Zambia’s former first lady Esther Lungu arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft

Esther Lungu charged. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Chalo Chatu By Face2Face Africa The police in Zambia have arrested the wife of former President Edgar Lungu on three charges, including theft of a motor vehicle, BBC reported. Esther Lungu, who was taken into custody on Wednesday, has denied the charges. The former first lady was arrested with three

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UK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite

A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace since 2009 over the past year, reflecting the increasing impact of higher interest rates, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday. Halifax

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Al-Shabab presented Ugandan soldier and sent a demand to Museveni

A photograph appear on the Internet A soldier from the African Union’s ATMIS operation appeared for the first time in a video released by Al-Shabab terrorist group, who is one of the live soldiers who attacked the group in Bulo-Marer in the Lower Shabelle region Somalia. This Ugandan soldier asked the President of Uganda, Yoweri

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Gabon’s deposed president ‘free to move’ abroad

By Anadolu Agency Gabon’s former President Ali Bongo, who was ousted by the military last week, is free to travel out of the country if he wishes after the transitional president allowed him freedom on Wednesday. “Given his state of health, the former president of the Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is free to move around,”

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Somalia President Hassan Sheikh failure for Al-Shabab war

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia President Hassan Sheikh and his henchman spy chief Mahad Salad The President of the Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who is in the city of Mahas in the Hiran region, has revealed that some officers of the Somali Armed Forces have been arrested and accused of being behind the

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President Ruto urges global financial institutions to be fair to Africa

President William Ruto addressing participants during the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya on September 5, 2023 By The East African Africa is calling for a fair financial system that treats all nations equally, according to Kenya’s President William Ruto, who also chairs the Heads of State Committee on Climate Change. Speaking on the second

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Oil prices hit 10-month high as Saudi, Russia extend supply cuts

By Reuters Oil prices surged about 2% on Tuesday to their highest since November, after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary supply cuts to the end of the year, worrying investors about potential shortages during peak winter demand. Brent crude futures rose by $1.32, or about 1.5%, to $90.32 a barrel by 1:39 p.m.

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Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting at Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely

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Growing influence of Brics in East Africa through arms race

A Russian tank in a firing exercise field. Photo/AFP By The East African Countries. Yet, new details show that arms supply is just as much the bloc’s area of specialisation, to eastern African countries. The Brics arms race, it turns out, is already playing out in eastern Africa as new data indicates that in 2021

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Great Somali singer Ahmed Naji Sa`ad passed away in London

Great Somali singer Ahmed Naji Sa`ad Ahmed Naji Sa`ad, one of the pillars of Somali art, died tonight in London, may God have mercy on him. His death was confirmed by his son Yahye Ahmed-Naji. Ahmed-Naji was one of the artists who had a great history in the Somali theater and literature. Ahmed Naji is

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