here's your latest african news africa wide south africa 24-12 win over britain in the edmonton 7's
men's final has the country celebrating south africa once again dominated the competition
with an incredible 251 points scored in six games conceding only 24 kenya beat canada 33-14
for third place finish on sunday and managed to finish tied in second place with great britain
after coming third in vancouver leg shuja fans were pleased to see kenya cruz pass the
competition after a disappointing tokyo 2020 performance with alvin ochino knocking back
opponents in his charge for the tri-line egypt mixed reactions over egypt's plan to tax youtubers
our plan to tax online content creators in egypt has sparked mixed reactions the country's
tax authority asked youtubers and bloggers to register and declare the annual income
the government is targeting those earning more than 32 000 annually some people on social media
have been supporting the new taxation while others are opposed to the move citing high
internet costs claiming if the government wants to tax youtubers then it must at least give its
citizens better internet and scrapped the whole limited gigabytes packages kenya kenyon villagers
fight the british army in a fire case about 1 500 people living in areas near nanyuki town
in central kenya are in court to fight what they see as attempts by the british army to avoid legal
actions in a case where they have been sued for loss of livelihood and environmental damage a
fire started by the activist of british soldiers training at the conservancy in kenya five months
ago destroyed about twelve thousand acres of land with the claims of at least one human death the
british army training unit in kenya has filed for state immunity the petitioners including affected
locals and the african center for corrective and preventative action want reparations for
human effects destroyed the petitioners claim wild animals escaping the inferno swept through their
homes destroyed their farms and caused them mental trauma the lawsuit also claimed some soldiers who
were alleged perpetrators of the fire were found to have been under the influence of cocaine and
heroin the environment caught in kenya has set october 26 as a date when all parties
will present their submissions after which it will determine whether the case will proceed
cameroon cameroon moans the king of banun guy bandolo one of the most important kings in africa
died on monday in paris after ruling the kingdom of banun in today's northwest cameroon for 29
years it is one of the oldest and most important kingdoms of the continent created in the 14th
century and spanning more than 2 968 square miles or 7 687 square kilometers the french ambassador
paid tribute to sultan al-hajj ibrahim bombo and joya describing him as a great friend of
france as well as a promoter of protection and enhancement of heritage the 84 year old monarch
was a politician and served as a government minister and an overseas ambassador several times
between 1960 and 1990 the king is also noted for suggesting the presidential mandate be reduced to
two terms for five years each the people of banun are well known for their anguan cultural festival
which the kingdom hopes to get incorporated into unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage
guinea guinea military bars its members from running in next election
guinness military said on monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local
elections and that it will agree on the length of transition to elections with an 81-member
transitional national council earlier this month the lead of the september 5th coup dumboya
shrugged off asset freezes and travel bans imposed by the equos regional block aimed at pressuring a
swift transition to constitutional rule over the past two weeks the junta has held consultations
with public figures and business leaders to map out a framework for a transitional government
according to the charter of the transition dumboya is to be president with a government composed of a
civilian prime minister and cabinet none of whom will be candidates in the election a military
spokesperson said on the state broadcast mali mali elections could be postponed prime minister says
mali could push back presidential and legislative elections set for next february to avoid their
validity being contested its post coup prime minister said mali's progress back
to democracy following the august 2020 overthrow of president ibrahim bubakar keta is being closely
monitored in a region that has experienced four coups in 13 months two of them in mali
under pressure from the economic community of west african states mali's new military
leader agreed to an 18-month transition that would accumulate with presidential
and legislative elections on february 27 2022 but in an interview with the press on sunday
mali's interim prime minister chugwell maiga say that the date could be postponed by two weeks
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