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Mugabe Appoints ‘Minister For Whatsapp’
A spoof government notice hit social media as soon as President Robert Mugabe announced he had set up a new ministry responsible for Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation.
Zimbabweans reacted with customary humour to the…
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Xi Jinping Becomes China’s Most Powerful Leader Since Mao Zedong
China's ruling Communist Party has voted to enshrine Xi Jinping's name and ideology in its constitution, elevating him to the level of founder Mao Zedong.
The unanimous vote to incorporate "Xi Jinping Thought" happened at the end of the…
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Nigerian University Hires Snake Charmers After Student Death
A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus.
Zainab Umar, a final-year economics student at Umaru Musa Yar'Adua University in Katsina state, died last week after a…
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Top Russian Journalist Stabbed In The Throat Inside Moscow Radio Station
Ms Feldenhauer is in hospital and receiving treatment, which includes a catheter to bypass the neck wound. According to the editor in chief, Alexei Venediktov, the injuries are not life-threatening.
The Ria Novosti state news agency has…
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Kenya To Charge Opposition Leader’s Sister With Incitement To Violence
Kenyan authorities will arrest and charge the sister of opposition leader Raila Odinga with incitement to violence after attacks on the election board, the chief prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Odinga has pulled out of the re-run of an…
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Court Postpones Sentencing White Farmers In Coffin Case
Middelburg, South Africa - A court has postponed the sentencing of two white farmers found guilty of kidnapping, assault and intent to do grievous bodily harm after they shoved a black man in a coffin and threatened to set him on fire.…
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Deadly Typhoon Lan Hits Tokyo Leaving Four Dead
A powerful typhoon has slammed into Japan, killing at least four people.
Those who died included a man hit by falling scaffolding, a fisherman tending to his boat, and a young woman whose car was washed away by floodwaters.
The storm…
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Japan PM Promises To Tackle North Korea
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to “deal firmly” with North Korea after exit polls suggested he won a clear victory in Sunday’s election.
Mr Abe had called an early election for an increased mandate to deal with “crises”…
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Widow Of Dead Soldier Hits Out At Trump
The widow of a fallen US soldier says President Trump couldn’t remember her husband’s name during a controversial phone call.
Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president’s “stumbling” had “hurt her the…
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WHO Cancels Robert Mugabe Goodwill Ambassador Role
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
"I have listened carefully to all who have expressed their concerns,"WHO head Tedros Adhanom…
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