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Calais migrants: Five shot in mass brawl

At least five migrants have been shot in the French port city of Calais, after a mass brawl between Afghans...

BY Hussein Habibata
February 2, 2018
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WANEP urges AU to re-engage Kenyatta and Odinga

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Africa’s largest peacebuilding organisation, has called on the African Union (AU) to re-engage...

BY Hussein Habibata
February 2, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

Kenya govt declares Odinga’s resistance movement a criminal group

The Kenyan government has declared the main opposition National Super Alliance’s offshoot, National Resistance Movement (NRM) as an illegal entity....

BY Hussein Habibata
January 31, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

Human rights bodies condemn media shutdown in Kenya

The Kenyan authorities “violated the public’s right to information” by blocking broadcasts of TV channels that defied a ban on...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 31, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

Kenya’s Raila Odinga ‘inaugurates’ himself as president

Kenya’s main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has declared himself the “people’s president” at a controversial “swearing-in” ceremony in the capital....

BY Hussein Habibata
January 30, 2018
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Erratic Power Situation Costs Ghana Over $24b In Six Years...

Ghana lost more than $24 billion between 2010 and 2016 as a result of insufficient power supply and outages, Mr...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 30, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

George Weah to revise constitution and reduce his salary

Liberia’s newly sworn-in President George Weah pledged to cut his own salary by a quarter on Monday, in a nationwide...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 30, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame is new AU Chairman

The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Alpha Condé of Guinea, has handed over the headship of the...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 30, 2018
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US Ambassador Urges Ghana to Pass RTI to Show Seriousness...

Mr Robert Jackson, United States Ambassador to Ghana has added his voice to the growing calls on government to pass...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 29, 2018
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Africa Lead Story

Sisi gets last minute challenger in Egypt’s presidential election

Egyptian politician Mousa Mostafa Mousa said on Monday he would compete in presidential elections, hours before a nomination deadline was...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 29, 2018
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