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APC candidate to return to Nigeria on Friday, March 6

YoopyaMarch 6, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2015July 9, 20230

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari travelled to the United Kingdom on February 19 for a brief working trip. According...

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Ghana’s electricity rationing is leaving its independence celebrations in the dark

YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 20230

Every Independence Day, Ghanaians of a certain age make the same speech. My grandfather’s is the finest, tinged by a pride he’s felt since that...

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Ghana is 58 today

YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 20230

Ghana will commemorate its 58th independence celebration today with parades and social activities across the country. A national parade of schoolchildren and contingents of...

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Zimbabwe President Mugabe sued by former Zanu-PF allies

YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 25, 20230

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been sued for wrongful dismissal by two former ruling party senior officials. The pair were expelled from the party in...

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Watch A Film From Mali: The Day Before The Music Died

YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 28, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 6, 2015May 28, 20230

Just its title has an ominous sense of finality: The Last Song Before the War. The documentary by Kiley Kraskouskas presents the 2011 Festival in...

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Olusegun Obasanjo Plays Soccer Match To Mark 78th Birthday

YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 20230

What a way to celebrate your birthday, especially when you are this old. The controversial former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo decided to organize a...

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Boko Haram fighters mass in Gwoza, several residents killed

YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 20230

Boko Haram fighters have massed in northeast Nigeria’s Gwoza and killed several residents in the town considered to be the group’s headquarters, a witness and...

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Last Ebola patient is released in Liberia

YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 20230

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old teacher, from a treatment center on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being...

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Kenya: Lupita’s Sh13 Million Oscar Dress With 6,000 Natural Pearls Stolen in Hollywood

YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 5, 2015July 9, 20230

By Eugene Okumu With Agencies Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscars gown valued at Sh13.7 million was stolen from a Hollywood hotel. The incident occured Wednesday....

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Rwandan singer jailed for plot to kill president

YoopyaMarch 2, 2015July 3, 2023

by YoopyaMarch 2, 2015July 3, 20230

KIGALI (Reuters) – A popular singer in Rwanda known for his renditions of the national anthem was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday...