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Nigerian bank launches Africa-China banking centre in Lagos

Friday, November 23, 2018

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Botswana president highlights private sector’s role in economic growth

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has passed a string of reforms since coming to power in April. / Internet photo

Ethiopia arrests former deputy spy chief Yared Zerihun

Friday, November 16, 2018

Unlawful detention facility.

Ethiopia arrests 63 suspected of rights abuses, corruption

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

An M-Pesa agency in Nairobi. Net photo

Africa’s dominant mobile money service is going global

Monday, November 12, 2018

Rescue workers carry an unidentified man injured from the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, on Friday. Net photo.

Death toll from Somalia hotel attack rises to 39

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Kalisimbi Volcano in Rwanda is one of East African volcanoes. Sam Ngendahimana.

East Africa’s volcanoes are a major hazard but also a huge renewable energy source

Friday, November 09, 2018

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Ethiopian PM says military reform to embrace cyber security, space force

Thursday, November 08, 2018

Staff work at a polling station for the first round of the presidential election in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Nov. 7, 2018. Madagascar kicked off its first round of the presidential election on Wednesday to select their future leader for the next five years.

Presidential election kicks off in Madagascar

Thursday, November 08, 2018

Work in progress: Researchers work on malaria vaccines. Net photo.

African scientists are closer than ever to developing a malaria vaccine

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

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Egypt court orders execution of 8 defendants over terror charges

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

South Sudanu2019s President Salva Kiir (right) talks to Sudanu2019s President Omar al-Bashir after signing a cease fire and power sharing agreement with South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar in Khartoum, in August. Net photo.

South Sudan to mediate peace talks between Sudan, rebels

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

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East African countries urged to engage youth in regional decision-making body

Monday, November 05, 2018

Victims of ethnic violence in Jonglei state, South Sudan, wait in line to receive emergency food rations at the World Food Program distribution centre in Pibor. Net photo.

South Sudan to probe inter-ethnic skirmishes in Jonglei state

Monday, November 05, 2018

Innovating the future: African scientists in a laboratory. Net photo.

Africa’s future needs better research culture, and not just for scientists

Monday, November 05, 2018

Policemen stand beside the microbus which carried Coptic Christians when gunmen opened fire in Menyia, on Friday. Net photo.

Egypt says 19 militants killed in security operation after attack on Christians

Monday, November 05, 2018

South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product. Net photo.

South Africans make bricks from human urine

Saturday, November 03, 2018

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At least 15 killed, 20 injured in South Sudan’s Jonglei state in tribal fighting

Friday, November 02, 2018

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South Sudan rebel leader Machar returns to mark peace deal

Thursday, November 01, 2018

Kigalisu2019 central business district. File.

Africa’s smaller economies are leading business reforms on the continent

Thursday, November 01, 2018