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June 11, 2022
Come In, Khat! - Mogadishu

Somalia has agreed to lift a two-year ban on air shipments of khat from Kenya as part of a new trade deal, a Kenyan minister announced Friday, a further sign of rekindled ties after several years of tensions.
June 10, 2022
Animal Viruses Continue Leap to Humans

With the spread of monkeypox across the world coming hot on the heels of Covid-19, there are fears that increasing outbreaks of diseases that jump from animals to humans could spark another pandemic.
June 10, 2022
Deadly South African Bus-Truck Crash

Fifteen people were killed and 37 injured Friday when a bus and a truck collided on a South African highway near the capital Pretoria, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.
June 10, 2022
More Burkina Faso Mayhem

Suspected jihadists killed around 10 police overnight in an attack in northern Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, security sources said on Friday.
June 09, 2022
Bad Actors Blockade Boni - UN

Jihadists have - since late May - blockaded the central Malian town of Boni and interrupted traffic on a major highway in the region, the UN and several local sources say.
June 09, 2022
Ramaphosa Idles Controversial Public Protector

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday suspended the country's top corruption watchdog as parliament prepares long-delayed impeachment hearings against her.
June 09, 2022
WHO: More Than 1,000 Monkeypox Cases Reported

The World Health Organization warns of real risk of monkeypox outbreak outside the African countries with more than 1,000 cases confirmed. Twenty-nine countries have reported cases in the current outbreak, which began in May.
June 09, 2022
Comair Comes to a Halt

Comair, the South African operator of British Airways flights, filed for liquidation Thursday after its bankruptcy administrators failed to raise enough money to keep it in the air.
June 09, 2022
Kick Russia Out of UN Food Group: Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for Russia to be expelled from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, blaming Moscow for spurring the global grain crisis by invading his country.
June 09, 2022
Owo Imam Calls for Muslim-Christian Dialogue

After gunmen attacked a Catholic church in the southwest Nigerian town of Owo on June 5, killing 40 people and wounding more than 60, Owo town's chief imam Ahmad Aladesawe to reach out to his community and his Christian brethren and build bridges.
June 08, 2022
Russia Rejects Role in Growing Grain Crisis

Moscow's military invasion of Ukraine has not only devastated crops and farming, but also disrupted crucial deliveries from that pro-western nation -- one of the world's main grain producers -- fuelling concern about hunger and food prices worldwide.
June 08, 2022
Belgian King Brings Condolences to DRC

Belgium's King Philippe on Wednesday decorated the last surviving Congolese World War II veteran, on the second day of his historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
June 07, 2022
Cameroon Civilian Deaths "Misunderstanding" - Yaounde

Cameroon Soldiers killed nine civilians including a baby in one of that nation's conflict-scarred anglophone regions last week in a "misunderstanding", the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
June 07, 2022
Algeria Media Figure Gets Six Months Prison

The director of an Algerian radio station and news website was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday for reopening the wounds of the country's devastating 1990s conflict, a rights group said.
June 07, 2022
Kenya's Contenders Down to Four

Four candidates are in the running to become Kenya's next president, including current deputy president William Ruto and veteran politician Raila Odinga, the electoral body said.
June 07, 2022
South Africa Economy Recovers

South Africa's gross domestic product grew by 1.9 percent in the first quarter, returning the continent's most industrialized economy to pre-pandemic levels, official data showed Tuesday.
June 06, 2022
Europe-Morocco Migration Begins After COVID Hiatus

Morocco expects to host the return of many of its nationals over the next two months as citizens living in Europe come back after COVID-19 halted one of the world’s largest cross-continental migrations.
June 06, 2022
Musk Backwalks Twitter Bid

Elon Musk threatened Monday to withdraw his bid to buy Twitter, accusing it of failing to provide data on fake accounts, in the latest twist in the Tesla billionaire's push to acquire the social network.
June 06, 2022
New Toll In Nigeria Sunday Slaughter

In a revision from Sunday casualty counts pegging the death toll at more than 50, Agence France-Presse reports at least 21 people, including children, were killed in an attack on a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, local officials said, in violence that drew widespread condemnation.
June 06, 2022
Ali "The Greatest" Stamp Sought

The Muhammad Ali Center and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer have announced a public awareness campaign for the boxing legend's image to appear on a U.S. Postal Service stamp.

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