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Somali Forces Recapture Town After Brief Al-Shabaab Seizure

Somali Forces Recapture Town After Brief Al-Shabaab Seizure

Somali forces have recaptured the town of Amaara in the central region of Galmudug early on Tuesday. This came shortly after terrorist group Al-Shabaab militants attacked and took over control of the town in a dawn attack. The attack on the town as well as a subsequent explosion by the roadside in the same vicinity left at least six people ...

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Tanzanian President Under Fire After Making Offensive Remarks About Women Footballers

Tanzanian President Under Fire After Making Offensive Marks About Women Footballers

Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan is facing backlash from her countrymen for making offensive remarks about female footballers. S he made the comments at a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the victory of a national men’s team in a regional football championship. The remarks came in because she raised the point of funding women’s sports as well. “For those who ...

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OPEC Chief Visits Oil-Rich Congo For The First Time

OPEC Chief Visits Oil-Rich Congo For The First Time

OPEC Chief Mohammad Barkindo arrived in Congo late Sunday in the first-ever visit by the head of the powerful cartel. He visits the oil-rich African country where crude constitutes the primary source of income, according to the Congolese hydrocarbons ministry. ‘’Congo has an essential role to play in the global energy industry and OPEC plans to encourage it,’’ Barkindo said ...

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Zambians Vote In Closely Contested Polls Amidst Covid

Zambians Vote In Closely Contested Polls Amidst Covid

Zambians voted in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and Covid-19. 16 presidential candidates are vying for the country’s top job. However, the frontrunners are incumbent Edgar Lungu, 64, and his old nemesis and business tycoon Hakainde Hichilema, 59. The two are facing off at the polls for the third time. Hichilema, who is ...

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Samia Suluhu: My Government Workers Dismissed Me At First As Just Another Woman 

Samia Suluhu; My Government Workers Dismissed Me At First As Just Another Woman 

Her excellency, Samia Suluhu Hassan has narrated the disbelief everyone has in her leadership because she is a woman. She revealed that even her own government workers doubted her competence for this position. “Even some of my government workers dismissed me at first as just another woman, but they soon accepted my leadership. But this is not just in Africa, ...

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