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• Mauritius: Mauritius Needs Stewardship, Not Leadership, to Keep Global Respect
  [The Conversation Africa] By hosting the Indian Ocean Island Games this week, Mauritius has an opportunity to showcase its colours to the region, and to some extent, to the global commu [...]
• Guinea Bissau: Rivalries Ahead of Election Raise Questions About Stability
  [The Conversation Africa] In recent times, Guinea-Bissau has made promising political gains despite a long history of coups. This was reflected most clearly when the country held peacef [...]
• Kenya: Kenya Faces Devastating Prosopis Invasion – What Can Be Done
  [The Conversation Africa] Woody plant species have been deliberately introduced into many arid and semi-arid regions across the world as they can help combat desertification and provide [...]
• Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Power, Security and Democracy Dilemma
  [ISS] Addis Ababa -Recent assassinations of senior political and military leaders in Ethiopia sent shock waves across the country, casting another shadow over the transition process. Th [...]
• Congo-Kinshasa: Two Ebola Health Workers Killed
  [VOA] The health ministry of Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday two community health workers engaged in Ebola prevention have been killed in the eastern North Kivu province. The m [...]
• Sudan: Paramilitary Kills Protester While Power-Sharing Hangs in the Balance
  [RFI] One protester was reportedly killed with a bullet to the head and seven others are in critical condition after paramilitary forces in the eastern state of Sennar, Sudan, fired on [...]
• South Africa: FF Plus Claims Victory As Andile Mngxitama's BLF Delisted As Political Party
  [News24Wire] The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) says its appeal to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to have Black First Land First (BLF) deregistered as a political party ha [...]
• Africa: UN Calls Youth to Apply for the Climate Summit
  [New Era] Windhoek -The United Nations called on the youth from around the world to apply to participate in the United Nations Youth Climate Summit.
• South Africa: Govt Approves Tormin's Massive West Coast Mining Expansion
  [GroundUp] Government has given Australian-owned Tormin mine the go-ahead to vastly expand its current extraction of mineral sands on ten additional West Coast beaches and on an inland [...]
• Lesotho: Thabane, Kabi Move to Block Ruling Party Conference
  [Lesotho Times] The High Court will today hear a case in which ABC leader and Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and deputy secretary general Nkaku Kabi are seeking to block the holding of a [...]
• Zimbabwe: Opposition's Majome Sworn in As Anti-Corruption Commissioner
  [263Chat] President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in former Harare West legislator and a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Jessie Majome as one of Commissione [...]
• Zimbabwe: Govt Puts Zimparks Up for Sale
  [New Zimbabwe] Government's push to privatise loss making parastatals has moved a notch up after putting the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) up for sale [...]