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African journalist fears assassination by UK-backed police unit

A top investigative journalist in Kenya fears that British-backed police have placed him on their “kill list”, making him a “dead man walking”. Mohammed ‘Moha’ Ali, 35, has spent years exposing extra-judicial killings by Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). He also revealed
March 2, 2017
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Africa’s most depressed nations

According to a report, titled Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders – Global Health Estimates, released last week by the World Health Organization conducted in 2015 here are the countries in Africa with the most cases of depression Djibouti; 5.1 percent of
March 2, 2017
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Opinion: Why President Mugabe is right on succession in Zimbabwe

Although birthday parties are supposed to be apolitical, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s have always been lavish, partisan and highly political commemorations. Last week’s bash marking the veteran leader’s 93rd birth anniversary was no different and, not surprisingly, the party drew plenty of
March 2, 2017
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Teenager Reveals Why She Refused to Bomb Innocent People

Amina Yusuf, a teenager paraded by the military on Wednesday in Maiduguri said she failed to detonate her explosive because she was against the Boko Haram sect. The 17-year-old told newsmen that she was abducted five years ago, alongside her parents, in
March 1, 2017
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Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe for Presidency

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marked his 93rd birthday last week by squashing any thought he plans to resign or not seek re-election. “If I feel that I can’t do it anymore, I’ll say so to my party so that they relieve me,”
March 1, 2017
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Zimbabwe First lady WhatsApp messages exposed

THE nasty fight between First Lady Grace Mugabe and Lebanese businessman, Ahmed Jamal, over a $1,35 million diamond ring, has taken a new twist with threatening WhatsApp chats between the two submitted in court as exhibits. BY CHARLES LAITON In the chats,
March 1, 2017
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President Mugabe crushes Mnangagwa dream

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday made his most unequivocal response yet to growing calls within his Zanu PF party to hand the baton to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he will not choose a successor in a thinly-veiled attack on his long-time associate. By
March 1, 2017