A man and a woman have been shot dead and the third person was left seriously injured following a shooting that took place at the Durban’s Magistrate Court, South Africa on Monday. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson, Tembeka Mbele, said the shooting occurred in the divorce court just before lunch when a man opened fire on his […]
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NASA InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on Wednesday, capping seven years of work and a journey of nearly seven months. And moments after, it sent its first pictures about the Red Planet. The spacecraft which cost nearly a billion dollars to build is to listen for quakes and tremors as a way to unveil the […]
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Not less than 50 people were killed in a suicide attack on a religious celebration in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest assaults to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks that has killed hundreds of people as militants step […]
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Africa will become the world’s next big growth market, similar to the Asian boom, McKinsey, a management consulting firm said on Tuesday. “While other geographies are seeing incremental growth, global companies that get in early and join the African champions shaping the right strategies, can sustain double-digit profit growth over the next few decades,’’ it […]
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved its third equity investment of $40 million in Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3). AIIF3 is a closed-ended pan-African infrastructure fund managed by South Africa-based Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM). AIIM is one of Africa’s most experienced infrastructure fund managers. The Fund will focus […]
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A U.S. judge has ordered the White House to restore the press credentials of CNN reporter, Jim Acosta, rejecting the Trump administration’s revocation of his pass to the building, according to the broadcaster. The White House said it would comply with the ruling and “temporarily reinstate” Acosta’s hard-pass to the building. The district judge’s ruling […]
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The World Bank on Friday said that it had granted $300 million to Tanzania to support its education sector, a statement from the country’s Directorate of Presidential Communication said. Hafez Ghanem, Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, announced the new grant during talks with Tanzanian President, John Magufuli at State House in the […]
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Popular international broadcaster, Cable News Network, CNN, has filed a lawsuit in a U.S District Court, against the United States President, Donald Trump, and some top White House Aides for barring Jim Acosta, its correspondent. The suit is seeking the immediate restoration of Acosta’s access to the White House. “The wrongful revocation of these credentials […]
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A U.S. think tank said on Monday it had identified at least 13 of an estimated 20 undeclared missile operating bases inside North Korea. In reports released by the Washington D.C.-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, researcher Joseph Bermudez said maintenance and minor infrastructure improvements had been observed at some of the sites. […]
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Britain’s transport minister Jo Johnson on Friday resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government in opposition to a looming Brexit deal and called for a second referendum on leaving the EU. “It has become increasingly clear to me that the withdrawal agreement, which is being finalised… even as I write, will be a terrible mistake,” […]
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