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Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has said in a legal notice, making the southern African nation the second country in Africa to legalize cultivation of the plant.…
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has repeated his harsh criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he calls open bias against Africa, saying it has failed to mete out justice in any other part of the world. "The ICC was…
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Aid agencies say nearly half a million people have been affected by heavy flooding in Somalia. The Norwegian Refugee Council described the situation as a "ticking time-bomb" for the outbreak of diseases like cholera and malaria. Many…
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The recently appointed Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, says he is taking steps to introduce a two-term limit for the post he occupies. The constitution currently allows for unlimited terms. This is the latest in a number of…
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The leaders of both North and South Korea, Kim Yong-Un and Moon Jae-in, respectively, must be commended for ending the feud between the two countries, former President Jerry John Rawlings, has said. At a summit the two countries vowed…
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Nigeria's university commission has dismissed a senator's PhD certificate as invalid, saying the institution where he claims to have earned it is in fact an "illegal university". Senator Foster Ogola of Bayelsa West district in the Niger…
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Angola's ex-president José Eduardo dos Santos is standing down as the leader of the ruling party, Lusa news agency reports. The Portuguese press reports that a statement from the governing MPLA says the party has agreed that the current…
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At least seven students have been stabbed to death and 12 injured in a knife attack outside a school in northern China, officials say. The knife-wielding man attacked the students near Mizhi County Number Three secondary school in Shaanxi…
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The first Kenyan film to debut at the Cannes Film Festival has been banned in Kenya due to its lesbian storyline. The film Rafiki, which means "friend" in Swahili, traces the love story between two young women. The Kenya Film…
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Kim Jong-un has pledged a “new history” in relations with his neighbour as he became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. In a moment rich with symbolism and pomp, South Korean…
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