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Zimbabwe legalises cannabis for medical, scientific use

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwe has legalised production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific use, according to new regulations seen by AFP Saturday. A statutory instrument entitled Production of Cannabis for Medicinal and Scientific Use Regulations, said prospective producers can apply to the health ministry for a licence to …

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Malawi’s ex-president Banda to return after four-year exile

Blantyre, Malawi | AFP | Malawi’s former president, Joyce Banda, is expected to fly home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, despite facing the threat of arrest over corruption allegations. Banda fled the country in 2014 when she lost power after being embroiled in the so-called Cashgate scandal, …

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Liberia’s Sirleaf receives $5m Ibrahim prize

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday accepted the prestigious $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. “As the first woman to receive this Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize award, it is my hope that women and girls across the continent are inspired …

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Dozens drown fleeing violence in northwest DR Congo

Mbandaka, DR Congo | AFP | Forty civilians drowned when their boats capsized on a storm-swollen river as they fled fighting in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior local official said Friday. “As of Wednesday night, we recovered the bodies of 40 people” after their boats capsized, Jean Bakatoye, …

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Ivory Coast to send 450 peacekeepers to C. Africa

United Nations, United States | AFP | Ivory Coast will send 450 troops to the Central African Republic to serve as UN peacekeepers in one of the most demanding missions, the foreign minister said Thursday. The announcement from Ivorian Foreign Minister Marcel Amon-Tanoh came after Gabon last month announced that …

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Boko Haram attack in NE Nigeria kills four: authorities

Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP | At least four people were killed when Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, the emergency services said on Friday, as residents returned home. Violence broke out on the outskirts of Maiduguri on Thursday night, with indications the jihadists were attempting to reach …

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Seven killed in Cape Town train crash

Cape Town, South Africa | AFP | Seven people were killed in South Africa on Friday when a train ploughed into a pickup truck at a crossing where 10 children were killed in a similar accident in 2010, officials said. The seven victims, all men in their 30s, were reportedly …

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