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Rapper Drake announces hiatus from music over health issue/in /by
Canadian Rapper Drake said Friday he is taking a break from music, just hours after dropping his latest album, For all the dogs, in order to focus on recurring stomach issues.
Kenya: Hundreds of believers protest LGBTQ association right/in /by
Hundreds of Muslims and conservative Christians in Kenya’s capital rallied Friday outside the Supreme Court to protest its decision last month to reaffirm the LGBTQ community’s right of association, saying that the verdict condoned immorality.
Ghana, IMF agree second loan payment of $600 mn/in /by
Payment of the second portion of Ghana's loan will come after the IMF board's final approval and bring the total disbursed since May to $1.2 billion, the IMF said.
Doping confirmed, Paul Pogba faces four year ban/in /by
Pogba now has seven days to submit his defence to the National Anti-Doping Tribunal, which will investigate his case and request a sanction, a procedure which could take several weeks.
DRC: in the Goma camps, prostitution, rape or hunger/in /by
Patricia* is 15 years old and has a tough look. Like thousands of girls and women in recent months, she was raped while searching for food for her family around the displaced camps in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Côte d’Ivoire: Prime Minister dismissed, reshuffle in sight/in /by
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Friday dismissed his Prime Minister Patrick Achi, in office since 2021, and announced the forthcoming formation of a new government, two years ahead of the presidential election.
Angola opens up, put into place visa-free entry to nationals from over 90 countries/in /by
Fourteen African nations are on the list for the visa-free entry. They include Tanzania, Eswatini, Morocco, Lesotho, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde and Algeria.
Zimbabwe: New sanitary measures to fight cholera resurgence/in /by
No shaking hands or sharing food these are some of the new imposed health measures on public gatherings in Zimbabwe, particularly in the capital Harare, to combat the resurgence of cholera cases.
Kenya: Ruto to ask China for $1 billion loan/in /by
Kenyan President William Ruto will ask China for a $1 billion loan to complete stalled road projects when he travels to Beijing later this month, his deputy Rigathi Gachahua said Friday.
Not Cameroon, not France. Joel Embiid decides to play for USA in Paris Olympics/in /by
"Yeah, that's that's great news for Team USA. We need, you know all the top players to play in Paris if we want to have a chance at a gold medal. The world has gotten better. We saw that in the World Cup. And so I think that's great news for Team USA to have one of the best players. .... " Jason Kid