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This week in business on The Morning Call, Amelia Martha Nakitimbo looks at Nigeria’s call for a delay in the launch of the West African single currency. The Nigerian Presidency in a tweet sent out on Monday “the convergence criteria between states” which have “not been met by the majority of countries.” Meeting the convergence criteria has been a sort… Read More

8 hours ago A military procession bearing the coffin of Kenya’s former President Daniel arap Moi got underway in Nairobi on Tuesday. Military bands marched ahead of his coffin, draped in the black, red and green colours of the Kenyan flag, as it made its way through the streets of the capital.The coffin was headed for the national stadium for… Read More

The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the group and the government announced Tuesday. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family told local media. He was globally known for his leadership of the choral group founded in 1964 that shot to world… Read More

Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday said the country shall ‘truly miss’ the country’s longest serving head of state Daniel Arap Moi, who died last week at the age of 95. Kenyatta, who was speaking at Moi’s burial, said he had been personally mentored by the statesman who succeeded his own father Jomo Kenyatta as president. ‘‘Moi held my hand… Read More

Genette Hofmann donated a small piece of her brain to science last month in Seattle, United States. The 57 year old woman discovered she needed an operation after her surgeon found the trigger for the epileptic seizures which have disrupted her life for 30 years. To get there, he teased out a small piece of healthy tissue, the size of… Read More

A great relief for African migrants on a ship that arrived in the port of Motril, Spain. The African migrants were rescued on Tuesday by the Spanish Navy after several hours at sea. Among them were women and children who have endured a lot while missing. We have been at sea for some time and it hasn’t been easy. We’ve… Read More

The government of Equatorial Guinea has described the conviction of its Vice President, Teodorin Obiang as an ‘‘unacceptable interference’‘ by a French court. In a press release published on Tuesday night, Malabo said it repulses acts of interference in its internal affairs by the French court. It added that the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea reserves the right… Read More

The President of the International Olympic Committee received the original manuscript of the Olympic Games manifesto drawn up in 1892 by Pierre de Coubertin. The document was given to him by Russian billionaire Alisher Ousmanov, President of the International Fencing Federation. The Russian acquired the manifesto for 8.8 million euros at an auction in New York last December. Thomas Bach,… Read More

Hours after the news broke that Sudan was ready to handover its former president Omar Al-Bashir to the Hague-based International Criminal Court, ICC, a journalist is reporting that the Transitional Council is united on Bashir facing justice but that it tilts more to him doing so in Sudan. Yusra Elbagir who extensively covered the protests that led to Bashir’s downfall… Read More

President of Somalia and its semi-autonomous region, Somaliland met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in what is the first major face-to-face talks between their leaders, the Voice of America’s Somali service reports. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo arrived in Addis Ababa last weeked to attend the 33rd African Union Summit whiles Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi also arrived on… Read More