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Boxing champion belt given to Mandela stolen in South Africa

YoopyaJuly 14, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 14, 2022April 6, 20230

A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto, according to police....

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South Africa police say 15 killed in bar shooting in Soweto

YoopyaJuly 10, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 10, 2022April 6, 20230

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg’s Soweto township has killed 15 people and left others in critical condition, according to police. Police say...

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Angola’s former president dos Santos dies aged 79

YoopyaJuly 8, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 8, 2022April 6, 20230

[reuter] Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, died on Friday, the presidency said....

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Burkina Faso’s ousted ex-president Compaore returns for summit

YoopyaJuly 8, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 8, 2022April 6, 20230

Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore returned from exile on Thursday, almost eight years after he was toppled in an uprising, to take part in a...

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West African leaders lift economic and financial sanctions on Mali

YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2022April 6, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers proposed...

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Belgium returns Congo independence hero’s tooth to family

YoopyaJune 20, 2022April 8, 2023

by YoopyaJune 20, 2022April 8, 20230

Belgian authorities on Monday returned a gold-capped tooth belonging to the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, as the former colonial power continues to confront...

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Survivors of Nigeria church attack that killed 22 scramble for medical supplies

YoopyaJune 7, 2022April 8, 2023

by YoopyaJune 7, 2022April 8, 20230

Sunday’s attack on a Catholic Church in the Nigerian town of Owo killed 22 people and injured 50, an official said on Tuesday, as the...

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Diébédo Francis Kéré talk-show at TED about how to build with clay … and community (Video)

YoopyaMarch 24, 2022June 30, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 24, 2022June 30, 20230

Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture… He wanted to go home to Gando in...

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When conditions are right, Burkina Faso will return to constitutional order, the military leader says

YoopyaJanuary 27, 2022June 30, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 27, 2022June 30, 20230

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, Burkina Faso’s new military leader, said his country will return to constitutional order once the conditions are right. On Monday, Dambiba...

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West African leaders to hold summit after latest coups

YoopyaJanuary 26, 2022June 30, 2023

by YoopyaJanuary 26, 2022June 30, 20230

Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Burkina Faso and Mali on Friday, Ivory Coast’s information...