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French president Emmanuel Macron will Monday kick start his three country West-Africa tour in Cameroon and is scheduled to thereafter visit Benin and Guinea Bissau to discuss security concerns amid an upsurge of terrorism and economic concerns amid the rise in fuel and food prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Tunisians are taking to the polls today to vote on a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied who is accused by critics of attempting to return the North African nation to authoritarian rule, however analysts expect will pass regardless of attempts to stop the enactment of Saied’s proposal.

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French president Emmanuel Macron will Monday kick start his three country West-Africa tour in Cameroon and is scheduled to thereafter visit Benin and Guinea Bissau to discuss security concerns amid an upsurge of terrorism and economic concerns amid the rise in fuel and food prices due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Tunisians are taking to the polls today to vote on a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied who is accused by critics of attempting to return the North African nation to authoritarian rule, however analysts expect will pass regardless of attempts to stop the enactment of Saied’s proposal.

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Tunisians will vote Monday on a new constitution proposed by President Kais Saied which is receiving heavy criticism from opposition members who says if voted yes, the new constitution would grant Saied too much power and return the North African nation to authoritarian rule; Technology experts say Africa’s e-commerce industry boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic and industry analysts say online-trade is expected to continuously grow over the next three years.

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Tunisians will vote Monday on a new constitution proposed by President Kais Saied which is receiving heavy criticism from opposition members who says if voted yes, the new constitution would grant Saied too much power and return the North African nation to authoritarian rule; Technology experts say Africa’s e-commerce industry boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic and industry analysts say online-trade is expected to continuously grow over the next three years.

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Russia and Ukraine signed a deal Friday to reopen grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea Ports which officials said would ease the global food crisis. Those in attendance said Kyiv and Moscow officials signed the deal separately to avoid sitting at the same table; Seventeen Nigerians were killed Friday, including five policemen, by gunmen in separate attacks in the northwest Katsina state.

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Russia and Ukraine signed a deal Friday to reopen grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea Ports which officials said would ease the global food crisis. Those in attendance said Kyiv and Moscow officials signed the deal separately to avoid sitting at the same table; Seventeen Nigerians were killed Friday, including five policemen, by gunmen in separate attacks in the northwest Katsina state.

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Preparations commence for the mass rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa which is funded by Gavi and have invested approximately $160 million to protect millions of African children; As South African economists report record high inflations and strong possibilities of it worsening, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government is turning to local black industrialists to boost the Southern African nations economy amid rising tensions and threats of industrial strikes due to rising fuel prices, unemployment, crime, and poverty.

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Preparations commence for the mass rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa which is funded by Gavi and have invested approximately $160 million to protect millions of African children; As South African economists report record high inflations and strong possibilities of it worsening, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government is turning to local black industrialists to boost the Southern African nations economy amid rising tensions and threats of industrial strikes due to rising fuel prices, unemployment, crime, and poverty.

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Kenya’s August 9 elections are drawing closer and debates over whether the East African nation will have a free, fair, and peaceful elections have begun amongst analysts with many reflecting on Nairobi’s history with election violence; Nigerian military officials say they have found one of the so called “Chibok girls” who were kidnapped eight years ago by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

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Kenya’s August 9 elections are drawing closer and debates over whether the East African nation will have a free, fair, and peaceful elections have begun amongst analysts with many reflecting on Nairobi’s history with election violence; Nigerian military officials say they have found one of the so called “Chibok girls” who were kidnapped eight years ago by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign.