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Petrol prices surge in Nigeria after subsidy move

AFP , Wednesday 31 May 2023 The price of petrol in Nigeria tripled at government-run stations on Wednesday, two days after newly-elected President Bola Tinubu announced he would scrap fuel subsidies in his first move after taking office. His announcement was followed by confusion as to when the measure would take place. The previous government…

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ANC’s Mashatile cautions against rushing from coal power to renewable energy

African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Paul Mashatile said while the country was committed to the implementation of the just energy transition plan, this should be done periodically, without disrupting the power supply. Ndaedzo Nethonzhe | 30 May 2023 19:42 JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Paul Mashatile has cautioned against rushing from coal-fired…

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Ama Ata Aidoo: Ghana’s famous author and feminist dies

One of Africa’s most-celebrated authors and playwrights, Ghanaian Ama Ata Aidoo, has died aged 81. A renowned feminist, she depicted and celebrated the condition of African women in works such as The Dilemma of a Ghost, Our Sister Killjoy and Changes. She opposed what she described as a “Western perception that the African female is…

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The Ugandan baseballer pitching for the big league

By Rédaction Africanews The baseball pitch is shared with grazing cows, but the rustic conditions are no distraction for Ugandan major league hopeful Dennis Kasumba. The 18-year-old is off to play in a top-flight amateur baseball league in America this summer, the chance of a lifetime for an orphan raised in a slum who dreams…

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ICC’s Khan calls for ‘new way’ to tackle DR Congo war crimes

By Rédaction Africanews The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan called on Monday for “a new way of working” to tackle war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Armed groups have plagued much of mineral-rich eastern DRC for three decades, a legacy of regional wars that flared in the 1990s and 2000s, and…

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Djibouti and France launch review of their defense agreement

By Rédaction Africanews On Tuesday, France and Djibouti launched a review of the defense agreement between Paris and this strategically located country on the Horn of Africa. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu received Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan, Minister of Defense, in…

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C.Africa president calls referendum on new constitution

By Africanews with AFP President Faustin Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic said Tuesday that he would call a referendum on a new constitution that would allow him to seek a new term. “I have decided… to submit this project for a new constitution to a referendum,” he said in an address to the…

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Displaced Sudanese in Wad Madani groan over lack of cash

By Rédaction Africanews Some Sudanese people who had fled home due to the fighting that erupted in Khartoum last month, ended up living in a center for the displaced in Wad Madani, some 186 kilometers south of Khartoum. The Shaimaa shelter accommodates families through youth-led initiatives that have spread information online to help people find…

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South Africa: opposition seeks to prevent Putin visit

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP South Africa’s main opposition party said on Tuesday that it had taken legal action to ensure that Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he set foot in the country, where he is due to attend a summit in August. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is asking the courts for “an order”…

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It’s time for Africa’s partners to get serious about the AfCFTA

It has become quite fashionable, whenever the African continent is mentioned by development partners, to talk about the African Continental Free Trade Area. This is rightly so: the AfCFTA is potentially game-changing for the continent, and is the world’s largest free trade area by numbers of countries. The AfCFTA now covers a market of 1.2…