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Kenya : World Bank clout rises as China cuts Kenya loans
on 2023/2/25 15:55:44
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The Covid-19 pandemic and uncertainties over the global economy have triggered a reshuffle in Kenya’s debt mix, with China’s portion lagging behind that of multilateral institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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South Africa : South Africa greylisted
on 2023/2/25 12:42:40
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South Africa has been added to the greylist by the international financial watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

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South Africa : Blinken says India, South Africa are on slow trajectory away from alignment with Russia
on 2023/2/25 12:36:00
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (Feb 23) countries like India and South Africa, which have not joined the West in denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, were likely on a trajectory away from alignment with Moscow but that process would not happen "in one fell swoop".

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Nigeria : New poll suggest 2023 Nigeria Presidential election could be decided in a run-off election
on 2023/2/19 13:49:02
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All Progressives Congress’s Bola Tinubu is likely to do well in two of the country’s biggest voting states - Kano and Lagos.

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Nigeria : Nigerian Army Speaks On Plans Ahead Of General Elections, Assures Citizens Of Safety
on 2023/2/19 13:45:10
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Faruk Yahaya, who stated this, also warned criminals and thugs to stay away from and desist from causing infractions in the elections.

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Kenya : US mounts its largest military exercise in East Africa on the Kenyan savannah
on 2023/2/19 12:50:00
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"Justified Accord 2023" is the US Africa Military Command's (AFRICOM) largest military manoeuvre in East Africa

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South Africa : South Africa’s deputy president to step down
on 2023/2/19 11:02:22
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South Africa’s deputy president, David Mabuza, is to step down, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle.

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Nigeria : election 2023: Nigeria military denies coup plot claim ahead of poll
on 2023/2/14 10:42:15
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The Nigerian military has denied a claim by the governing party that it is planning to disrupt the upcoming presidential election.

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Nigeria : $4.8bn earned from non-oil export in 2022 – NEPC
on 2023/2/14 10:36:25
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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has expressed its commitment to ensure that in 2023, Nigeria makes more than $4.82bn it generated from non-oil export business in 2022.

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South Africa : South Africa creates electricity ministry amid deep power cuts
on 2023/2/13 12:48:55
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has created a ministry of electricity as he seeks a solution to continual power blackouts that have beleaguered the country.

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Nigeria : Biafra Referendum: Court fixes March 30 for suit on self-determination
on 2023/1/30 16:22:40
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, adjourned the hearing on the suit filed by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) seeking a referendum to determine the fate of Biafra and other self-determination agitations to March 30, 2023.

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Nigeria : Nigerian Army Eliminates Boko Haram Top Commander, Abu Illiya, 31 Others During Fresh Clash In Borno
on 2023/1/30 16:10:00
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The terrorists abandoned their properties and weapons with at least 50 bicycles recovered during the raid.

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Nigeria : UN Projects 3% Economic Growth For Nigeria
on 2023/1/30 14:10:39
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The United Nations has said the Nigerian economy will grow to three per cent in 2023 because of a robust commodities trade and dynamic consumer goods and services markets.

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Kenya : Shocking IMF report reveals Angola and Ethiopia to surpass Kenya as top economies in Sub-Saharan Africa
on 2023/1/30 13:30:00
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently projected that the economies of Ethiopia and Angola are set to overtake Kenya in terms of size, potentially weakening Kenya's ability to attract investors with its growing consumer market.

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South Africa : South Africa’s support underscores Moscow’s propaganda success
on 2023/1/30 12:21:03
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Pretoria’s shifting position reveals Kremlin’s success in stoking doubt about responsibility for Ukraine war

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South Africa : Ending load-shedding South Africa's 'most immediate' challenge: Ramaphosa
on 2023/1/30 11:35:02
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Interventions to end load-shedding will take a while to have an effect and power cuts will be with us for some time, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.

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Nigeria : Chinese New Year: Buhari celebrates with President Xi
on 2023/1/22 15:52:46
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, congratulated his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the Chinese New Year, Year of the Rabbit, beginning January 22.

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Nigeria : Federal Govt Boosting Nigeria’s Presence In ECOWAS With Permanent Mission
on 2023/1/22 15:50:51
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Nigeria’s pivotal role in the development and regional integration in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was further strengthened on Friday with the Official inauguration of the building housing Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to ECOWAS.

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Nigeria : How insecurity could decide who becomes Nigeria’s next president
on 2023/1/22 13:59:14
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Nigeria first voted in presidential elections just over 43 years ago in October 1979.

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Kenya : Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fighters
on 2023/1/22 12:50:25
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Kenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia.

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