At the 23rd AU Heads of State and Government Summit in Equatorial Guinea last week, a petition calling on African leaders to recommit to spending at least 10% of national budgets on effective agriculture gathered more than 2 million signatures.
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Opposition boycotts voting in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT — Small groups of voters trickled into polling centres in Mauritania early yesterday
South Africa probes wife gift to SABC head
An investigation has been launched in South Africa into allegations that the head of SABC, the public broadcaster, was given a wife as a gift.
How Cuba survived sanctions
ZIMBABWE can learn from Cuba which survived for over half a Century under comprehensive sanctions from the most powerful countries in the world.
Mutharika sworn in as president
Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president after the High Court rejected a request for a recount following allegations of vote-rigging.
West Africa leaders vow to wage ‘total war’ on Boko Haram
West African leaders on Saturday agreed to work together to wage “total war” on Boko Haram saying the Nigerian Islamist group had become a regional al Qaeda
Mozambicans in Zim prepare to vote
THE Mozambican government has started registering their nationals in Zimbabwe ahead of the country’s October national elections.
Russian troops force their way into Ukrainian base
BELBEK AIRBASE, Crimea — Russian troops forced their way into a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea with armoured vehicles, automatic fire and stun grenades
Pistorius to sell SA house to pay lawyers
Johannesburg — South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is to sell his house in order to fund the legal costs of his murder trial, his lawyer has said.
Boat accident kills 19 in Uganda
KAMPALA — At least 19 people were killed and dozens of others were missing yesterday after a boat carrying mostly Congolese refugees capsized
