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South Africa may sponsor Tottenham Hotspur in 48 million euro deal

By Rédaction Africanews with AP South Africa is pursuing a sponsorship deal with Premier League club Tottenham, following in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates, Rwanda, Malta and others who have used the world’s biggest soccer league to promote their countries. The Ministry of Tourism said on Wednesday it was looking to conclude a…

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Regional African leaders urge immediate cease-fire in eastern DR Congo

AP , AFP , Saturday 4 Feb 2023 Regional heads of state have called for an immediate cease-fire by all parties in eastern Congo, where tensions have grown amid talk of war as DR Congo and neighboring Rwanda trade allegations of backing armed rebels. The communique issued Saturday at the end of an East African…

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2023 World cancer day: Nigerians celebrate with 5km walk

As the rest of the world marks 2023 world cancer day celebration, in Abuja, Nigeria a group held an annual 5km walk awareness campaign. Since 2015, Pink Blue has been hosting this project an initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control. With this year’s theme “closing the care gap”, the group, appeals for…

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Pope urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan

AFP , Sunday 5 Feb 2023 Pope Francis appealed Sunday to the people of South Sudan to lay down their “weapons of hatred” at an open-air mass on the final day of his pilgrimage to a country blighted by violence and poverty. Large crowds of ecstatic worshippers streamed into the John Garang Mausoleum in the capital…

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Ethiopia’s Orthodox church criticises PM amid tensions

Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa The top leadership, or synod, of Ethiopia’s Orthodox church, the largest religious denomination in the country, has threatened to call nationwide rallies to be led by its patriarch, Abuna Mathias. The church has criticised Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent statements regarding rogue clergy involved in the appointment of bishops…

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Dead chickens and decomposing bodies: Inside South Africa’s power blackout ‘pandemic’

By Rebecca Trenner, CNN Johannesburg, South AfricaCNN — Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to life under South Africa’s power blackouts. Last week the grim extent of the outages was laid bare when South Africans were advised to bury dead loved ones within four days. In a public statement, the…

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Errors found in Mozambique textbooks despite assurance

Jose Tembe BBC News, Maputo Errors have been detected in Mozambique textbooks for the second year despite recent assurances by the education ministry that it would not happen again. Some errors were reported in Grade Six books last year – and this year the irregularities have surfaced in textbooks for the fifth and eighth grades….

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Pope meets young people in landmark DR Congo visit

AFP , Thursday 2 Feb 2023 Young people packing a stadium in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa erupted in joy on Thursday as Pope Francis entered in his popemobile, on the third day of his trip to the country. The Argentine pontiff arrived at the Martyrs’ stadium around 9:00 am local time (0800 GMT), offering greetings and…

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African state Chad to open embassy in Israel

AP , Wednesday 1 Feb 2023 Chad will open an embassy in Tel Aviv, four years after the countries restored diplomatic relations, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said Wednesday. Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the embassy would be inaugurated on Thursday as part of Chadian President Mahamat Deby’s state visit to Israel. Netanyahu visited the central African state…

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Egypt assumes chairmanship of UN African Group in New York

Habiba Hamdy , Thursday 2 Feb 2023 Egypt’s permanent delegation to the United Nations received on Thursday the rotating chairmanship of the UN African Group in New York for February 2023, following the end of the Senegalese presidency of the group for January 2023, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry said. “It is my pleasure…