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Piers Potter
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African airlines see accelerated recovery as travel rebounds – Report
African Air travel has made a robust recovery, nearly reaching pre-pandemic levels, an association of African carriers has said in a new report. The African...
4 starve to death in Kenya while fasting ‘to meet Jesus’
Four followers of a controversial Kenyan church teacher have been found dead and another dozen in need of urgent hospital treatment after being found in...
Singapore oil tanker boarded by ‘unidentified persons’ off Ivory Coast on Monday
There was a 20-member crew on the tanker, which has been operating in the West African zone for the past 60 days. A Singapore-registered oil tanker...
South Africa Remembers Anti-Apartheid Activist Chris Hani 30 Years After His Assassination
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa recently commemorated the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Chris Hani, an antiapartheid activist, a hugely popular figure, and leader for the...
DR Congo: Displaced people in camps celebrate Easter
Singing and praying, dozens of displaced people attend a mass at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to celebrate...
Central African rebels release 19 troops seized in February
A total of 19 Central African soldiers, taken hostage on February 14 by an alliance of rebel groups in the north of the Central African...
20 migrants dead off Tunisia after boat sinks, more missing
At least 34 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa – including children and babies – are missing off the Tunisian coast after their boat capsized. AUDIO....
Moroccan playwright dies after setting himself on fire
A Moroccan playwright died on Sunday April 2, a week after setting himself on fire in protest the culture ministry, a Moroccan official told AFP....
Uganda’s ‘First Son’ Vows to Send Troops to Defend Moscow
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni‘s mercurial son declared on Thursday that his country would send troops to defend Moscow if it came under threat. “Call me a ‘Putinist’ if you will,...
Cyclone Freddy death toll dramatically rises in Malawi
The death toll in Malawi from Cyclone Freddy has risen to 326, the country’s president said late Thursday, bringing the total number of victims across...