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‘My son never felt safe and then he was shot dead’

July 27, 2022

On average nearly one person an hour is shot dead in South Africa, experts say. And the lived experience for some on the ground bears out the extent of gun violence. “Every night there are bullets. Shooting, every day,” said one resident of Soweto, who asked to remain anonymous. It was in this huge township […]Continue Reading

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Zimbabwe launches gold coins to tackle inflation

July 26, 2022

Zimbabwe’s central bank has launched gold coins in an effort to help curb soaring inflation amid a slump in the country’s currency. The central bank’s main interest rate was more than doubled this month to 200% after the annual rate of inflation rose above 190%. Each coin will be priced at the international market rate […]Continue Reading

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EU seeks to replace Russia gas with Nigeria gas

July 26, 2022

The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, deputy director general of the European Commission’s energy department, said on Saturday. Baldwin was speaking in Nigeria where he held meetings with officials from Africa’s largest oil producer this week. He was told that […]Continue Reading

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Russian pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe

July 21, 2022

Russia has restarted gas supplies to Europe through its biggest pipeline, Nord Stream 1, following a 10-day maintenance break. There had been fears Moscow may not have resumed the flow in response to EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the European Commission urged countries to cut gas use by 15% over the […]Continue Reading

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Twitter hits back at Elon Musk over breach of obligations

July 12, 2022

Twitter fired back at Elon Musk on Monday, accusing the world’s richest person of “knowingly” breaching an agreement to buy the social media firm. It comes days after the Tesla CEO sought to back out of the $44 billion deal, accusing Twitter of breaching its obligations under the merger agreement. In a letter sent to […]Continue Reading

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Ivory Coast rain helps early growth of cocoa main crop, farmers say

June 20, 2022

Heavy rain last week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions will boost the development of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season which runs from April to mid-November. Farmers said they expected the April-to-September mid-crop to finish strong, with a […]Continue Reading

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Ukraine war: Every bridge leading to key city Severodonetsk destroyed

June 14, 2022

All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible. Fierce fighting is taking place in the eastern city where Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery had driven its forces out of […]Continue Reading

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Dozens of wedding guests abducted in Nigeria

June 13, 2022

Gunmen have abducted at least 29 people in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara, police say. The victims were travelling back home from a wedding ceremony when the armed men ambushed a convoy of their vehicles. The victims were mostly mobile phone dealers from a popular market in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital – who […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria church attack: ‘Entire country in shock’ – Journalist

June 6, 2022

A Nigerian journalist has described the country as a nation in total shock following last Sunday’s church attack in Ondo state. Layo Olarinde, a correspondent for Channels TV who was speaking on JoySMS on Monday, June 6, said the attack was not expected. This, she explains, is a result of the peaceful nature of the […]Continue Reading

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US hospital shooting: Four killed and multiple injured

June 2, 2022

Four people have been killed in a shooting spree at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police say.  Officers confirmed that the suspected shooter, who was armed with a rifle and a handgun, was also dead. Police arrived at the scene on Wednesday afternoon at St Francis Hospital in three minutes – which they say ensured […]Continue Reading