MICHELLE OBAMA, DAUGHTERS IN AFRICA TO PUSH GIRLS’ EDUCATION
America’s First lady, Michelle Obama, visited a leadership camp for girls in Liberia to launch her latest Africa visit on…
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Category Archives: As it Happens
As it Happens
Ugandan officers held over ‘assassination plot’ Police confirm arrest of 30 military officers for 'rebel, subversive activities'
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Thirty officers from Uganda’s military were arrested Sunday over purported involvement in subversive activities, including an…
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Gambia: UN adviser condemns President’s reported threats against ethnic group
NEW YORK, 10 June 2016 – PRN Africa — The United Nations Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention…
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Ban ‘shocked’ at scale of grave violations against children detailed in latest report
NEW YORK – PRN Africa — In his annual report on children and armed conflict covering the year 2015, United…
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74 Ali was greatest, not only extraordinary athlete but man of great courage and humanity: US presidential candidate Bernie
NEW YORK (AA) – Muhammad Ali, one of the most influential sports figures in the 20th century, has passed away…
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“SLAVES AND DOGS” COMMENT SPARKS CONFUSION AT KENYA MEETING
Egypt’s foreign ministry has promised to launch an investigation into assertions that one of its diplomats openly referred to sub-Saharan…
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Zuma, African Union mourn Western Sahara leader South African president and AU pay tribute to Polisario Front's Mohamed Abdelaziz
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South African President Jacob Zuma joined the African Union on Wednesday in sending condolences to the people…
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After all else has failed Raila Odinga now resorts to violent protests to gain power in Kenya
Kenyan news media is today reporting that Opposition leader, Raila Odinga, who has made several failed attempts at the presidency,…
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All roads lead to Zambia as delegates converge on Lusaka for AfDB Annual Meetings
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire – PRN Africa — Hundreds of participants have converged on Lusaka for the 51st Annual Meetings of…
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Uganda must respect legal obligation to arrest Omar Al Bashir
PARIS – PRN Africa — Omar Al Bashir has arrived in Kampala to attend today’s inauguration ceremony for Ugandan President…
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Monarchy – a luxury that Swaziland cannot afford
Swaziland’s big-spending absolute monarch King Mswati III is spending millions of dollars on a new personal jet and other luxuries,…
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‘Rumba king’ Papa Wemba posthumously decorated in DR Congo
Kinshasa, May 2, 2016 (AFP) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s rumba king Papa Wemba was posthumously awarded one of his…
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