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[allAfrica] Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero's suggestion to hire immigrants to improve efficiency with the Johannesburg Metro Police Department was among the main online topics of conversation about immigrants in South Africa in August, according to a report by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC).

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[Premium Times] The NHRC says peaceful protest is a right of every Nigerian.

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The United States had pushed for the mandate to change to a U.N. peacekeeping mission but was countered by China and Russia

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Africans studying in Beirut are having to weigh up whether or not they should leave the country.

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[VOA] Pentagon -- Islamic State in Somalia has approximately doubled in size over the past year, the chief of U.S. Africa Command told VOA.

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Libya’s eastern parliament on Monday agreed to appoint Naji Mohamed Issa Belqasem as the new central bank governor after the former governor, Sadiq al-Kabir, was fired last month by the presidential council in the capital, Tripoli

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[Tunis Afrique Presse] Medenine, September 30 -- The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Djerba on Monday has risen to 15 after three bodies were recovered on Monday evening, in addition to the 12 bodies recovered in the morning, according to a security source.

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[New Zimbabwe] SUPERMARKETS, vendors, commuter omnibus operators and tuckshops are no longer accepting payment in the local ZiG currency following Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mushayavanhu's surprise 43% devaluation of the currency last week.

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[New Zimbabwe] The trial of human rights defenders Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza and Samuel Gwenzi who are accused of disorderly conduct failed to kick off on Monday following the State's failure to present its case.

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[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Botswana's High Court has confirmed four presidential candidates will run in the country's general elections next month. Among them is incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is seeking a second and final term.

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[Daily Trust] A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has again lamented the outcome of the economic policies of the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu-led administration.

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[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Tom Perriello, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, is set to visit Ethiopia and Kenya as part of a diplomatic mission starting 29 September, 2024, the U.S. State Department announced. The visit aims to address the ongoing conflict in Sudan and engage with key stakeholders in the region.

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[RFI] Rwanda says at least eight people have died so far from the highly contagious, Ebola-like Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever that has no authorised vaccine or treatment.

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[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the families of the 18 people tragically killed in a mass shooting over the weekend in Ngobozana village, in Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape.

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Lawmakers are threatening to oust the deputy president after accusing him of undermining the government.

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[GroundUp] City centre should accommodate up to 50,000 people by 2024

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[VOA] Nairobi -- Officials from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are meeting for the fourth time in less than two years to find ways to more effectively fight transnational crimes around the Lake Victoria area.

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[Dabanga] Khartoum -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accused the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) of launching an airstrike on the residence of its ambassador in southern Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, yesterday. The SAF denied responsibility for the attack.

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[New Times] The Ministry of Health has reported that the death toll from the Marburg virus has increased to nine on Monday, September 30, up from eight fatalities reported on Sunday.

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[The Herald] AN ELDERLY man was killed by lightning on the outskirts of the city centre when evening rain and hailstorms swept through several Salisbury suburbs yesterday.