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Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma pleads not guilty to arms deal corruption charges
Former South African President Jacob Zuma has pleaded “not guilty” to all charges in connection to a 1999 arms deal case. The 79 year old touted his innocence to the judge at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal at the…
UK ranks Togo as a low-risk country for COVID exposure
Brits arriving from Togo will no longer need to undergo a quarantine protocol effective Wednesday. This was announced by the United Kingdom, which classified Togo among the countries at low risk of contamination with Covid-19. The latest announcement means that…
Sue if you disagree with anti-mining enforcement – President Nana Addo tells critics
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians who disagree with his government’s approach of fighting illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) along river bodies by burning excavators and equipment used in the illegality, to proceed to court for redress. Some Ghanaians have…
Sudan and main rebel group kick off peace talks in Juba
Peace talks began Wednesday in Juba between the transitional government and the armed opposition Sudan Popular Liberation Movement-North, led by Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu. The two sides signed a declaration of principles in March with the government agreeing to separate…
Suez Canal’s claim over once-stuck ship referred by court
An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday said it lacks jurisdiction to look into the Suez Canal Authority’s demands to uphold financial claims that led to the seizure of the massive Ever Given ship after it blocked the waterway in March.…
DRC: Thousands flee as Mount Nyiragongo erupts
Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said Sunday that the city of 2 million had been mostly spared after the volcano erupted at night and sent thousands fleeing in panic. Residents…
Liberia apprehends South African and Nigerian drug traffickers
Liberia National Police have arrested a female South African and a Nigerian man with a huge quantity of narcotics substances valued at over one Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States dollars. According to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Marvin Sackor…
World leaders meet at Global Health Summit
World leaders met at the start of the weekend at the Global Health Summit, co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy as part of its G20 presidency, to adopt an agenda to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting also sought…
Media body calls for decent jobs for African migrants overseas
Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), an umbrella body for Journalists advocating for fair and beneficial Migration policies and practices has called for an affirmative action by African leaders towards negotiating decent jobs for the African migrants overseas. This was…
Gamba: Dozens march in support of Palestine
Dozens of Gambians took to the streets of Banjul on Sunday calling for the freedom of Palestine. The organizers of the peaceful march called on the Gambia government to take a similar approach as the case against Myanmar for the…
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