African News
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Namibia Interim President Says To Plan To Run In This Year’s Election
Namibia’s Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country on Sunday after Hage Geingob died …
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Ethiopia Extends State of Emergency in Amhara
Ethiopia’s parliament on Friday extended by four months a state of emergency declared in August to respond to an insurgency…
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Tunisia’s Central Bank Keeps key Interest Rate Unchanged at 8%
Tunisia’s central bank has kept the key interest rate unchanged at 8%, it said on Friday, adding it was watching…
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UBA Group Appoints Mary Mulili, Mohamed Alhajie Samoura as MD/CEO in Kenya, Sierra Leone
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the appointments of Ms. Mary Mulili and Mr Mohamed…
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Nearly 400 Ethiopians Have Died of Starvation Recently
Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the national ombudsman said…
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Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso Break From ECOWAS
The West African nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced Sunday they are leaving regional bloc ECOWAS, the Economic…
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How Ethiopia’s Quarrel With Somalia Could Destabilise Horn of Africa
Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted…
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Egypt Will Not Allow Any threat To Somalia – President Sisi
Egypt will not allow any threat to Somalia, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday after Ethiopia said it would…
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US Military Declares Dead 2 Navy SEALs Lost in Maritime Raid Off Somalia
The 10-day search to rescue two Navy SEALs lost in the Arabian Sea during a mission to board a ship…
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Ethiopians Celebrate “Timket” Festival That Marks Jesus’ Baptism
Thousands of Ethiopian Orthodox followers gathered in the capital Addis Ababa on Friday and Saturday to celebrate Epiphany, also called…
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