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Dutch novelist and journalist Cees Nooteboom dies at 92
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (268+ words) We will miss the friendship, erudition, passion, and idiosyncrasy of this internationally acclaimed writer," the publishing house added. It did not give a cause of death. Equally comfortable writing fiction, poetry, songs, news reports or travel stories, Nooteboom's extensive oeuvre…...
Growing frustration among Senegal youth: Student’s death in protest reveals anger over leaders’ broken promises
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (819+ words) Authorities closed the campus of Cheikh Anta Diop University in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday, a day after the death of Abdoulaye Ba, a second-year medical student, in the unrest over unpaid financial aid. Ba died in a nearby hospital…...
IShowSpeed wraps up Africa tour highlighting cultural diversity
2+ week, 2+ day ago (396+ words) I've done so many incredible things in my life," he said during a stop in Botswana. But this trip is different. It opened my eyes. Africa is not what I thought." On Monday, he visited Ghana, trying jollof rice, meeting…...
Assembly boycott: G20 summit in South Africa ends with absence of U.S.
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (694+ words) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit in Johannesburg closed by banging a wooden gavel on a block like a judge would, in a G20 tradition. The gavel would normally be handed over to the leader of the next country…...
Malawi counts votes in a presidential election where economic turmoil is the top issue
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (730+ words) Voters faced a choice between giving President Lazarus Chakwera, 70, a second term or selecting another leader to solve the southern African nation's soaring inflation, cost-of-living crisis and critical fuel shortages. Among the 16 other candidates, former President Peter Mutharika, 85, is viewed…...
Weary Malawians look to this week’s presidential election as nation grapples with an economic crisis
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (657+ words) Incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, a former theology instructor and preacher, was the challenger in the 2019 election that was won by then-incumbent Peter Mutharika, only for it to be nullified by the country's highest court. The following year, Chakwera won a…...
U.S. tariffs put 30,000 South African jobs at risk, officials say
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (568+ words) South Africa was slapped with one of the highest tariff rates by its third-largest trading partner " after the European Union and China " creating uncertainty for the future of some export industries and catapulting a scramble for new markets outside the…...
As Trump’s tariff deadline looms, a clothing factory in the tiny African nation of Lesotho goes dark
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (1233+ words) In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing manufacturer Tzicc's business has dried up in the face of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. A few months ago, work was steady. The factory's 1,300 employees have made and exported sportswear…...
Hall Financial welcomes new financial adviser
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (163+ words) PARKERSBURG " Hall Financial Advisors has added Cody Venderlic as a financial adviser. Venderlic, a native of St. Marys, is the 10th adviser at the firm. He graduated from St. Marys High School and earned a bachelor's of arts in early childhood…...
U.S. deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (924+ words) The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African country, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties. The South Sudanese government has declined to say where those men, also…...