Tag Archives: Indepth Africa news

Come On Ethiopia: Come Home! Fisseha Tadesse Feleke

The word Ethiopia names a country. It also names a people, the great people of the country called Ethiopia. To say the same thing in other words, it names a nation, the great nation composed of the great men and … read more »

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Key note address by Fatou Bensouda of ICC at Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for being here today and thank you in particular to the Institute for Security Studies for so very kindly organising this important seminar. It is a great pleasure for me to talk to … read more »

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Nigeria: Lawmakers Overrule Sanusi On N5,000 Note

The Senate yesterday faulted the new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) currency policy and consequently asked it to stop the plan to introduce the N5,000 note immediately. The Senate also warned that no such policy that has far reaching implication … read more »

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Zimbabwe:Bodyguard’s death certificate leaked to counter Gono-Grace

Mugabe’s machinery kicked into gear this week as the death certificate of his late bodyguard Cain Chademana was leaked to online media in an effort to discredit newspaper claims his wife, Grace, was having an affair with the Reserve Bank … read more »

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Zimbabwe: DisGrace Mugabe tells her side of the Gideon Gono story

HELLO! My name is Grace Mugabe, first lady and loving wife of one of Africa’s longest serving democratic presidents, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. I realise I am a favourite target for South African newspapers. It is a pity my husband’s government … read more »

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Zimbabweans in UK say ‘Don’t send us back to Mugabe’

Zimbabwean exiles in the UK are to stage a demonstration against deportations at a meeting to be addressed by a senior Home Office official at Lancaster House in London on Wednesday, 27th October. Ironically it was at Lancaster House that … read more »

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Haiti cholera toll tops 250, seen stabilizing

A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak is likely to widen, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday. “We must gear up for … read more »

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Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe’s wife has affair with his best friend

When President Robert Mugabe’s younger sister, Sabina, died in Harare after a short illness, pictures showed the 86-year-old president looking devastated at her funeral. * Dictator shattered by discovery * The trusted guard who spilled the beans has died suddenly … read more »

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Benin Floods: 43 dead and 100,000 homeless

Flooding in the African nation of Benin has led to the deaths of at least 43 people and left about 98,000 people homeless. Nearly 360,000 people have been affected by the rains and floods, the United Nations said Monday. A … read more »

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