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In the most recent controversy involving corruption to affect the ruling African National Congress party, the former speaker of parliament for South Africa was taken into custody on Thursday due to claims that she accepted payments totaling roughly $135,000. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula surrendered herself to police on Thursday in the nation’s capital of Pretoria. She was…

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Kenyan President William Ruto, awarded the Companion of the Order of the Star of the Volta by Ghana, the highest distinction bestowed by the nation. President Ruto was given the honour on Wednesday night at a State banquet. President Nana Akufo-Addo described President Ruto as a “example of a new generation of African leaders” who…

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The FBI and police are looking into a brazen theft of about $30 million in cash after it appears that robbers opened a safe and broke through the top of a money storage facility in Los Angeles . The crime, which happened on Easter Sunday in the northern neighbourhood of Sylmar, is one of the…

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Parliament speaker of South Africa Mapisa-Nqakula, resigned on Wednesday and gave up her position in the assembly due to accusations of corruption. She had lost a legal battle the day before to prevent her arrest. Last Monday, prosecutors announced their plan to file charges of corruption against Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. They claim that during her…

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President William Ruto announced on Wednesday that Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has approved opposition leader Raila Odinga’s bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson position. The president revealed this during a state visit to Ghana, aimed at augmenting bilateral ties between Nairobi and Accra, highlighting the AU’s March announcement that its next…

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The president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, has appointed his daughter Ms.Natasha Museveni as Governor Central Bank of Uganda. This comes days after appointing his son Gen.Muhoozi as the head of Chief Defence Forces in Uganda. His wife is also the Minister of Education in Uganda. President Museveni has been ruling Uganda since the year 1996…

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Senegal’s newly elected president Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in onTuesday. The new president Faye was in prison along with Ousmane Sonko his mentor following a political amnesty announced by outgoing President Macky Sall. The two were released from prison less than two weeks before the March 24 election It is the former tax inspector’s…

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At least 29 people dead after fire razed down a 16-storey building block on Tuesday in central Istanbul. Despite a massive emergency response,flames and thick smoke billowed for hours. Approximately 20 fire trucks and ambulances were still crowded around the building by late afternoon. The 29 people were workers who had been working on a…

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A truck rammed into students who were on their way out of school killing six of them on Tuesday in Iraq’s southern province of Basra,authorities said. Fourteen others sustained serious injuries. “Police in Basra arrested the truck driver who ran over six students, killing them and injuring 14” others in the Al-Hartha region, interior ministry…

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Israeli strikes hit an Iranian embassy annex building in Syria’s capital on Monday , state media said, as a war monitor reported six people were killed in the building. According to Syria’s official news agency SANA”The Israeli attack targeted the Iranian consulate building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus.” Israel, which has increased its attacks…

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