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Aid cuts and logistical challenges threaten humanitarian response
Ghana’s union of mineworkers delivered a petition to the central bank on Thursday to demand more than 380m cedis (R547.2m) they say they are owed, and that has been frozen since a clean-up of the financial sector
Zambian police have summoned for questioning opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who came second in last week’s election but alleges it was rigged to hand President Hakainde Hichilema a second term
President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa for a Bi-National Commission on Friday
The children were seized from their classrooms on May 15 in Mussa
Biya’s prolonged absence had fuelled widespread speculation about his health and capacity to govern
At least 50 bodies, mostly of children, have been recovered after an overloaded boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwest Sokoto state, local officials and residents said on Thursday.
Companies required to show that commodities are not linked to deforestation
A temporary fuel shortage at Windhoek’s airport could disrupt flights to Europe, Lufthansa’s Discover Airlines said on Thursday.
Business Day TV spoke to Ian van Rensburg, head of security engineering at Check Point Software Technologies
The AFC/M23 rebel alliance in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it will impose new restrictions on people’s movements to and from Ebola-affected government-held zones
People deported by the US to Liberia will mostly hail from Latin American countries including Cuba and Venezuela, Liberia’s information minister told Reuters, as authorities prepared to receive the first deportation flight on Thursday.
Early data shows South Africans and Zambians have a big appetite for the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection. But clinics don’t yet have enough doses for everyone who wants it
Some vow to return if conditions improve, others say never again
Brian Mundubile cites ‘serious irregularities’ and violence in presidential vote