By AFP ADDIS ABABA The African Union on Friday said an internal investigation had found sexual harassment to be "prevalent" within the organisation. The admission comes after a committee was established in May to investigate anonymous allegations. It found some female employees, especially those on internships, volunteer programmes or short-term
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French President Emmanuel Macron has said that France will return 26 artworks taken from the West African state of Benin in the colonial era. His announcement follows an experts' report recommending that African treasures in French museums be returned to their countries of origin. The 26 thrones and statues were
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By AFP Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai
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The Central Bank of Tanzania has said that the closure of forex exchange (forex) bureaus in the northern city of Arusha comes as a result of a six-month investigation into businesses that had been operating illegally. It found an increase in businesses operating without a licence, and some involving money
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By AFP The Pentagon will trim the number of US troops deployed across Africa as it concentrates more on countering threats from "Great Power" competitors Russia and China, officials said Thursday. Currently, about 7,200 US military personnel are based in dozens of African nations, with notable footprints in places like
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By Akani Chauke By the International Monetary Fund (IMF’s) own admission, there are circumstances where African governments’ debt levels are so high they become unsustainable, such that the scheduled debt service exceeds the capacity of the member to service it. This rings true for a number of countries in the
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Kenyan agricultural products could soon find their way to China — the world’s most populous country, with a population of around 1.38 billion. This follows the inking of a deal between the two countries. The products targeted include fruits, nuts, avocados, mangoes legumes, flowers, vegetables, stevia, meat, leather and leather
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By AFP Soaring birth rates in developing nations are fuelling a global baby boom while women in dozens of richer countries aren't producing enough children to maintain population levels there, according to figures released Friday. A global overview of birth, death and disease rates evaluating thousands of datasets on
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By AFP The New York trial opened Monday under huge security for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals accused of spending a quarter of a century smuggling cocaine into the United States. The defendant accused of running the massive Sinaloa drug cartel, observed the first
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More foreign nationals living abroad will be able to join United Kingdom’s armed forces, the government is to announce. Currently, only 200 Commonwealth citizens per year can apply without having lived in the UK for five years. But in a bid to recruit more servicemen and women to the Army,
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