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Ethiopia’s central bank announced on Monday that it was easing curbs on its foreign exchange regime, a move which saw the value of the local currency slide by about 30 percent.The major reform was unveiled as the deeply indebted country awaits a multi-billion dollar deal on crucial funding from the International Monetary Fund after long …

Ethiopia currency slides as central bank eases forex curbsMon, 29 Jul 2024 08:13:02 GMT Read More »

A Guinea court will on Wednesday give a verdict in  the trial of ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara over a 2009 massacre in a stadium in which more than 150 people were killed and scores of women raped.On September 28, 2009, and in the days that followed, members of Camara’s presidential guard, soldiers, police and militia …

Guinea court verdict on stadium massacre trial due on WednesdayMon, 29 Jul 2024 05:19:05 GMT Read More »

The disciplinary committee of South Africa’s ruling ANC has decided to expel former president Jacob Zuma for leading a rival group into elections in May, several media reported Sunday, citing a leaked document.The decision, which has not been formally announced, was taken after disciplinary proceedings launched against the still-popular ex-leader earlier this month.”The charged member …

South Africa’s ANC to expel ex-president Zuma: mediaMon, 29 Jul 2024 00:25:48 GMT Read More »

A mainly Tuareg separatist coalition on Sunday claimed a major victory over Mali’s army and its Russian allies following three days of intense fighting in a district on the Algerian border.”Our forces decisively obliterated these enemy columns on Saturday,” said a statement by Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, spokesman for the CSP-DPA alliance.”A large amount of equipment …

Mali separatists claim major victory over army, Russian alliesSun, 28 Jul 2024 21:24:28 GMT Read More »

France has made a key gesture of remembrance for the dozens of African troops shot dead on French army orders in Senegal during World War II, a government official said Sunday, as Paris seeks to ease tensions with former colonies over historical memory.Six of the African soldiers — four from Senegal, one from Ivory Coast and …

France makes landmark gesture over WWII massacre of African troopsSun, 28 Jul 2024 20:33:14 GMT Read More »

Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour outshone gymnastics superstar Simone Biles on the uneven bars Sunday to qualify for the apparatus and the women’s all-around finals at the Paris Olympics.The 17-year-old French-born athlete earned an impressive 15.600 points for her bars routine — an acrobatic, gravity-defying performance full of technical skill and difficulty at Bercy Arena.China’s Qiu …

Algeria’s Nemour outshines Biles, Qui on uneven barsSun, 28 Jul 2024 15:09:10 GMT Read More »

Only two years ago, Abdesselam Ichou began growing cannabis legally as part of Morocco’s legalisation of the plant for medicinal and industrial uses in an impoverished part of the country.Now, he is among thousands of legal farmers whose area of cultivation has reached new highs and cut into the still-dominant illegal trade in Morocco, the …

In Morocco, cannabis growers come ‘out of the shadows’Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:06:32 GMT Read More »

Cocooned in white bags and nestled in the arms of volunteers, eight young rhim gazelles — an endangered species native to North Africa — have been transferred to an uninhabited Libyan island.Environmentalist hope their new home on Farwa island, near Tunisia, will be a haven for the vulnerable animal.Also known as Gazella leptoceros, or simply …

Endangered gazelles find Libyan ‘safe haven’Sun, 28 Jul 2024 02:59:49 GMT Read More »

South Africa said Saturday it would deport as soon as possible 95 Libyans arrested at a camp being investigated for running military-style training in violation of regulations.The men were arrested on Friday in a raid at the remote camp in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga that borders Mozambique and Eswatini.Police said the Libyans entered South …

S.Africa to expel 95 Libyans detained at military-style campSat, 27 Jul 2024 17:17:16 GMT Read More »