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PRESIDENT-elect Uhuru Kenyatta will be sworn in on April 9 if the Supreme Court upholds his victory. Article 141 (2) (b) of the constitution says if the court upholds the election of a president, the swearing in of the president-elect … read more »
By Ameh Comrade Godwin , dailypost Residents of Malumfashi local government area of Kastina state were on Tuesday thrown into confusion following the mysterious birth of a baby with two heads by a 19-year-old housewife, Zainab Dahiru. It was … read more »
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Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon’s president has ordered that tight security measures be used to rescue the seven French tourists kidnapped by armed gunmen in the West African nation’s northern region. A ministry statement late Tuesday said the president … read more »
BLANTYRE, (AP) Public workers in Malawi, on strike demanding a 67 percent pay hike, have threatened to close the country’s airports. The government says it doesn’t have the money to meet the demands. “If government does not respond positively to … read more »
Echoing the stand taken by the Cabinet, the Federation of Kenya Employers says the public wage bill still needs to be reduced further following the release of a new pay structure by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) on Tuesday. … read more »
An Ethiopian housemaid murdered her Saudi employer by stabbing him in the neck and other parts of his body before attacking his little son and inflicting serious injuries on him, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Wednesday. The … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Apartment, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Jeddah, Maid, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Stabbing, Travel and Tourism, Tuesday
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The results of a government survey show that over half of the population of South Africa lives in poverty in the wealthiest African nation. The national agency Statistics South Africa conducted the survey in 2009 and released the results on … read more »
More than 150 Tunisians have been injured, 13 critically, in clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding the release prisoners detained detained during the country’s 2011 uprising. On Wednesday, clashes broke out between security forces and Tunisian protesters as riot … read more »
opinion Photo: White House:Pete Souza President Barack Obama speaks to the crowd at the departure ceremony at Accra airport in Ghana, July 11, 2009. I could not turn down the invitation to comment on this subject and express my personal … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Republicans, Tuesday, United States, United States presidential election
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Police hunting for the killers of 26 people in a college residence in northeast Nigeria said they had raided houses and made a number of arrests on Wednesday. The attackers went from room to room in the building in the … read more »
The United States is deploying a US Marine anti-terrorism team to Libya to bolster security after a deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, a US defense official said Wednesday. “The Marines are sending a FAST (Fleet Antiterrorism Security … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Benghazi, Libya, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, September 11 attacks, Tuesday, United States, United States Marine Corps
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Nigeria’s former power minister, who resigned after reports he part owned a company involved in bidding for state electricity assets, said on Wednesday he had stepped down to protect the integrity of himself and the president, but denied wrongdoing. The … read more »
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigerians, Nnaji, President of the United States, Transparency International, Tuesday
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ACCRA — Ghana will hold a state funeral service and burial for late president John Atta Mills on August 10 after his death this week following an illness, the government announced on Friday. The funeral “will take place in Accra … read more »
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His fame and financial breakthrough pushed him into having up to six wives. His love for sex equally contributed to his patronage of the most beautiful girls in Ugbugbu Owukpa, Ogbadibo Local government area of Benue State in Nigeria where … read more »
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At least 15 people have been killed dead after an earthquake struck northern Italy on Tuesday. Authorities said seven people are still missing. As many as two hundred have been injured. The 5.8 tremor happened in the Emilia-Romagna region. The … read more »
Students at one of Nigeria’s oldest universities protested a presidential announcement renaming the school Tuesday, saying that while the institution has been neglected, its name is still a famous brand they want to hang on to. President Goodluck Jonathan announced … read more »
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Tagged Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, Lagos, Moshood Abiola University, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, Nigeria, Tuesday, UNILAG, University of Lagos
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Yenagoa – Nigeria’s military has arrested 21 Ghanaians and five Nigerians for alleged oil theft as they operated two vessels in the country’s main crude-producing region, authorities said on Tuesday. The two vessels had a capacity of 650 000 metric … read more »
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Kano – Nigerian police have arrested a man who allegedly acted as an explosives supplier to Islamist group Boko Haram, authorities announced Wednesday, after a fresh upsurge in attacks. Ayuba Usman was arrested on Tuesday at his shop in a … read more »
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Mali’s military leaders say they are still in control of the capital, Bamako, after an attempted counter-coup by forces loyal to ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure. The secretary to Captain Amadou Sanogo, leader of the March 22 coup, told VOA … read more »
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Lagos – Authorities on Tuesday shut Nigeria’s oldest university after a two-day protest by students over poor infrastructure in the institution, students and teachers said. Authorities shut down for two weeks the University of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria after students … read more »
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Addis Ababa – The African Union has given Sudan and South Sudan three months to reach a peace deal or face “appropriate measures,” an AU official said on Tuesday. The AU’s security organ urged both sides to reach a deal … read more »
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Bamako – Mali authorities have named Cheick Modibo Diarra, Microsoft Corp’s chair for Africa, as interim prime minister charged with helping to restore civilian rule to the West African country after last month’s coup. The appointment of Diarra, a former … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Mali, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Cheick Modibo Diarra, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Microsoft, NASA, Reuters, Tuesday, West Africa
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The report of the fuel subsidy probe will feature prominently on the agenda of the House of Representatives as the lawmakers reconvene on Tuesday after a two-week Easter vacation. Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the House might list the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Arunma Oteh, Farouk Lawan, House, house of representatives, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, Subsidy, Tuesday
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Banjul – Gambian police arrested 15 men “suspected of homosexuality” at a bar in a suburb of the capital Banjul, police sources told AFP on Tuesday. The men, all Gambians except one Senegalese, were arrested late on Monday when police … read more »
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Mali’s deposed leader Amadou Toumani Touré finally broke his silence Wednesday, reassuring the public that he is not in detention. In phone calls with reporters from an undisclosed location, Touré said he is in Mali and is free. He told … read more »
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Cairo – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday it recognised its demand to sack Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri’s cabinet is unlikely to be heeded by the ruling generals but that it did not want a standoff with the army, toning … read more »
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Harare – An alliance of Zimbabwean human rights groups says they fear a veteran rights activist has been abducted after being last seen weeks ago. The Solidarity Peace Trust said on Tuesday that Paul Chizuze was last seen in his … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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By Tonny Singoro The president of Uganda’s Forum for Democratic Change, Kizza Besigye, was hospitalised Tuesday when a political rally was dispersed by police in Kampala. A women MP, Sempalla Nabila, was taken to hospital after passing out after police … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged Besigye, Erias Lukwago, Forum for Democratic Change, Kalerwe, Kampala, Kizza Besigye, Tuesday, Uganda
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Johannesburg – A cholera epidemic has spread to nine out of 11 provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN said the spread was “worrisome” as the epidemic had so far killed … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bunia, Cholera, Democratic Republic of Congo, Drinking water, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Republic of Congo, Tuesday, United Nations
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Maiduguri – Authorities say soldiers have found and safely detonated a car bomb in a northeast Nigeria city that’s the spiritual home to a radical Islamist sect. Military spokesperson Colonel Victor Ebhaleme told journalists on Wednesday that soldiers discovered the … read more »
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