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Zimbabwe tobacco farmers struggle despite industry’s big profits
Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry earns hundreds of millions of dollars in much-needed foreign currency for the government. However, tobacco farmers have failed to reap the huge benefits and are struggling to even feed themselves. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. The post Zimbabwe tobacco farmers struggle despite industry’s…
Read More »Le Siec, salon de l’immobilier commercial et du retail élargit ses frontières en lançant la 1ère édition du Pavillon Africain
PARIS, France, 12 juin 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Afin d’établir des passerelles durables entre la France et l’Afrique et d’offrir au marché africain une vitrine pérenne, le Siec lance la 1ère édition du Pavillon africain, espace dédié sur le salon qui présentera aux visiteurs les opportunités de développement offertes…
Read More »A ‘resurgence’ in attacks on people with albinism
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Read More »DR Congo: 11 dead and 900 escape in jail attack
Eleven people were killed and more than 900 inmates have escaped after unidentified assailants attacked a jail in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive east, an official said. “The Kangwayi prison in Beni was attacked at 3:30 pm by assailants whose identity is not yet known,” Julien Paluku, governor of…
Read More »Ethiopia drought: Food supplies ‘dangerously’ low
Aid agencies are warning that Ethiopia will run out of emergency food aid by the end of this month. Almost eight million people are affected by a severe drought and they need the aid to survive. Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports. The post Ethiopia drought: Food supplies ‘dangerously’ low appeared…
Read More »Concerns as thousands of South Sudan children used as fighters
The ongoing war in South Sudan has seen a huge number of children recruited to fight. The UN children’s fund, UNICEF, says as many as 17,000 children are being used as soldiers by armed groups. And even when they are demobilised some cannot wait to sign up for the…
Read More »Return to Liberia: Life after surviving Ebola
Three years after the 2014 Ebola outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people, African countries are still struggling with the virus and its effects. The virus is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an area next to the Ebola River where the virus was first discovered in 1976. Forty-one years…
Read More »Zimbabwe opposition campaigns for youth vote ahead of election
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC-T party, is launching his campaign for next year’s general election. It is his fourth challenge to 93-year-old Robert Mugabe, who has been president since 1980. Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party is also campaigning to in a bid to win the youth vote, as high unemployment…
Read More »Calls for government of national unity in Lesotho
Lesotho’s ex-deputy Prime Minister, Mothetjoa Metsing, has called for a national unity government, saying a broader coalition deal would ensure stability after a parliamentary election failed give any party absolute majority. Lesotho held elections last week, the third in five years, after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili, with whom Metsing had…
Read More »Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack
Three United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in an attack outside their base in northern Mali, the UN said in a statement on Friday. All three soldiers killed on Thursday in Kidal were from Guinea, the Guinean government said. The identity of the attackers was not yet known. The UN camp…
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Telecom, Fintech Leaders Agitate for Strategic Partnership and Inclusive Policies at WATISE 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria, 8 September 2025/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The 2025 edition of the West …
