesters. #Nigeria’s National Assembly was on lockdown on Tuesday afternoon after a shooting outside https://t.co/GELsqa0xgV pic.twitter.com/XYH9NJgHrA — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) July 9, 2019 The involved in violent clashes blamed each other…

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