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Saudi Arabia to release Saudi-Ethiopian business tycoon detained during a corruption crackdown
The Ethiopian Prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, said Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire Sheikh Mohammed…
Zimbabwe needs $11 billion to renovate its mines over the next five years
Zimbabwe mines needs almost $11 billion for renovations that will help maximize…
Listeriosis: the world’s largest ever outbreak of the food-borne disease hits 204 deaths
On Thursday 17 May 2018, the death toll from the world’s largest…
Egypt obtains approval for payment of another $2billion in a $12 billion IMF loan
Egypt is to obtain another $2 billion of a $12 billion loan…
South Africa launches new Automated Biometric Identification System
South Africa’s Ministry of Home Affairs has launched a new Automated Biometric…
Culture Currents
Etan Comics presents the second issue of ‘Jember’, the first Ethiopian superhero comic book
African storytellers are finding new ways to deliver African folktales, history and…
Actress Aïssa Maïga to lead forum Against Racism and Sexism at ongoing Cannes Film Festival
Senegalese-French actress Aïssa Maïga is not new to the fight for equality and…
Distruction boyz, Davido, Fally Ipupa, Lupita Nyong’o, among nominees for BET Awards 2018
Next month, some of the biggest names in music, television, movies, and…
What if Boyega’s suggestion for an Africa-themed MET Gala were taken seriously?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit — more colloquially…
Nigerian photographer Noma Osula included in British Journal of Photography’s Ones to Watch
The British Journal of Photography (BJP) takes an international perspective on contemporary photography,…
Lagos: The city as canvas and the artists who paint on it
Lagos, one of Africa’s largest cities, and arguably its most vibrant, is…
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