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In a sign of worsening dollar shortages, Zimbabwe's Steward Bank has suspended payments to Multichoice, citing unavailability of foreign currency.

Algeria's Tassili Airlines on Sunday signed a draft deal worth $294 million with U.S. plane maker Boeing, for three 737-800 aircraft, Algeria's state news agency APS reported.

According to the AP, the United States has denied visas to five teenage students from Gambia competing in a prestigious international robotics contest in Washington, the team's leader said Tuesday.

Libyan aid workers recovered the bodies of 19 migrants believed to be Egyptians in Libya's eastern desert, a Red Crescent spokesman said on Sunday.

A stampede at outside a football stadium has claimed eight lives during Malawi’s Independence Day celebrations on Thursday

A collapsed mine has killed 14 miners in Ghana’s Western Region on Monday, according to police.