Africa

Kenya’s Chebet Takes Gold At Diamond League

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led an African top three in the women’s 3000m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday. In difficult weather conditions she recorded her season’s best time of 14 minutes 36.52 seconds. Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Medina Eisa came second and third Ethiopia monopolised the …

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Reports Say Gaddafi’s Son Hannibal In Critical Condition

One of the surviving sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been moved from a Lebanese prison, where he has been on a hunger strike, to hospital in “critical condition”. The Reuters news agency quotes the Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV as reporting that he had suffered a sharp …

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SA Home Affairs Minister Motsoaledi To Appeal ZEP Judgments

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi will challenge the two judgments delivered by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, which declared his decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) as unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid. The court also granted an interim interdict which restrains government from detaining or deporting …

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South Africa Ordered To Stop Deporting Zimbabweans

The Pretoria High Court has ordered South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to stop arresting and deporting people who don’t have valid Zimbabwean Exemption Permits. This is according to Newzroom Afrika, a television station in South Africa. Over 170 000 Zimbabweans are based in South Africa under ZEP. In …

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Julius Maada Bio Re-Elected As Sierra Leone President

Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio secured victory in the West African country’s presidential election with more than 56 percent of the votes to avoid a run-off against main rival Samura Kamara, the nation’s electoral commission said on Tuesday. Former soldier Bio, 59, was running for re-election after a first …

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Kenya-EU Trade Deal: Why East African Community Was Left Out

Image caption, Kenya’s President William Ruto is confident that the trade deal will boost local industries Kenya’s President William Ruto hailed his country’s “remarkable partnership” with the European Union (EU) as the two sides inked a 25-year trade deal, but it has raised questions about East African unity. Has the …

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