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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has arrived in Nigeria for a business research trip. According to a press release from his company: Zuckerberg is in Nigeria to Read more
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb claimed by al Shabaab Islamist militants killed five soldiers outside the president’s palace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Read more
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisair, Tunisia’s state-owned carrier, plans to lay off 1,000 employees or more than 12 percent of its full-time workforce, as part of Read more
By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon opposition candidate Jean Ping called on President Ali Bongo on Monday to “acknowledge his defeat” in Saturday’s Read more
GENEVA — A new report finds economic and social discrimination against women is costing Africa more than $100 billion a year. The U.N. Development Program’s Read more
HARARE/JOHANNESBURG — The grievances of the opposition protesters who marched in Zimbabwe’s capital Friday can be summed up in one word: In the Shona language, zvakwana, Read more
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit $30 billion in public Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s rand and bonds rallied on Friday as soft economic growth data in the United States ahead of a speech by Read more
By Isaack Omulo NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya has arrested three top members of its Olympic committee, a Reuters witness said, after mismanagement of the contingent Read more
By Mfuneko Toyana JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition the Democratic Alliance (DA) called on Friday for an urgent parliamentary meeting to work out Read more
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe warned protesters on Friday there would be no “Arab Spring” in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended Read more
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police on Friday fired tear gas at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators as a protest against President Read more
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday he backed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan but was powerless to stop a police investigation Read more
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants attacked a beach restaurant in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, with gunmen raiding Read more
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will head a commission to discuss ethnic conflict and clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the government and the foundation Read more
JOHANNESBURG — A young South African is winning widespread recognition for his unique business in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Jeffrey Mulaudzi takes tourists on bicycle rides through Read more
NAIROBI — Police in Burundi arrested eight people Saturday for allegedly circulating defamatory anti-government statements on social media. The Burundi case is not unique. The Read more
ZURICH (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics watchdog has opened formal proceedings against ex-South Africa football chief Kirsten Nematandani and two other functionaries over alleged violations connected Read more
By Gift Sukhala HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police used teargas, water cannon and batons on Wednesday to disperse opposition youths who demonstrated in the capital Read more
South Africa’s governing ANC party has lost control of the country’s largest city and economic centre, Johannesburg. The city council elected as mayor Herman Mashaba Read more
By TJ Strydom JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Africa’s largest retailer Shoprite Holdings reported a 17 percent jump in full-year profit on Tuesday, shrugging off competition in Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is evaluating Ghana’s fiscal outlook for the rest of 2016 and will consider the third review of Read more
Sun International joins South African exodus from Nigeria * South African hotel, gaming group ends Nigerian ambitions * Weak economy, shareholder dispute weighed on business Read more
By Lesley Wroughton NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he and regional states were committed to giving momentum to Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan foreign minister Amina Mohamed said on Monday she wanted a Security Council-sanctioned U.N. protection force to be deployed in South Sudan Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African mobile phone company MTN Group will sell shares worth 9.9 billion rand ($729 million), a 4 percent stake, to black Read more
In January, a Tanzanian student was assaulted and partially stripped by a mob in the southern Indian city of Bangalore after a Sudanese student’s car Read more
An Islamist rebel has said he will plead guilty to destroying religious and cultural sites in the Malian city of Timbuktu, prosecutors at the International Read more
Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city’s Read more
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide car bomb went off at the local government headquarters in Somalia’s Galkayo town in the semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, Read more
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