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Former president Thabo Mbeki spoke firmly on Sunday evening about the importance of strong leadership and honouring South Africa's constitution, in his first public address since Nelson Mandela passed away. "Do we have the quality of leadership such as was exemplified by Nelson Mandela and others sufficient to respond to the challenges we face?" asked Mbeki who repeatedly warned against betraying Mandela's legacy and values.
Wife of sensational Reggae "killer" Rita Marley has been granted a dual citizenship by government in connection with the Pan-African Festival (PANAFEST) Foundation.
Her dual nationality as a Ghanaian and Jamaican is the first of its kind to be granted to a diasporan after several years of struggle.
Rita Marley has since been handed a Ghanaian passport and dual citizenship documents to guarantee her legal stay in the country.
An Islamist militia was driven out of the city of Benghazi early on Saturday in a surge of anger against the armed groups that control large parts of Libya more than a year after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah has denied approval for some foreign airlines to extend their services to Abuja airport in addition to Lagos where they now operate, sources told Daily Trust in Abuja.
Hymns rang out in mourning Thursday for those killed in South Africa's bloodiest police action since apartheid, as President Jacob Zuma unveiled a wide-ranging probe into the unrest.
Egyptian newspaper editor Islam Afifi was freed after a few hours in custody on Thursday, a security official said, following a presidential decree scrapping preventive detention for alleged publishing crimes.
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A fresh outbreak of unrest rocked parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, with 95 people killed in three days of violence and the country's main Christian body evoking a "religious cleansing."
A fresh outbreak of unrest rocked parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, with 95 people killed in three days of violence and the country's main Christian body evoking a "religious cleansing."
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