AFRICA

Prince Harry lands new job

  The Duke of Sussex has joined Silicon Valley startup BetterUp as its chief impact officer, the company told CNN Business on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Harry also confirmed the prince’s new role. BetterUp provides coaching and mental health services to clients. The company’s website lists Harry as part of …

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South Africa’s Zulu nation appoints Queen as regent

  South Africa’s powerful Zulu nation has appointed a new regent in the person of Queen Mantfombi MaDlamini Zulu, one of the six wives of the deceased king Goodwill Zwelithini. The late king’s will was read today in the presence of Prime Minister of the Zulu nation, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi …

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Cyril Ramaphosa to appear at state capture inquiry

State capture inquiry chairperson deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo has fixed four days for the appearance of President Cyril Ramaphosa. Zondo announced Ramaphosa will appear on April 22 and 23 and again on April 28 and 29. The president will be appearing wearing his current ANC cap and in his …

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Bafana coach Ntseki faces another headache: ‘Ghana will be coming here with a different team altogether’

Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki’s squad plans have not just been thrown into disarray by European clubs refusing to release players‚ but also his preparations in terms of what to expect from Thursday’s opponents Ghana. Bafana meet Ghana — level on nine points in 2021 Africa Cup of Cup of …

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PHOTOS: Lawyers hit street over murder of colleague

Lawyers in Anambra State on Monday held a peaceful march in Awka over the rising cases of insecurity and the murder of their colleague, Francis Onwuachi, by gunmen. The lawyers, under the aegis of Committee of Chairmen and Secretaries of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), also announced that they will stay away …

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Hits and misses running through the Bulldozer’s colourful ruling style

President John Pombe Magufuli’s tenure was punctuated with a number of controversies. He banned pregnant girls from school, he shamed and dismissed government officials on the spot and his governance policies forced some political activists and politicians into exile. But his greatest controversy is that of denying the existence of COVID-19. …

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Accident kills 19 passengers on Nigeria’s Kaduna-Abuja Expressway

Nineteen passengers were killed in an auto accident at the Kateri along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Sunday. Kateri is in the Kagarko Local Government Area of state. The DAF trailer involved in the accident was said to be heading for Kano from Lagos when the incident happened. According to the …

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South Africa sells its AstraZeneca shots to 14 African countries via AU

South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African nations, the health minister announced Sunday. South Africa last month suspended its vaccination programme, which had started with AstraZeneca jabs, after doubts were raised over that vaccine’s efficacy against a local variant …

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Cameroonian mom dies in Canadian hospital two days after accusing staff of trying to kill her

The Quebec coroner’s office has launched an investigation into the death of a Cameroonian refugee who shared a video on social media claiming staff at a local hospital she was admitted to were trying to kill her after being repeatedly given medication they knew she was allergic to. According to …

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VIDEO+PHOTOS: Mrs Magufuli, President Samia shed tears as Tanzania mourns Ex-leader

There were emotional scenes at today’s state funeral for former Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli in the capital, Dodoma. Janeth Magufuli, wife of the former president who was present at the event uncontrollably shed tears as she sat through the entire ceremony. She was joined by President Samia Suluhu Hassan …

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