Latest from Africa
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Cameroon: Toll rises to at least 27 dead and 50 injured in floods
Death toll from floods in Cameroon’s capital, reaches 27 with more than…
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Israel: Expert says “overconfidence” explains “defense failure”
A rain of rockets from Gaza, hundreds of Hamas militants entering Israel…
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Gates Foundation pledges $40 million to help develop Covid vaccines in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged a $40 million investment…
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UK Supreme Court battle over Rwanda deportation policy begins
he British government has made the fight against illegal immigration a priority…
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Ugandans turning banana wastes into useful fibres
A Ugandan startup is unpeeling the power of banana fibres, turning the…
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France suspends visas, leaving student from Sahel anxious
The diplomatic fallout between France and the Sahel countries is causing uncertainty…
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Egypt polls: El-Sissi’s presidential bid gets major boot
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s re-election campaign announced on Saturday he had received…
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Madagascar: an opposition rally dispersed with tear gas
Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas to disperse a rally called…
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Kenya: Group urges awareness, treatment on mental health
Joyce Mugure is one of many people who believe their lives have…
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Niger: Junta revises 2023 budget as sanctions bite over July coup
The revised budget amounts to 1,981 billion CFA francs (3 billion euros)…
