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Ethiopia has signed a deal for the design of a new four-runway airport which is set to be Africa's biggest when construction is completed in 2029. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/ethiopian-airlines-signs-deal-for-design-of-biggest-airport-4720246
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Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo , who has won the country's first Olympic gold medal. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sports/botswana-declares-half-day-holiday-to-mark-first-olympic-gold-4719800
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Controversy has engulfed the Miss South Africa pageant as one of its top contenders, Chidimma Adetshina, finds herself at the centre of a heated debate over her eligibility to represent the nation.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/beauty-pageant-exposes-ugly-side-of-south-africa-migrant-debate-4717276
The ceasefire negotiated in Angola between Rwanda and DRC was broken even before it could kick in after violence erupted in east DR Congo. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/no-ceasefire-in-congo-despite-luanda-deal-4717142
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The Kenyan parliament is expected to complete vetting nominees to President William Ruto’s reconstituted Cabinet on Sunday, setting the stage for their swearing into office next week. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-cs-nominees-swearing-in-set-for-next-week-4712274
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Kampala’s main trade lobby is facing pressure to cut short its strike, which saw shops close down this week, as some members started resuming business. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/kampala-trade-union-s-strike-fizzling-out-under-state-duress-4712290
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Why collapsed Nairobi talks may have saved South Sudan https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/collapsed-nairobi-talks-may-have-saved-south-sudan-4712178
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Various social media platforms have recorded a sharp rise in usage in Kenya when Gen Z staged deadly protests across the country, largely mobilised on the digital platforms. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-gen-z-led-demos-see-upsurge-in-social-media-use-4712162
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With election season fast approaching, Tanzanian President Samia this week displayed a rare streak of ruthlessness to quell disruptive internal politicking within her government, dismissing two of her key Cabinet members. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/casualties-of-samia-s-political-chess-game-as-elections-beckon-4704218
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The Northern Corridor Council of Ministers have petitioned Tanzania to allow cargo headed for Burundi, Rwanda, and DRC to pass through its borders to shorten the transit time and reduce costs.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/tanzania-accused-of-blocking-use-of-mombasa-bujumbura-corridor-4703576
DRC President Tshisekedi has accused Kenyan leader William Ruto of “mismanaging” the Nairobi Process, a peace bid in the mineral-rich country. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/ruto-mismanaged-nairobi-peace-process-tshisekedi-says-4704180
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About 74 percent and 85 percent of Zimbabwe’s combined bilateral and multilateral debt are interest, principal arrears and penalties.
Its biggest Paris Club creditors are Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and the US.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/debt-talks-falter-as-zimbabwe-loans-grow-1-7pc-4702452
Amnesty details how foreign weapons are being transferred into and around Sudan, in flagrant violation of the existing arms embargo on Darfur.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/new-weapons-from-china-turkey-russia-uae-fuelling-sudan-war-4703180
Kenya's President William Ruto has nominated four senior ranking members of the opposition ODM party as part of his new broad-based government.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/ruto-nominates-opposition-members-to-cabinet-4701178
UN mission in Congo ,Monusco, could stay beyond December https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/un-mission-in-congo-could-stay-beyond-december-4719966
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Somalia's Cabinet has approved a bill that, if confirmed by parliament, will revert the country's election system to universal suffrage for the first time in decades. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/somalia-cabinet-approves-bill-for-universal-suffrage-4719676
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Niger cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine over comments on Mali-Wagner attack https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/niger-cuts-ties-with-ukraine-over-comments-on-wagner-attack-4717286
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NGUGI: Is the world insensitive to African deaths? Or is conscience dictated by ideology?
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comment/ah-the-selective-world-conscience-on-the-africans-4712426
A Kenyan former permanent representative to the UN has criticised a US government over a “lecture" on governance issues, even though Nairobi agreed with it. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-ex-envoy-criticises-us-over-integrity-call-4712458
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About eight people were killed and 28 others injured in an explosion on a popular beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, in an attack blamed on Al Shabaab. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/eight-killed-in-mogadishu-beach-attack-ambulance-service-says-4712266
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» All aboard! The SGR race is on
» Kenya link to M23 treason trial in DRC
» Why fewer African students are earning visas to the US
» How Tripartite Free Trade Area will work for member states
» Amboseli elephants: Protected in Kenya, hunted in Tanzania
» Opinion: The foreigner behind protests has a name: #ChangeNow
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Tanzanian folk music legend Saida Karoli blames her “downfall” on a lack of support and guidance as a young and naive artiste. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/karoli-i-blew-my-fortune-young-and-naive-4706486
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Nigeria is offering its young people jobs in the state-oil company and billions of naira worth of grants to discourage planned nationwide protests. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/nigeria-bids-to-placate-youth-to-avert-looming-protests-4704512
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South Sudan mulls plan to completely shut down its oil exports through the war-torn Sudan. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/juba-mulls-shutdown-of-oil-exports-via-sudan-4703224
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Why Rwanda President Kagame fired Public Service minister Dr Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/why-kagame-fired-his-public-service-minister-4703622
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Urgent action is needed to address the rising malarial treatment resistance in Eastern Africa, a recent Policy Forum has warned. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/rising-resistance-to-malarial-treatment-a-time-bomb-4704090
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The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority cited numerous complaints such as theft of luggage, frequent flight and baggage delays. It said despite repeated quests to address these issues, Ethiopian Airlines failed to do so.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/eritrea-bans-ethiopian-airlines-as-tensions-simmer-4702478
The Tanzanian brewer approved the sale of Darbrew Ltd in August 2019, due to the non-performance of the subsidiary, but the conclusion of the deal has been delayed for years.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/hop-at-last-tanzania-breweries-sells-dormant-darbrew-4702206
The Cameroon government is under pressure to repeal an unpopular new decree, which they say unjustifiably censors free speech in the country.
The Djikdent Decree threatens to expel anyone from the capital Yaounde who insults the President.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/rights-lobby-revocation-of-cameroon-s-anti-free-speech-decree-4700902