Current Affairs
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969Electric car for Africa?
Caption: The a-Car is tough and flexible enough to survive harsh conditions/Courtesy photo. Something needs to happen on the appropriate...
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986Aguero to the rescue against valiant Bristol City
Sergio Aguero celebrating after scoring a winning goal against Bristol City Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | A goal in stoppage time by...
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856Scores of migrants missing in Mediterranean: Libyan Navy
FILE PHOTO Tripoli, Libya | AFP | Between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off...
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890Internet-based testing for STIs doubles uptake
First UK study to compare effect of access to internet-based STI testing against face-to-face appointments TECHNOLOGY-HEALTH | AGENCIES | Providing Internet-based...
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960S. Korea’s Moon willing to hold summit with Kim Jong-Un
Moon Jae-in Seoul, South Korea | AFP | South Korean President Moon Jae-In said Wednesday he would be willing to sit down with...
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918KENYA: Pushing for nuclear power
Why Kenya’s move rests on false or fanciful premises NEWS ANALYSIS | BRENDON J CANNON | Kenya wants to go nuclear. Since...
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1.0KSchools closed in Zambia as cholera toll rises to 61
Lusaka, Zambia | AFP | The start of Zambia’s school year has been postponed and all public gatherings banned to contain a cholera...
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999Nigeria, neighbours in joint op against Boko Haram leaders
Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Four west African states have launched a major offensive against the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria, the...
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855When hip-hop is political force
Ugandan hip-hop artiste Bobi Wine was recently elected to parliament through the force of his protest music. COURTESy PHOTO FEATURE | Alice...
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1.1KDR Congo gets high-tech voting machines for long-delayed polls
The first arrival of the electoral machines Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | DR Congo’s electoral body trumpeted on Tuesday the arrival of...
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904S.Africa’s graft-tainted Zuma announces anti-corruption probe
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s graft-tainted president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday announced a probe into corruption at the highest levels...
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925EAST AFRICAN BLACKOUT: Uganda disconnected from Kenyan grid
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has confirmed that the cause of the power outage that has...