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Zim student who hacked into university database heading to tech summit
The computer whiz, hacking into a university database to alter his results, has had his bail conditions altered this week so that he can attend the event in Switzerland.
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'Traumatised' Africans stranded by coronavirus plead to be brought home
Countries across the world have flown their nationals home from China’s quarantined Hubei province, the center of the outbreak of the virus that since January has infected more than 74,000 people and killed over 2,100.
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Lesotho PM Tom Thabane a no show for court appearance
Police were expecting Thabane to appear before the Maseru magistrates court but he did not arrive.
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Togo's president seeks re-election to extend 50-year dynasty
The opposition is weakened by division and Faure Gnassingbe is seen by political analysts as a shoo-in to win, despite widespread demonstrations against his rule in 2005 and 2017 in which hundreds died during clashes with police.
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Tight police presence outside court ahead of Lesotho PM Thabane’s appearance
Tom Thabane is expected in court where he will be charged with murder, attempted murder, and malicious damage to property.
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Supporters to rally around embattled Lesotho PM Tom Thabane at court appearance
Thabane is expected to appear at the Maseru magistrates court on Friday morning where he will appear and be charged with murder.
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Zim patient suspected of coronavirus tests negative
The 27-year-old woman arrived in Harare from China on Wednesday and has been quarantined.
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S.Sudan's Kiir, Machar agree to form unity government on Saturday
Salva Kiir confirmed that they had agreed to join together for the third time in government -- an experiment which has twice previously ended in disaster.
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Lesotho's Tom Thabane: I'll resign by the end of July
On Wednesday, the national executive committee of Tom Thabane’s party, the ABC, gave him an ultimatum to resign by Thursday while the opposition threatened to block the budget if he did not.
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S.Sudan citizens 'deliberately starved' by warring parties: UN
The three-member commission looked into abuses between the signing of a peace deal in September 2018 and December 2019.
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Woman quarantined in Zimbabwe tests negative for coronavirus
The 27-year-old arrived in Harare on Wednesday aboard a plane from China where she was treated for flu-like symptoms.
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Lesotho DPP ready to charge PM Thabane with second wife's murder
Lesotho deputy police commissioner Paseka Mokete has confirmed that the director of public prosecutions was ready to charge Prime Minister Tom Thabane with his second wife Lipolelo's murder.
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'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm
Farmers called the authorities as soon as the locusts arrived. Authorities used planes to spray the swarm, and while some died most ended up in Kimanzi’s fields.
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Lesotho’s PM Thabane’s ABC party to meet over his removal
The NEC confirmed on Wednesday it had given Prime Minister Tom Thabane until Thursday to step down.
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ANALYSIS: African countries paying too much for debt, not borrowing too much
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges.
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Libya govt dims hopes of salvaging UN ceasefire talks
A near year-long battle for control of Tripoli worsened on Tuesday when the eastern-based Libya National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar shelled the city’s seaport for the first time.
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Resign or we will block the budget – Lesotho opposition tells Thabane
ABC leader and Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane has announced twice that he will retire with no time specified.
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Lesotho ruling party gives PM resignation deadline
The supreme decision-making body of Thabane's All Basotho Convention (ABC) party met on Monday and agreed on a deadline for the 80-year-old Thabane to step down.
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Vodacom ‘co-operating’ with Lesotho Communications Authority over penalty
The Lesotho Communications Authority confirmed that it slapped Vodacom with an R8.2 million penalties for failing to pay regulatory fees on time.
