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American businessman Warren Buffett on Wednesday joined the closed circle of leaders whose fortune exceeds 100 billion dollars, which includes Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault and Bill Gates, according to Forbes magazine. On Wednesday, his firm Berkshire Hathaway‘s share price hit an all-time high, pushing his fortune to $ …

Tanzania’s justice minister has dismissed concerns about the whereabouts of President John Magufuli, who has not been seen in public for nearly two weeks. Mwigulu Nchemba said Mr Magufuli was not a TV presenter or leader of a jogging club so he didn’t need to post selfies of himself every …

Five people died and 25 others were hospitalized in central Tunisia after consuming non-food alcohol, according to preliminary evidence, regional health authorities said. The director of health for the Kasserine region (in the center-west of the country), Abdelghani Chaabani, told AFP that 30 people living in the same area of …

The decision to suspend astrazeneca vaccines was taken because of concerns about blood clots forming in vaccinated people. The European Medicines Agency has opened an investigation. This suspension comes “after reports of serious cases of blood clots forming in people who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine,” said the …

South Africa’s Police Minister Bheki Cele says there can’t be a “grain of explanation” to defend Wednesday’s killing of a bystander as police dispersed protesting university students. The minister said “someone went crazy” during the protest in Johannesburg leading to the shooting. The victim, identified as Mthokozisi Ntumba, was shot …

The US has designated rebel groups in Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique as foreign terrorist organisations. It said the groups, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and Al Ansar al-Sunna, locally known as al-Shabaab in Mozambique, were affiliated to the global jihadist group Islamic State (ISIS). Their leaders have been named …

A freelance journalist based in Guinea Bissau suffered extreme physical harm when he was attacked and his tongue cut out by unknown people on Tuesday. António Aly Silva accused the element of power to be behind his kidnapping and aggression on Tuesday night. Antonio has maintained that he will continue …

While celebrities are used to investing their wealth in luxury cars, overpriced items and other follies, Ivorian singer Safarel Obiang spends his money differently. “I’m not the club party type, I don’t drink, I don’t smoke. Spending a fortune on luxury cars is not my thing, ” Safarel told Vibe …

Somalia’s former president, Ali Mahdi Mohamed, died on Wednesday at a hospital in neighbouring Kenya aged 82, BBC News reports. He rose to power in 1991 after the overthrow of President Siad Barre and stayed in office until 2000. He was succeeded by Abdiqasim Salad Hassan. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo …

Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko is no longer. He died on Wednesday March 10, 2021, after two weeks of hospitalization abroad, according to LSi Africa. Emergency evacuated in France on February 18, 2021 for medical examinations, then transferred to Germany this week to continue his medical treatment, the Ivorian prime …