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*** An application by former South African President Jacob Zuma to have the State Capture Commission chair recuse himself will be heard at the commission this morning...

*** Fugitive and self-declared prophet, Sheperd Bushiri, instructs his lawyers to urgently interdict the Pretoria Magistrates' Court from revoking his 200-thousand rand bail...

In Economics: The Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Kenya is banking on continued global recognition to position Kenya as a top Meetings, Incentives Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions destination...

In Sport: Bafana Bafana coach says they need three points at all cost tonight against Sao Tome...

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*** The Secretary-General of South Africa's governing party to appear in court this morning for being implicated in a multi-million rand scandal...

*** The South African Broadcasting Corporation's restructuring, which includes retrenching staff, likey to end up in the courts...

In Economics: Earnings in Kenya have fallen 14 per cent on bad loans as Covid-19 negatively impacted the lender's business...

In Sport: Kenya national football team head coach believes that they can spring a surprise against Comoros Island...

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****Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejects peace talks

****Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga appears in court

****A Lebanese architect is building sustainable schools in Senegal using 'moon bricks'

In Economic news.........South Africa's President Ramaphosa says travel to all international countries is now permitted

And in Sport.............The South African National Soccer League has successsfully held their Annual General Meeting..

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*** The United State Supreme Court will today hear challenges to the Affordable Care Act over a Republican case to invalidate the law...

*** Many South Africans will be on the hunt for a good deal this month and retailers are gearing up for the sales rush...

In Economics: Telkom Kenya in a bind for charging private data service providers thousands of US dollars to use the National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure despite the expiry of a Government contract...

In Sport: Jon Rahm nails an impressive hole-in-one ahead of Masters.....

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TOP STORIES ON AFRICA RISE AND SHINE THIS HOUR...

*** The African Union welcomes the election of Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris to lead the US for the next 4 years...

*** As the world marked International African Writers Day, writers have emphasised the importance of literature for the continent...

In Economics: Cassava Smartech says it suffered two billion US dollars in exchange losses during its first full year of operations after the volatile Zimbabwe dollar struggled to hold its turf against the greenback...

In Sport: Tanzania under 17 national football side thrash South Africa in their third match of the Cosafa tournament...

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*** The US election race on knife edge as both candidates are cautiously optimistic about winning the White House...

*** Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announces tough measures aimed at preventing and controlling rising cases of covid-19...

In Economics: Technicians at South Africa's power utility working around the clock to restore electricity to areas across the Gauteng province that are experiencing extended power supply interruptions...

In Sport: Tanzania defeats Comoros 5-1 in the opening match of the 2020 Cosafa U17 Girls Championship...

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*** Ethiopia declared a 6-month state of emergency in its Northern Region following ongoing military confrontation between the federal military and the region's security forces...

*** South Africa's Deputy President caution against linking race to corruption...

In Economics: Namibia's deputy minister of industrialisation and trade says the country is interested in ensuring profitable jobs created by the Peugeot-Opel Assembly Namibia plant at Walvis Bay...

In Sport: Russian Daniil Medvedev progresses to the pre-quarters of the Paris Masters at the expense of Kevin Anderson...

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*** The race for the US Presidency set to go down to the wire as more and more result continue to trickle in...

*** Ivory Coast President provisionally wins a third term in office after a bitter election that sparked deadly violence and was boycotted by opposition voters...

In Economics: Namibia's Mobile telecommunications giant strongly refutes allegations of favouritism regarding the erection of network towers...

In Sport: World Athletics body announces 10 nominees for the 2020 World Female Athlete of the Year award...

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*** As America goes to the polls later today, opinion remains divided on who is the best candidate for the African continent...

*** Tanzania's two main opposition parties are demanding fresh elections, after denouncing last week's presidential vote as fraudulent...

In Economics: South Africans expected to heave a sigh of relief as the fuel price is expected to drop from midnight...

In Sport: World Athletics short-lists 10 nominees for the men's coveted award which include exceptionally talented Ugandans...