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Nigeria: Couples suspend planned marriages over wedding tax

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Several couples in the Nigerian state of Kano have halted their plans of getting married following the imposition of a wedding tax. The tax imposed by the chief of the Kera village some four months ago requires grooms to pay 137,000 naira ($377, £294). Prior to the imposition of the wedding tax grooms were required to provide furniture and kitchen… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

SA Airways cancels weekend flights over workers’ strike

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South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled all domestic and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The cancellation is taking place due to a planned workers’ strike this weekend. The South African Cabin Crew Association and National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa on Wednesday said that the airline staff will go on strike starting on Friday. The workers… Read More
Pacific 

Over $39 million earmarked by UN-backed fund to combat effects of climate change in Nepal

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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with the Government in developing this first-ever national bid to go before the Fund. Co-funding the initiative, Nepal’s Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) is adding another $8 million for a total of more than $47 million, which will see the project to fruition over the course of seven years. Communities… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenya census results on intersex persons and implications

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The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census results has revealed that there are 1,524 intersex persons in the country. The census was conducted in August 2019 by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and themed “Counting Our People for Sustainable Development and Devolution of Services.” Though the standard practice of population dada collection was followed in this year’s exercise, the… Read More
Pacific 

Australia wildfires: communities must stay vigilant, urges UN weather agency

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In Geneva, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) noted that dozens of fires are raging, effecting around six million in eastern New South Wales state, and southeast Queensland, amid reports that three people lost their lives in the fires at the weekend. “Apart from the immediate physical threat…when authorities issue a message of catastrophic fire danger, the message there is basically,… Read More
Africa Business Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana signs $600mln cocoa deal with Credit Suisse

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Ghana has signed a $600 million deal with Credit Suisse for the improvement of current state of processing and value addition for its cocoa. The deal was signed on the sideline of the 2019 Africa Investment Forum in South Africa. The $600 million will cover a 7 year period and would go into helping to upskill farmers, develop warehousing, and… Read More
Africa Business Ghana South Africa West Africa World 

Ghana secures $2.6bn deal for SkyTrain project

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Ghana on Monday signed a concession deal with South African-based African Investment SkyTrain consortium to develop its train system. The deal is meant to cover a project called the Accra SkyTrain Project. A memorandum of understanding was signed last year. On the sidelines of the ongoing African Investment Forum in Johannesburg, officials from Ghana and the South African based consortium… Read More
Africa World 

Commonwealth group in Sri Lanka ahead of election

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A group deployed by the Commonwealth to observe the presidential election in Sri Lanka has called on stakeholders to demonstrate commitment to a “peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive” poll. The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), whose members are drawn from various Commonwealth regions with backgrounds ranging from political, electoral, civil society and human rights as well as legal fields, was invited by… Read More
Africa Business West Africa World 

Where does Intra-Africa trade fits as world scrambles for Africa

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The just ended Russia-Africa summit in Russia’s southern coastal city of Sochi has raised some concerns about the place of intra-Africa trade in what seems to be the second coming of the Eastern Europe and North Asia Giant to the Resource rich continent. Between October 23 and October 25, 2019, 43 Heads of State on the continent met with Russia’s… Read More
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Video: Kenyans angry at brutal attack of student by police

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Kenyans have expressed anger at a video that has gone viral showing police officers brutally beating a university student. The 22-second clip recorded from a high-rise building on Monday shows four officers kicking, hitting and stamping on the said student who lied on the ground. The officers beat and kicked the student on the head, with the victim of the… Read More
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