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Robert Mugabe (93) Kick-Starts 2018 Presidential Campaign

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s factionalised party is set to embark on nationwide presidential campaigns for the aged Zimbabwean leader who will face the stiffest challenge to his decades-long stranglehold on power. Amid the divisions rattling the ruling party Zanu-PF, the nonagenarian leader,
April 13, 2017

Nigeria President vows to sustain war against corruption

The Nigerian government has said it was not to be discouraged by the recent setbacks in the war against corruption, promising that the serial negative outcome of corruption cases that were recorded at the high court level would not dampen the anti-graft
April 12, 2017

United Political parties stage anti-Zuma protests in South Africa

Thousands and thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the South African capital Pretoria for protests urging the South African President Jacob Zuma to step down. Wednesday’s march to Union Buildings, the official seat of government, was organized by a coalition of opposition
April 12, 2017

BREAKING: Progeria teen Ontlametse Phalatse dies

Ontlametse Phalatse, one of two South African girls living with the rare genetic disorder Progeria has died . Phalatse who suffered from Progeria a rare genetic disorder which causes premature aging died on Tuesday night at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in Ga-Rankuwa.
April 12, 2017

Ghana seeks to develop next generation of young readers

Michael Sarpong Bruce They are young, live in deprived communities in the West African nation praised for its stable democracy, but they have poor reading and comprehension skills. An early grade reading assessment report released by the Ghana Education Service in 2014,
April 11, 2017

Elephants die from eating waste paper

VICTORIA Falls Municipality has commissioned an electric fence around a dumpsite to keep away wildlife from scavenging on litter after wildlife activists and environmentalists reported that eight elephants died from eating plastic waste last year. Organisations such as Environment and Green Fund
April 6, 2017
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