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Ghana gets deal on foreign debt restructuring

Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with two bondholder groups to restructure some $13bn of international debt, a negotiating group said Monday, marking a key step in the country’s economic recovery

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Ghana’s cocoa farmers turn to smuggling as currency falls

Ghanaian cocoa farmer Isaac Antwi says he has to smuggle his beans to Ivory Coast to sell them at a decent profit even as international prices for the commodity recently surged. He

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Kenya’s Ruto ready for ‘conversation’ with protesters

Kenya’s President William Ruto said Sunday that he was ready for “a conversation” with thousands of “peaceful” young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations this week to oppose proposed tax increases. Organised on

3 days ago

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A butcher is seen at work on a piece of game meat as carcasses hang at an abattoir in Bela Bela, on April 22, 2024. - Carcasses of impala, kudu and wildebeest hung from a slaughterhouse rail, ready to be turned into steaks, sausages and burger patties of the kind South Africa would like to see on dinner tables. The abattoir in Bela Bela, north of Johannesburg, is one of a few dedicated to game meat, an untapped sector authorities say can create jobs and, perhaps counter-intuitively, help preserve wildlife while pleasing the palates of climate- and health-conscious meat eaters. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

S.Africa to dish up more zebra to boost jobs and conservation

Carcasses of impala, kudu and wildebeest hang from a slaughterhouse rail, ready to be turned into steaks, sausages and burger patties of the kind South Africa wants to see more of on

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A Kenyan Police officer fires a tear gas canister towards protesters during a demonstration against tax hikes as members of the Parliament vote the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairoibi, on June 20, 2024. - Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on June 20, 2024 to protest contentious tax hikes, with police deploying tear gas and water cannon in the capital Nairobi. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)

Two dead in Kenya youth protests

A 21-year-old man has died after being hit by a tear gas canister during protests in Kenya this week, a human rights official and the victim’s relative said Saturday, in the second

4 days ago

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Kagame defends Rwandan democracy as election campaign kicks off

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame defended his country’s democratic credentials as campaigning opened Saturday for the July 15 presidential election, with the incumbent widely expected to extend his 24-year iron-fisted rule over the

4 days ago

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Mauritanian president calls on West African states to ally against jihadism

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani called on West African countries to come together in the face of jihadism, in an interview with AFP ahead of the country’s presidential vote. “The

4 days ago

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DR Congo militia kills more than 20 in village raid

Militia fighters on Friday killed more than 20 civilians in a village in the gold-rich Ituri province in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources said. The sources blamed the Cooperative for

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Niger authorities confirm sabotage of oil pipeline by rebels

Niger’s military rulers have confirmed the sabotage of an oil pipeline carrying crude oil to neighbouring Benin after a rebel movement seeking the release of the country’s president claimed responsibility for the

4 days ago

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Sierra Leone bans child marriage following campaigns by girls

Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children International joined a campaign to criminalise the widespread practice. The Prohibition of

5 days ago

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A protester throws back a tear gas canister at Kenyan anti-riot police officers during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament continue to debate the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on June 20, 2024. - Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on June 20, 2024 to protest contentious tax hikes, with police deploying tear gas and water cannon in the capital Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

One dead after tax protests in Kenyan capital Thursday

A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations against proposed tax hikes in the Kenyan capital, police said Friday, with the mounting protest a day earlier also leaving 200 people injured.

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Africa

Ghana gets deal on foreign debt restructuring

Ghana’s cocoa farmers turn to smuggling as currency falls

Kenya’s Ruto ready for ‘conversation’ with protesters

S.Africa to dish up more zebra to boost jobs and conservation

Two dead in Kenya youth protests

Kagame defends Rwandan democracy as election campaign kicks off

Mauritanian president calls on West African states to ally against jihadism

DR Congo militia kills more than 20 in village raid

Niger authorities confirm sabotage of oil pipeline by rebels

Sierra Leone bans child marriage following campaigns by girls

One dead after tax protests in Kenyan capital Thursday

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