A top Zanu-PF official and an ally of First Lady Grace Mugabe has tweeted that he and other 50 party officials are outside the country. Jonathan Moyo tweeted that he is "relatively fine". The tweet has however been deleted but the BBC manged to get a screengrab of it: [caption
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The U.S. African Development Foundation invites proposals for grant financing and local support, from African enterprises, cooperatives, and producer groups with innovative solutions that extend their own capabilities to increase revenues, create jobs, improve farmer incomes, and achieve sustainable market-based growth. Maximum award US $250,000. Proposals will only be accepted
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President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has awarded Nigerian multi-millionaire business mogul Gilbert Chagoury with the national order of friendship medal ‘Igihango’, one of the highest national honors in the East African country, reports Forbes. In a ceremony in Kigali on Saturday, the President bestowed the honor on the Nigerian business
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has challenged Ugandan communities that there can not be a successful fundraising drive for any developmental venture if the homesteads within the communities are poor and living in abject poverty. “When the bishop invited me to come here for the church fundraising drive, I thought the
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Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta in last month’s repeat presidential vote, paving the way for him to be sworn in next week. Chief Justice David Maraga said all six judges dismissed the two legal challenges to the vote, but the opposition NASA
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Zimbabwe's long-time president Robert Mugabe has agreed to the terms of his resignation and a letter has been drafted, an official source with direct knowledge of negotiations told CNN The source said that the generals had given into many of Mugabe's demands including full immunity for himself and his wife
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With Robert Mugabe's hopes of handing power to his wife in Zimbabwe over, which political dynasties are still going strong elsewhere in Africa? Since the 1990s, multi-party elections and peaceful transfers of power have become far more common on the continent but quite a few current leaders have succeeded their
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The Forbes recently published a list of 30 under 30 celebrities turning fame into a force for change. Madina Nalwanga, 17 year old Ugandan made it to the list of these stars set to who a great future in 2018. But who is she? Born in Kampala, Uganda, Nalwanga was
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By Bunmi Oloruntoba Considered the “Nobel Prize of agriculture,” the World Food Prize is awarded each year for a specific and exceptionally significant contribution to the production or distribution of food. This year, the prize was awarded to Akinwumi Adesina, a former Nigerian agriculture minister - and currently the president
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Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader, officials say. Zanu-PF has instead appointed ex-Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been fired by Mr Mugabe two weeks ago. The sacking of Mr Mnangagwa had prompted an extraordinary chain of events as the military intervened to block Mr Mugabe,
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