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Africa East Africa World 

Abiy Ahmed faces first test as Ethiopians vote

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– – Ethiopians are voting in regional and parliamentary elections as ethnic tensions deepen and hunger worsens. It is the first test of the popular vote for the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and his Prosperity Party since he took power in 2018. The polls which were supposed to have been held last August were delayed due coronavirus pandemic. Nearly a fifth of… Read More
Africa Sports World 

How Essential Are African Footballers to the Premier League?

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– – The role of African footballers usually goes under the radar. A few of the best players stand out from the crowd, but the conveyor belt that is African football isn’t viewed in the same way as Europe or South America. That’s a shame because the continent is a major exporter to the biggest leagues in the world, including… Read More
Africa Business West Africa World 

West African countries to adopt single currency in 2027

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– – Ecowas leaders have agreed to now work towards launching a single currency by January 2027. The West African regional bloc had planned to adopt the currency called Eco in 2020 but said the road map was disrupted by the Coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday however the West African leaders at a summit in Ghana’s capital, Accra agreed a new… Read More
Africa World 

Ecowas leaders meet in Accra for 59th ordinary session

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– – Ecowas leaders have gathered in Ghana’s capital, Accra for the 59th ordinary session of the authority of heads of state and government. Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is chair ECOWAS is presiding over the meeting which will also discuss issues of security in the region. Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, ECOWAS Special Envoy and Mediator to… Read More
Africa Senegal West Africa World 

Guinea and Senegal sign deal to reopen land border

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– – Leaders of Guinea and Senegal have signed a deal to have their land border closed for months re-opened. A signing ceremony was held at the 59th ordinary session of the Ecowas authority of heads of state in Ghana’s capital, Accra on Saturday. The land border between Guinea and Senegal was closed last year ahead of elections in September… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar: Timely support and action by Security Council ‘really paramount’, says UN Special Envoy

Village Reporter
Speaking to journalists following her closed-door briefing to the Council, Christine Schraner Burgener described the situation in Myanmar as “very worrisome” and “very bad”.   Alarming, on the ground  Some 600 people have been killed in the nearly five months since the coup, she said, and 6,000 arrested, with 5,000 still in detention.  Around 100 people have “disappeared” without trace. … Read More
Africa Ivory Coast West Africa World 

Laurent Gbagbo back home in Ivory Coast after 10 years

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– – Former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo has returned to his home country after ten years. He has been away, facing trial for crimes against humanity on the back of the brief civil war that took place in 2010 in Ivory Coast. The ex-president and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude were acquitted of crimes against humanity by… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Rights group wants Ghana to drop charges against LGBT activists

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– – Human Rights Watch has said Ghana’s attorney general must drop charges against 21 human rights activists facing trial for attending a paralegal training session. The activists were charged with “unlawful assembly” for attending a meeting on how to document and report human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. On June 11, 2021, the High… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia’s former president Kenneth Kaunda dies aged 97

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– – Zambia’s former president, Kenneth Kaunda who was the first to serve as the country’s president after leading it to independence has died. He died on Thursday at the age of 97 after he was admitted to a military hospital in Lusaka. The former president was being treated for Pneumonia while on admission, according to the government. Kenneth Kaunda… Read More
Africa Business World 

Azimo offers free remittances amid gloomy World Bank predictions

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– – Azimo, the digital money transfer service, is offering a fee-free transfer for all senders on June 16, the UN’s International Day of Family Remittances, after remittance volumes in 2020 beat expectations. The International Day of Family Remittances was launched in 2015 to raise awareness of the contribution that migrant workers make to the economies of their home countries.… Read More
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