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16 are dead and dozens are hurt after a bus flips on a highway in South Africa
South African Transport Minister Barbra Creecy said she was “extremely concerned” since this was the third serious bus accident in the past week. She has instructed the Road Traffic Management ...
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US agency for African development will ask court to prevent its closure
WASHINGTON (AP) — A small U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses is expected in court on Tuesday to fight for control over its operations and existence. The U.S. African ...
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A boat capsizes in Congo and 25 are dead, many of them soccer players
Deadly boat accidents are common in the central African country, where late-night travels and overcrowded vessels are often blamed. Authorities have struggled to enforce maritime regulations.
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Rwanda-backed rebels claim to have seized second Congo airport in advance east towards Bukavu
The town is 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Kavumu airport. African leaders to hold summit The U.N. refugee agency said Friday that hundreds of thousands of displaced people are now in overcrowded ...
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South Africa-EU summit centers on boosting trade and diplomatic ties as both feel Trump’s impact
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Senior European Union officials were in South Africa for a summit Thursday with President Cyril Ramaphosa that centers on bolstering trade and diplomatic ties as ...
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Judges finds a huge reduction in staff and funding would be legal at African development agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday found that removing most grants and most staff from a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses would be legal. U.S. District ...
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Judge stops immediate shutdown of small US agency for African development
A judge barred the Trump administration on Thursday from immediately moving to shut down a small federal agency that supports investment in African countries on Thursday. U.S. District Judge ...
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The US is missing again as G20 finance chiefs meet in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked ...
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A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women’s long wait for absent men
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands ...
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Suspected Somali pirates abandon Yemeni fishing boat they seized off Horn of Africa
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have fled a Yemeni fishing boat they seized off the Horn of Africa and operated for five days, authorites said Monday. In a statement ...
KOB 44d
US agency for African development asks court to prevent its closure
WASHINGTON (AP) — A small U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses went to court Tuesday to fight for control over its operations and existence. The U.S. African Development ...