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SA on Afghan refugees, Akon’s $6bn Senegalese city: Here are your top news headlines

From singer Akon’s $6 billion futuristic Senegalese city still yet to be constructed, a year after he laid the... Read more

3 Sep, 2021

Dar es Salaam – The gunman who killed four people in Tanzania’s financial capital Dar es Salaam last week... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Cairo – Egypt said on Wednesday it plans to manufacture one billion doses a year of China’s Sinovac vaccine, claiming... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Yaounde – A Catholic priest who was kidnapped by separatists last weekend in Cameroon’s troubled anglophone region has been released,... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Mbodiene – A year after singer Akon laid the first stone of the $6 billion futuristic city he vowed... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Cairo – Egypt signed a $4.45-billion contract on Wednesday with a consortium including Siemens to construct a high-speed electric... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Juba – Two employees of a South Sudan pro-democracy group were arrested on Wednesday, the non-profit’s chief said, warning of... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Bunia – Suspected jihadists killed four people and burnt up to 14 vehicles of a convoy under military escort... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria... Read more

2 Sep, 2021

Abidjan – Outrage persisted on Wednesday in Ivory Coast two days after a TV host laughingly encouraged a convicted rapist... Read more

2 Sep, 2021