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Dubbed the "Suez Canal on Rails", the line connects Red Sea ports directly to Mediterranean export terminals. Once fully operational, it is expected to carry up to 13 million tonnes of freight each year, allowing cargo to be transferred across Egypt by rail and helping bypass maritime bottlenecks.

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Heavy rains flooded the streets of Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday, submerging vehicles and killing a bank employee, according to his employer.

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The worst Ebola outbreak ever in the Democratic Republic of Congo has passed the 9,000-case mark, with the number of deaths exceeding 4,000 since early October, health authorities said Tuesday.

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Pope Leo XVI had a cancerous tumor removed from his right lung on Tuesday, the Vatican has confirmed. The operation at Rome’s Gemelli hospital was successful and without complication, the Vatican said.

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Simbarashe Kundizeza was responding to an accusation that has caused an uproar on social media.

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Spain’s King Felipe VI has called for “good neighbourly relations” with Morocco during a landmark visit to Ceuta, as tensions over migration continue to test relations between the two neighbours and highlight the human cost of Europe’s borders

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Formula One on Tuesday announced its upcoming return to Africa with a Grand Prix in Rwanda expected in the early 2030s, a first since 1993.

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Climate activists on Tuesday picketed outside the African Energy Week conference, in the South African city of Cape Town, calling for an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent.

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Africa has recorded the world's fastest improvements in disaster resilience, a new major global study has revealed.

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How Rwanda has succeeded where Morocco and South Africa, among others, have failed by agreeing a deal to stage the African Grand Prix.

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Niger authorities said Monday that a huge blowout of oil and gas in the country's eastern desert last month has caused an environmental incident of "exceptional severity".

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King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia received a rapturous welcome in Ceuta on Tuesday, 13 October, as they began their first visit to the Spanish North African territory since 2007.

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Australia complete 214-run victory over South Africa in Durban. What does heavy defeat mean for the world champions?

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Mauritius, Seychelles and Botswana are the most capitalist countries in Africa, according to the Global Capitalism Index, a new ranking published by researchers affiliated with the University of Virginia.

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[263Chat] The government is developing a national database of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) aimed at formalising the sector improving access to government support and strengthening economic planning.

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[263Chat] Global oil prices rose on Monday following attacks on two airports in Saudi Arabia, heightening concerns over Middle East tensions and their potential impact on fuel costs and economies, including Zimbabwe.

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[263Chat] Bikita Minerals is stepping up efforts to turn the country's lithium resources into higher-value products with planned investments expected to exceed US$1 billion by 2027 as the country seeks to build a domestic mineral processing industry.

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[263Chat] Rwanda has signed a 10-year agreement with Formula 1 to host a Grand Prix from the early 2030s, paving the way for the championship's return to Africa for the first time since 1993.

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[Scrolla] About 5,800 Tongaat workers went on strike for almost four weeks and won 6%, backdated to April. Six strike days are paid. Tongaat's emergency funding ended on 30 September and no extension is known. It leaves the stock exchange on 3 November.

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[Scrolla] Taking four taxi trips a day over 21 working days, every R1 added to a fare costs about R84 more a month. Santaco says a rise is a last resort. Local taxi associations decide fares after talking to commuters.

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[RFI] Former Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila has joined forces with the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to lead a new political and military alliance, marking his most direct intervention yet in the conflict that has gripped the country's east.