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NAIROBI. — Kenya’s earnings from tourism rose 3,9 percent last year to 163,56 billion shillings, thanks to a slight increase in the number of visitors, its tourism minister said on Friday. The East African nation, which relies on tourism as a major source of foreign exchange and jobs, had 2,05 million tourists last year, an […]
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TRIPOLI.- The two sides in Libya’s civil war have accused the other of breaking an internationally brokered ceasefire within hours of it taking effect.
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JOHANNESBURG. — “Everything was perfect,” said Siphiwe “Shabba” Tshabalala following Kaizer Chiefs’ 50th birthday celebrations in which the club soared to a 3-0 Absa South African Premiership football win against Highlands Park on Wednesday evening. “The fans were magnificent, and the guys came to the party to book a win.” According to the club’s official […]
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JOHANNESBURG/KIGALI. - Rwanda on Wednesday hailed South Africa for enacting a law that bars refugees and asylum seekers from engaging in politics back home or in South Africa.
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NAIROBI. - Desert locusts that have ravaged north-eastern Kenya have made their way to Meru and Isiolo counties even as government officials downplayed their threat.
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ADDIS ABABA. - Ethiopia’s parliament passed legislation yesterday aimed at curbing gun ownership after a surge in regional ethnic violence blamed on a proliferation of small arms in private hands.
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The UK is expected to leave the European Union on January 31, 2020 – provided all the I’s are dotted and all the T’s are crossed. Back in June 2016, about 52 percent of British voters chose to leave the EU – what is commonly known as Brexit. This will make the UK the first […]
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KINSHASA. – Measles has killed more than 6 000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the world’s worst outbreak and nearly triple the toll in the country’s Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organisation has said. DRC declared its latest measles epidemic in June, and last September the country launched an emergency vaccination […]
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BENGHAZI. – East Libya-based forces said they carried out air strikes yesterday on a coastal road west of Sirte, a day after nine of their men were killed in a strike by rivals. The Libyan National Army (LNA) took control of Sirte, a strategically important city in the centre of Libya’s Mediterranean coastline, in a […]
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NAIROBI. — Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to pay official visits to Africa from January 7 to 13 as his first overseas visit in 2020, which will mark the 30th consecutive year since 1991 that a Chinese foreign minister has visited Africa at the start of every year. Such a well-kept […]
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TEHRAN. — Dozens of people were crushed to death in a stampede yesterday during a massive funeral procession for a top Iranian general assassinated in a US drone strike. The tragedy came as grieving crowds packed the hometown of Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani, a hugely popular figure in the Islamic republic. More than 50 […]
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The South African Police Services in Limpopo province says it has arrested a total of 271 border jumpers among them Zimbabweans andrecovered smuggled cigarettes worth R2, 2Million during the festive season operations that were conducted from 18 December to date. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said in a statement on […]
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The body of one of two Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers who went missing last week has been found between Spurwing and Long islands in Lake Kariba.
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AT least two Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers have gone missing and are feared dead after a tussle with suspected poachers in Lake Kariba.
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South Africa has extended operating hours to from 8am to 7pm at its Home Affairs offices to expedite the processing of documents for those intending to travell or registrar children ahead of school opening.