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July 02, 2023
BMW to Produce Plug-In Hybrid Car in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — German automaker BMW said this week it will inject millions into its South African plant, making it the second in the world to produce and export its X3 plug-in hybrid model.
July 01, 2023
Ethiopia Widens Its Telecomm Market

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia announced Friday it was relaunching the process to issue a second private telecommunications licence as it continues to open up the sector.
July 01, 2023
South Africa TV Show Spotlights HIV

JOHANNESBURG — Clad in a figure-hugging dress, Dineo gets into a fancy car driven by her sugar daddy, kissing him as her boyfriend Quinton watches. The scene is from "Shuga" which serves up teenage love, family dramas, heartbreak and treachery - with AIDS awareness woven into the storylines.
July 01, 2023
Senegal 'Maad' For Fruit

DAKAR — Outside a bustling fruit market in Senegal's Dakar region, three trucks are blocking the road while a dozen men sweat to unload the precious cargo, "maad," a delicacy for many in the nation and region.
July 01, 2023
French Lawmakers Learn They're 'Contaminated'

PARIS — Mercury, pesticides and rare earth metals form a toxic cocktail that a French laboratory announced Tuesday it has found in an unlikely place: on the heads of Paris lawmakers.
June 30, 2023
Mali: Russia Vowed 'Unstinting Support' After UN Ended Mission

BAMAKO — Russia has renewed its "unstinting support" for Mali after the end of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the desert state, Bamako's foreign ministry said Friday.
June 30, 2023
WHO: DRC Health System 'Breaking'

GENEVA — The health system in the crisis-wracked Democratic Republic of Congo is now at breaking point, the World Health Organization warned Friday.
June 30, 2023
UN Departs Mali

UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council on Friday voted to end a decade-old peacekeeping mission to Mali, whose military junta urged the troops' removal as it aligns with Russia and uses the mercenary Wagner group for firepower.
June 30, 2023
US Supreme Court Backs Designer's Refusal to Serve Same-Sex Couple

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that some private businesses can refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons, in a landmark erosion of anti-discrimination laws.
June 30, 2023
Kenya Economy Down, But Ruto, Others Get Raise

NAIROBI — Kenya's president, his deputy and other state officials are set to receive pay rises despite citizens facing deep economic hardship and higher taxes, according to a government document seen by AFP Friday.
June 30, 2023
US May Inflation Fell

WASHINGTON — The U.S. inflation measure most closely watched by the Federal Reserve declined sharply in May, official figures showed Friday, returning to a downward trend after a jump a month earlier.
June 30, 2023
Gbagbo Stays Booted Off Election Roll

ABIDJAN — An appeal by Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo to be reinstated on the election roll has been rejected by the country's electoral commission, his party said Friday.
June 30, 2023
Ramaphosa 'Cleared' in Farm Cash Scandal

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's corruption watchdog on Friday absolved President Cyril Ramaphosa of allegations that he breached executive ethics in a farm cash scandal that spawned into one of the biggest storms of his career.
June 30, 2023
Actor Kevin Spacey Called 'Bully' in UK Trial

LONDON — Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey was on Friday described as a "sexual bully", as prosecutors opened their case against him in London for a string of sexual offense charges.
June 30, 2023
PSG Coach Grilled in Discrimination Probe

NICE, FRANCE — Paris Saint Germain coach Christophe Galtier was held for questioning along with his son as part of a probe into alleged discrimination, the Nice prosecutor told AFP on Friday.
June 30, 2023
Oppo Challenges Sierra Leone Elections

FREETOWN — Sierra Leone's main opposition party has denounced irregularities and maintained its "outright rejection" of the results of the recent presidential election, in a release obtained by AFP Thursday.
June 30, 2023
DRC Sets Artisanal Mining Scheme

KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — An ambitious scheme is now taking shape in DRC's Lualaba Province to fix the problems faced by informal cobalt miners by establishing a government-backed depot for their diggings.
June 30, 2023
Wagner Libya Base Hit by Drone Strike

TRIPOLI — Drone strikes early Friday hit an airbase in Libya's east used by mercenaries of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, without causing any casualties, a military official told AFP.
June 30, 2023
France Boils With Anti-Police Rage

PARIS — The unrest in France has come in response to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old "Nahel M," whose death has revived longstanding grievances about policing and racial profiling in France's low-income and multi-ethnic suburbs.
June 29, 2023
Virgin Galactic Touches Space

WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic successfully flew its first paying customers to the final frontier Thursday, a long-awaited achievement that puts it back on track in the emerging private spaceflight sector.

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