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APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — Air transport, together with support services, contributed 0.4 percent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), translating into a turnover of $232.79 million last year, President...
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — Key findings from assessments of what African countries need to do to benefit from e-commerce and the digital economy were at the center of discussions on Monday at the first minis...
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday endorsed Kenya’s ambitious Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme, whose pilot phase President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to launch in K...
06-Dec-2018 to 18:30
18 perish in Guinea highway collision
APA-Conakry (Guinea) By Amadou Sadjo Diallo — A collision between a truck and a minibus on the Mamou-Faranah highway in Guinea has killed 18 people.
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28-Nov-2018 to 16:21
Uganda: National mourning for boat disaster victims
APA-Kampala (Uganda) — The Ugandan government has declared Friday 30th November 2018 as a day of national mourning for the people that perished in a boat accident on Lake Victoria last Saturday.
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23-Nov-2018 to 14:12
Finnish national feared dead as plane crashes in southern Zimbabwe
APA-Masvingo (Zimbabwe) — Three people, one of them believed to be a Finland national, are feared dead after a Cessna light aircraft they were traveling in crashed in Zimbabwe’s southern Masvingo province, state media reported on Friday.
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08-Nov-2018 to 06:54
Zimbabwe horror bus accident claims 47 lives
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) — Some 47 people perished on Wednesday night following a head-on collision in northeastern Zimbabwe involving two long distance buses.
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08-Nov-2018 to 05:54
Over 400 buffaloes drown in Botswana’s Chobe River
APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — More than 400 buffaloes drowned in the Chobe River in western Botswana during the past week, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism announced on Wednesday.
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29-Oct-2018 to 08:49
S/Africa sends condolences after USA synagogue tragedy
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday sent condolences to his United States counterpart Donald Trump following a shooting incident that left 11 elderly Jewish Americans dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue in Pennsylvania state over the weekend.
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16-Oct-2018 to 18:00
Morocco train derails, six killed, 86 injured
APA-Rabat (Morocco) — A passenger train has derailed about 20 km north of the Moroccan capital Rabat, killing six people and injuring 86, the National Railways Office (ONCF) confirmed.
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