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August 22, 2022
"No Ukraine Celebrations Now"- Zelenzkyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned at the weekend of the risk of more severe attacks ahead of Ukraine's 31st independence anniversary on Wednesday.
August 22, 2022
Fix Your Own Mac!

Apple Inc. said on Monday it would offer customers tools and know-how to repair and service their MacBook laptops at home, months after launching the service for iPhones.
August 22, 2022
Ivory Coast Cocoa Welcomes Rain

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers welcomed light rainfall last week, which will be good for the development of the October-to-March main crop, they said on Monday.
August 22, 2022
Ebola Back in Beni

A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) said on Monday.
August 22, 2022
Big Banks Banged For Employee Apps

Banking giants such as JPMorgan Chase & Co and Bank of America collectively face more than $1 billion in regulatory fines for employees' use of unapproved messaging tools, including email and apps like WhatsApp.
August 22, 2022
Odinga Election Appeal Faces Koome

Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome appointed in May 2021 by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, has a reputation for integrity. Months after her appointment, she quashed broad constitutional reforms backed by both Odinga and Kenyatta, which were widely seen as an attempt to sideline Ruto.
August 22, 2022
Nuns Nabbed in Nigeria

Gunmen abducted four Catholic nuns on a highway in Nigeria's oil-producing Imo state in the southeast, a local convent said on Monday, in the latest sign of widespread insecurity making road travel unsafe.
August 22, 2022
Odinga Mounts Election Court Challenge

Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga filed a challenge to the results of this month's presidential election in the Supreme Court on Monday, his legal team said, the latest twist in a political clash that has gripped East Africa's powerhouse.
August 21, 2022
Guinea Affirms PM

Guinea's ruling military junta on Saturday appointed acting Prime Minister Bernard Gomou to fill the position on a permanent basis, replacing Mohamed Beavogui, who has been absent since last month.
August 21, 2022
Angola Oppo Slams State

The leader of Angola's main opposition party UNITA accused the government on Sunday of establishing an undemocratic one-party state, and said contesting the result of this week's election was not off the table.
August 20, 2022
dos Santos Lands in Luanda

The body of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Spain in July, arrived in the Angolan capital Luanda on Saturday evening, casting a new element into a tense election campaign.
August 20, 2022
Nigerian Entrepreneur Creates Local Alternative Pasta

Renee Chuks is a trained chef who started experimenting with making pasta from cassava flour during COVID lockdown in Nigeria.
August 19, 2022
Nigeria Nails Shady Online Lenders

Nigeria is cracking down on unregistered online money lenders who provide short term loans without security at high interest, the consumer protection agency said, adding it had asked Google to remove some lenders' apps from its play store.
August 19, 2022
Equatorial Guinea Nabs Dodgy Tanker

Equatorial Guinea has detained an oil tanker capable of carrying 2 million barrels after it attempted to load in Nigeria without proper paperwork, both countries said this week.
August 19, 2022
Russia, Norway Petros Squabble Over Ghana Field

Russian oil firm Lukoil said on Thursday a decision by Norway's Aker Energy to postpone the submission of a development plan for its Pecan oilfield off Ghana over sanctions concerns had no lawful grounds.
August 19, 2022
Erdogan - Putin Nuke Plant Talks Planned

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will discuss the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to the text of an interview.
August 19, 2022
Egyptian Hunger Striker Tightens Belt

Jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has escalated his five-month hunger strike, a family member told Reuters, eliminating his meagre intake of solids as part of his campaign to protest his detention.
August 19, 2022
WHO Announces Better Ebola Treatment

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday recommended two monoclonal antibody treatments against Ebola, saying the use of such drugs combined with better care had "revolutionized" the treatment of a disease once seen as a near-certain killer.
August 19, 2022
Tigray's Hunger Deepens

The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region without adequate food, as aid groups struggle to reach rural areas because of insufficient fuel supplies, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
August 19, 2022
Angola Faces Choice

Angolans head to the polls next week in what is likely to be a tense standoff between a ruling party in power for nearly five decades and an opposition with growing appeal to a frustrated, impoverished youth.

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