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• March 03, 2023

  LGBT Ugandans Face Backlash as Parliament Probe Schools

  LGBTQ Ugandans say discrimination against them have heightened since the country's legislature launched an investigation into the alleged promotion of homosexuality in schools last month. Eric Ndawula, a 26-year-old LGBTQ activist, said his landlord has issued him an eviction notice after a video of him being identified as gay went viral.  Activists say vitriolic language used by officials to justify the investigation, including recent anti-gay comments by President Yoweri Museveni and the head of Uganda's Anglican Church, have had far-reaching consequences.  Ugandan Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi did not respond to Reuters request for comment about the impact of the probe.

• March 03, 2023

  Zimbabwe Creates New Inflation Metric

  Zimbabwe will from now on measure inflation using a weighted average of items priced in Zimbabwean dollars and U.S. dollars, the government said on Friday. Previously the official rate was based only on items in the local currency.

• March 03, 2023

  Protesters in DRC Question Macron Visit

  A dozen DRC anti-French protesters hit a busy road in Kinshasa handing out leaflets to boost opposition to a visit by French Emmanuel Macron on Saturday.  The DRC is not a former French colony, but perceptions of French support for Rwanda have stoked anti-French sentiment as the east of the country come under offensive by M23 rebel group that Congo accuses Rwanda of backing. Rwanda denies this.  Trésor Kibangula, a political analyst at the Ebuteli Institute, a Congolese research center supported by New York University, said "There are many expectations or frustrations (with France)."

• March 03, 2023

  Six Nigeria States File Election Challenge

  Six opposition-led Nigerian states have asked the Supreme Court to declare the outcome of last weekend's presidential election invalid, saying the electoral body breached the law and its own rules during the count, court papers showed.

• March 03, 2023

  Tunisia Big Russia Petro Importer

  Tunisia imported record volumes of Russian gasoil and diesel last month as an EU embargo forced Moscow to find new customers for its oil products, according to traders and tracking data.

• March 03, 2023

  Gambia Casualties Caused by Contaminated Syrup: US CDC

  Contaminated cough and paracetamol syrups imported into Gambia almost certainly caused the deaths of 66 children due to acute kidney injury, according to an investigation led by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Gambian scientists.

• March 03, 2023

  Fatal Rivers State Pipeline Blast

  UPDATED WITH NEW CASUALTY TOLL: An explosion at a crude oil pipeline on Friday killed at least 12 people stealing oil in southern Nigeria's Emohua district.

• March 03, 2023

  Kenya Private Sector Slumps

  Kenya's private sector activity contracted in February, weighed down by a steep weakening of the shilling, inflationary pressure on consumer spending and growing tax burdens for firms, a survey showed on Friday.

• March 03, 2023

  ‘Punish Russia for Ukraine War’: US Secretary of State

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Friday met with his Indian, Japanese, and Australian counterparts during the Group of 20 summit being held in New Delhi where they called on the global community to punish Russia for its invasion in Ukraine.

• March 03, 2023

  Uganda's LGBT Community Reports Discrimination

  Ugandan members of the LGBT community report experiencing a wave of discrimination and violence resulting from a recent parliamentary announcement of an investigation into the alleged promotion of homosexuality in schools across the East African nation.

• March 02, 2023

  Tunis Nays Protest Permit

  The governor of Tunis said in a statement that he was refusing permission for Sunday's anti-government protest because of the charges against the National Salvation Front leaders.

• March 02, 2023

  Egypt Hikes Petrol Prices

  Egypt raised domestic petrol prices early on Thursday, bringing them more in line with global levels but risking further public discontent after a year of rising inflation, a weakening currency and a series of austerity measures.

• March 02, 2023

  US Unveils New Cybersecurity Plan

  The White House on Thursday announced a new cybersecurity strategy in the latest effort by the U.S. government to bolster its cyber defenses amid a steady increase in hacking and digital crimes targeting the country.

• March 02, 2023

  SpaceX On Way to ISS

  SpaceX launched a four-man crew to orbit en route to the International Space Station early on Thursday, with a Russian cosmonaut and United Arab Emirates astronaut joining two NASA crewmates for the flight.

• March 02, 2023

  Spain Sets Senegal Migration Deal

  Spain is extending a so-called circular migration program to its first sub-Saharan African country, bringing in at least 100 people from Senegal to work on its farms during the harvest season, a government source said.

• March 02, 2023

  Great Discovery in Giza

  Egyptian antiquities officials announced on Thursday the discovery of a hidden nine meter-long corridor behind the main entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza that they said could lead to further findings.

• March 02, 2023

  Ghana: China Visit 'Cordial'

  Ghana's finance ministry said on Thursday that a Chinese delegation had ended a three-day visit to discuss Ghana's request for the restructuring of the $1.9 billion debt it owes China.

• March 01, 2023

  Botswana Mining Not Expecting 2023 Growth

  Botswana expects output from its mining sector to be flat this year, as the diamond industry loses its sparkle due to a contraction in consumer spending and weaker demand for diamond jewelery, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday.

• March 01, 2023

  Nigerians React to Election Results  

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as Nigeria's president-elect on Wednesday. Here is how some voters react to Tinubu’s presidential election win. 

• March 01, 2023

  African Migrants in Tunisia Reel Under Attacks

  African migrants in Tunisia have seen a spike in attacks since the country's president announced a crackdown on illegal immigration last week using language the African Union denounced as racialized.  Reuters spoke to some of the migrants who said they now face unemployment and homelessness. This week, some Ivory Coast nationals have pitched camp outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis seeking repatriation.

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