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South African customs officers at the weekend seized a crystal meth consignment weighing 785 kg and valued at US$16.9 million at OR Tambo International Airport which was on its way to Australia, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced on Monday.

A kilogram of Ethiopia’s finest coffee has sold for a staggering $884.10 (approximately 47,236 Ethiopian birr) at auction.

The report of the forecast by Fitch Solutions that Ghana’s inflation to remain high in near term and that the country’s consumer price inflation 2024 will average 25 per cent and 15 per cent in 2022 and 2023, respectively is one of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Monday.

The report that fear has gripped the private sector in Nigeria, especially the services and technology space, following mass resignation of skilled workforce to seek greener pastures abroad is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Monday.

As part of their ongoing consultations, several newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) leaders in KwaZulu-Natal province said on Sunday they visited former president Jacob Zuma at his Nkandla home “to seek his guidance and wisdom” about South Africa’s future.

Ethiopia has received its first natural gas reserves certificate after a U.S. firm completed an assessment to verify the extent of natural gas and oil reserves in the country.

South Africa says it is deeply disappointed at yet another failed Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Fighting resumed in Tripoli over the weekend as rival miitias battle for turf in the Libyan capital marked by heavy shelling in populated areas.

Torrential rainfall has triggered unprecedented flooding in Chad, affecting more than 340,000 people living in 55,000 households.

The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has urged the Nigerian authorities to drop all investigations into Nigerian publisher, Agba Jalingo, compensate him for his previous unlawful detention and stop harassing the journalist.