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Zimbabwe to roll out new bank notes in November

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Zimbabwe’s central bank has said that the country’s new bank notes and coins will be in circulation in November this year. The Zimbabwe dollar currency was re-introduced this year after the country abandoned the US dollar as its official currency. This was to stabilize Zimbabwe’s economy which is still struggling to survive and currently in crisis. Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa… Read More
Africa Cameroon Central Africa World 

Cameroon: 22 killed, dozens trapped underground in deadly landslide

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Heavy downpour has led to a deadly landslide in Bafoussam in western Cameroon some 200 km (120 miles) north of its main port city of Douala. Local media reports of at least twenty-two deaths with dozens still trapped underground. 120 people are reportedly to be living in the said community affected by this disaster. Rescue efforts are still ongoing following… Read More
Pacific 

India should ‘unlock’ freedom curbs in disputed Kashmir, urges UN human rights chief

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The appeal over the territory – which both India and Pakistan claim as sovereign – follows months of escalating tensions linked to earlier suicide attacks and the Indian Government’s decision in August to revoke majority-Muslim Kashmir’s special status, which for decades had allowed it partial autonomy. At the time of the Indian Government decision, five UN-appointed independent rights experts warned… Read More
Africa Central Africa Rwanda World 

Rwanda is first African country to launch Volkswagen electric cars

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German car producer Volkswagen has teamed up with Siemens to launch electric vehicles in Rwanda. The launch on Tuesday is part of the e-Golf project, making Rwanda the first African country where Volkswagen is testing electric cars. During Tuesday’s launch four of the electric cars were unveiled and available on the local market. The e-golf cars are now being rolled… Read More
Africa Business Gambia West Africa World 

Pictures: How fire destroyed Gambia’s major industrial area

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One of Gambia’s major industrial areas outside the capital, Banjul has been destroyed by fire with traders losing millions of dollars’ worth of goods. Many of the traders were left in tears after the fire outbreak which happened on Sunday evening, according to eyewitnesses. Some of the shops that were destroyed by fire. Photo: Facebook/EYE Africa TV Online According to… Read More
Africa Featured Gambia West Africa World 

Rival Jammeh allies reconcile at truth commission hearing

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Two ex-allies of former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh have now reconciled after appearing before the truth and reconciliation commission in Banjul. Former Junta members Sanna Sabbaly and Edward Singhateh who helped Jammeh topple a democratically elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara in 1994 had been bitter rivals for years. Sanna Sabally and Edward Singhateh were both alleged of many atrocities… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambians angry as court okays mining in a prime national park

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Zambian residents have been left fuming following the decision by the high court, to allow a mining company to carry out large scale mining activities in one of the country’s highly valued national parks, the Lower Zambezi. Most are determined to fight it, with activities to that effect already in motion. The National Park has been a subject of a… Read More
Africa Botswana Southern Africa World 

Why Botswana is ancestral homeland of all humans alive

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Modern-day Botswana has been settled on as the ancestral homeland of all humans alive today, according to a team of researchers. In a new study published in the journal Nature, scientists said they analysed mitochondrial DNA – genetic information that gets passed down the female line – from more than 1,200 people across myriad populations in Africa. The researchers said in… Read More
Africa West Africa World 

Guinea Bissau President ‘sacks his government’

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President of Guinea Bissau Jose Mario Vaz on Monday sacked his entire government. He said the sacking was “with immediate effect.” The President’s decision was read out on national radio. President Vaz justified the sacking of the government saying it was as a result of a “serious political crisis” in the country. The radio announcement said the president considers the… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Uganda: Bobi Wine ridicules Museveni’s ‘man of ghetto’ tag

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Uganda’s opposition politician Bobi Wine has ridiculed President Yoweri Museveni’s move to win the support of young people. President Museveni over the weekend visited the Kibuye and Katwe settlements in the capital Kampala to launch a savings and loans project for the youth. During that visit a picture of him standing by a mural depicting him as a ‘Man of… Read More
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