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Africa Travel Market optimistic over new growth prospects
Africa’s travel market is open and booming. A sentiment expressed by an estimated 600 exhibitors at this year’s World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.
‘It hurts’: DR Congo currency drops amid war spending, arrears payments
Since the new year, the Congolese franc has depreciated about 15 percent against the US dollar, according to official figures and money changers, hitting the poorest hardest
Absence of Tunisian President Saied questioned by the opposition
The main opposition coalition in Tunisia called on the government to reveal the reasons behind President Kais Saied's "absence" in recent days
East African regional force take control of key town in eastern DRC
The strategic town of Bunagana in eastern DRC was previously held by M23 rebels for more than nine months
Malawi on the look out for a new manager
The Football Association of Malawi announced it was not renewing the contract with Romanian coach Mario Marinica
Gabon’s Bongo delays announcement for new presidential bid
At a ceremony to mark the ruling party's 55th anniversary, President Ali Bongo had been widely expected to announce his bid for a new term. Instead, the 64-year-old discussed a stroke he suffered in 2018 which kept him out of the country for months
Exhibition “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” opens in Paris
Among the objects on display from April 7th until September 6th is the restored funerary mask of Egyptian King Amenemope
South Africa’s largest opposition party re-appoints leader
John Steenhuisen was re-appointed as leader of the Democratic Alliance and presented himself as the alternative for the country
Moroccan playwright dies after setting himself on fire
Ahmed Jawad "died in a Rabat hospital where he was being treated" after attempting to end his life, the official said on condition of anonymity.
UK presses ahead with plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
In December, court in the UK ruled that Rwanda was a safe country for asylum seekers prompting an appeal by migrant and human rights organisations