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Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

SA pilots helping teens fly their jet die in plane crash

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Two South African pilots who played a key role in a project to have some teenagers build their own plane have died in a plane crash. The pilots died in a plane crash in western Tanzania, according to the organization running the project. Des Werner and Werner Froneman were in a support plane that was following the teenagers when it… Read More
Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Four killed in boat disaster on Volta Lake

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Four persons have been killed in a boat disaster in Eastern part of Ghana. Local media reported that those killed were among some eleven people who were traveling in a boat that capsized on the Volta Lake. Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization officials have told the media that the boat was traveling from Senchi to New Akrade when it overturned.… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenyan governors want cancer declared national disaster

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Governors in Kenya have joined the call for the government to declare cancer a national disaster. They have urged the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to make the declaration to help mobilize resources to deal with the disease. The council of governors Chairman Wycliffe Oparanya made the call on Saturday days after ordinary citizens staged a protest to make a similar… Read More
Africa North Africa Sudan World 

Sudan crisis: Factions agree on new transitional government

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Sudan’s military leaders have agreed on a deal with the main opposition coalition to make way for a new transitional government. The deal was struck on Saturday after lengthy negotiations, the African Union has said. Both factions have been negotiating for a new transitional government since April when longtime leader, Omar al-Bashir was toppled in a coup. The African Union… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Police to verify suspected bodies of kidnapped girls

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Police in Ghana on Friday night announced that they will be conducting a forensic test on the bodies suspected to be that of three kidnapped girls. Bodies suspected to be that of three girls who went missing in Western Ghana were found on Friday. The girls were reportedly kidnapped in the town of Takoradi last year. In a statement the police… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Bodies of 3 kidnapped girls found after search

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The bodies of the three girls who went missing in Western Ghana have been found. The girls were reportedly kidnapped in the town of Takoradi last year. Their bodies were retrieved from a manhole with signs suggesting massive sexual abuse. Police sources say a key suspect led the special operation team to the scene during the exercise. The three girls Ruthlove Quayson,… Read More
Africa East Africa Featured World 

Ugandan academic exposes breasts in protest at jail term

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A Ugandan academic will be spending 18 months in prison after a court sentenced her over some of her comments on Facebook about President Yoweri Museveni. In protest at her jail term, Stella Nyanzi exposed her breasts via a video link during Friday’s sentencing. Nyanzi was jailed for cyber harassment but activists say her sentencing undermines Uganda’s commitment to freedom… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenya’s cancer crisis: Citizens demand urgent action

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Kenya is getting overwhelmed by a surge in cancer related deaths and citizens are demanding urgent action. On Thursday hundreds of patients and service providers staged a protest in the capital Nairobi. They want the government to declare the disease a national disaster and allocate needed resources to fight it. At least 33,000 people die from cancer annually in Kenya.… Read More
Africa Central Africa Rwanda World 

Rwanda shuts border with DR Congo over Ebola outbreak

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Rwanda has now closed its border with DR Congo as it makes efforts to prevent any spread of Ebola into its territory. This closure is coming after at least two people died from the virus in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, near the Rwandan border. DR Congo’s presidency said on Thursday that Rwandan authorities closed the border between Goma… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenya: 57 students detained for watching porn

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57 secondary school students in Kenya were detained on Wednesday for watching pornographic content at a business area. Three shop-owners were also arrested for allowing the students into their premises and showing  them porn. According to a Kenyan official, the students detained were from three Nakuru schools. Nakuru East official James Kinari said “After a thorough investigation we discovered that… Read More
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