South Africa: Cape Town innovates to overcome water shortages (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Reprocessing of wastewater, desalination… The South African city has adopted an ambitious plan, in particular financial, to ensure its supply of drinking water, threatened by climate change and the rural exodus.
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Burundi: the main opposition party suspended (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Burundi's main opposition party, the National Council for Freedom (CNL), has seen its activities suspended by the Interior Ministry due to " irregularities" during its last two congresses, it has been reported. learned in a letter made public on Tuesday.
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Benin: a new Constitutional Court with a controversial composition (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
The new Constitutional Court of Benin began its mandate on Tuesday, a jurisdiction with a composition criticized by the opposition, which denounces the absence of its representatives within this institution, in particular responsible for supervising the 2026 elections.
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UN: Algeria and Sierra Leone elected to Security Council (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana and South Korea were elected unchallenged on Tuesday to sit on the UN Security Council in 2024-25, while Slovenia handily beat Belarus for the only contested seat.
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Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga declared unfit to stand trial (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga has been declared unfit to stand trial by the UN war crimes judges saying he had severe dementia and could not take a stand properly.
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Kenya's content creators reject tax proposals (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
Digital content creators in Kenya have denounced the government's tax proposals that include a 15% tax on their earnings
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Franco-Algerian striker Karim Benzema completes move to Al-Ittihad (Wed, 07 Jun 2023)
The winner of the 2022 Golden Ball has signed a 3-year contract with Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad and will earn more than 50 million dollars per season
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Senegal: Loved ones mourn student killed during unrest (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
As a cautious calm returned to Dakar on Monday (June 6) after days of clashes, dozens of emotional friends and relatives gathered to pray around 26-year-old Elhaji Cisse. He was walking home on June 2nd evening when he was shot in the shoulder and later died at hospital.
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Portuguese president on a state visit to South Africa (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
Cyril Ramaphosa detailed during a press conference with his Portuguese counterpart Tuesday (June 6), the progress of the African peace delegation set to visit Ukraine and Russia later this month.
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FIFA U20 World Cup: Late goal pushes Nigeria out (Tue, 06 Jun 2023)
South Korea's goal in extra-time ended Nigeria's U-20 World Cup in Argentina. The semi-finals will be played on June 8. The final will take place on June 11.
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