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Chad Williams

Multimedia Journalist, IOL News

Africa’s biggest photography library opens in Ghana

Founded by Ghanaian photographer and film-maker Paul Ninson, the Dikan Centre houses more than 30 000 books he has collected.

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Indian man dies while watching movie Avatar 2 in theatre

The man, who has been identified as Lakshmireddy Srinu, went to a movie theatre in Peddapuram with his brother Raju to watch the film and collapsed in the middle of the movie.

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WATCH: Thai warship sinks, 31 sailors missing

Rescue efforts continued on Monday as ships and helicopters were searching to rescue sailors from the water in the Gulf of Thailand after their navy ship sunk this weekend.

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Two-year-old boy swallowed and spat out by hippo in Uganda survives

A 2-year-old boy from Uganda was reportedly swallowed by a hippo and spat out again, after an onlooker pelted the animal with stones.

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WATCH: Here’s why thousands of nurses are downing tools in the UK

On Thursday, thousands of nurses across much of the UK went on strike, protesting over low pay and demanding better salaries and better working conditions.

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Kenyan president’s daughter denies using public funds in ‘Office of the First Daughter’

Kenya’s president William Ruto’s daughter, Charlene Ruto, has denied using public funds for personal use, saying that the ‘Office of the First Daughter’ is a private entity.

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WATCH: Born after January 2009? It is now illegal for you to buy cigarettes in New Zealand

New Zealand authorities have passed a historic anti-smoking bill in Parliament on Tuesday, ultimately banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009.

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Our administration will be guided not by what we can do for Africa but what we can do with Africa - Vice President Kamala Harris

Speaking at the African and Diaspora Young Leaders’ Forum, US Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden/Harris administration will invest their time and energy to fortify partnerships across Africa.

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Sandy Hook shooting 10 years on: We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem, says Biden

On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden marked the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in which on this day exactly 10 years ago, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people, including 20 young children.

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Another 27 migrant bodies discovered, this time in central Chad

In another grizzly discovery barely a few days apart, the bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, according to the UN migration agency.

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Ethiopian government to investigate deaths of 27 migrants in Zambia

Zambian police found the bodies of the 27 men on Sunday in Chongwe Ngwerere, a farming area on the outskirts of the capital, who are believed to have suffocated or died from suspected hunger and exhaustion while in transit.

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WHO names Dr Jeremy Farrar as its new Chief Scientist

Global health authority the World Health Organization WHO on Tuesday announced the appointment of Dr Jeremy Farrar as its new Chief Scientist, the organisation said in a statement.

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Here’s what took place at the US-Africa Leaders Summit on Day 1

All eyes will be on Washington DC this week as 49 African heads of state and and an AU delegation will meet in the US capital for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit from Tuesday till Thursday.

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Zimbabwean president rewards his wife with a Doctor of Philosophy degree

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa conferred First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa with an honorary doctorate from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).

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Pandor to lead SA delegation to US-Africa Leaders Summit instead of President Ramaphosa, due to his ‘busy schedule’

Minister Naledi Pandor will lead the South African delegation to the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC from December 13-15.

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Zimbabwe’s president says power cuts will end in 2023

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that his government will take extraordinary measures to ensure that Zimbabwe will not have any power shortages in 2023.

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Zambian authorities make grisly discovery of 27 bodies dumped near farming area

Zambian authorities have made a grizzly discovery of 27 bodies of the 27 individuals dumped in a farming area of Zambia are believed to Ethiopian migrants, according to Zambian authorities.

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Canada’s S-211 bill will not eliminate child labour slavery in the supply chains of Canada, says human rights activist

Recently, Canada’s Bill S-211, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, came back from the standing committee unchanged.

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JUST IN: Ramaphosa ditches Biden’s African Leaders Summit

The Summit is scheduled to take place in Washington DC from December 13-15.

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We’re spending $10 a day on fuel to keep the generator going, says frustrated Zimbabwean business owner

Zimbabwe’s Kariba dam is running dry, which poses a devastating impact on electricity production as citizens battle with up to 19 hours of black outs almost daily.

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Senegalese police are searching for MPs who slapped and kicked a woman MP during budget debate

The scuffle erupted after opposition leader Massata Samb walked over and slapped legislature Amy Ndiaye Gniby in the face.

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Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau director-general Martha Chizuma arrested

Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director-general Martha Chizuma has been arrested by Malawian authorities.

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LOOK: German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action visits CPUT

CPUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Chris Nhlapo welcomed German Minister Dr Robert Habeck on his visit to the university’s South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre at the university’s Cape Town campus.

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Watch VideoNot the turkey! UK faces a shortage of turkey meat as bird flu crisis bites

Half of free-range turkeys and geese grown for the festive period have died or been culled due to avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, UK MPs have been told.

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