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December 31, 2018
Zimbabwe Hikes Traffic Fines to Boost Revenue

Come Jan. 1, if motorists break a traffic law, they will pay as much as $700 for offenses such as speeding, drinking and driving, overloading their vehicle, or driving without a license

December 31, 2018
Sudanese Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters

The demonstrations, in their second week, are calling for a change in government
December 31, 2018
Chad Frees Nearly 60 Amnestied 'Political' Prisoners

Those released include Moussa Tao, arrested in 2013 on conspiracy charge; and Colonel Haroun Bata and about 10 Chadian 'mercenaries' accused of having organized an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea
December 31, 2018
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December 31, 2018
Nigeria Targets 26M People in Yellow Fever Campaign

Only four in 10 Nigerian children age two and older are immunized; some 60,000 Africans die annually from the disease
December 31, 2018
Kenyan GDP Growth at 6 Percent in Third Quarter 2018

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said the economy grew 6 percent in the third quarter of 2018, compared with 4.7 percent in the same period in 2017
December 31, 2018
Gambia's Journalists, Free from Dictator, Work to Win Trust

Journalists have launched a self-regulatory body they hope will offer legitimacy, and far more freedom, to media emerging from a dictatorship that ruled the tiny West African nation for more than two decades
December 31, 2018
Chaos, Anger, Confusion Mar DR Congo’s Long Awaited National Poll

Sunday's vote overshadowed by disorganization, malfunctioning voting machines; four people killed in violent incident in eastern South Kivu
December 31, 2018
DR Congo's Election Marred by Unrest, Ebola, Technical Problems

Sunday's general election in the Democratic Republic of Congo took place amid instability and Ebola outbreak in the country's east, and after delays caused by heavy rain and malfunctioning voting machines. The election is expected to bring the country's first peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1960. Voters were choosing a new president and legislative body, as well as provincial governments. VOA'S Zlatica Hoke reports.
December 31, 2018
Nigeria Targets 26M People in Yellow Fever Campaign

Nigeria's campaign to vaccinate more people against yellow fever appears to be making headway. The government is partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF to immunize more than 26 million people. It is the second phase of Nigeria's preventive campaign after a yellow fever outbreak in September 2017. Timothy Obiezu has more from Abuja.
December 30, 2018
Journalist Group: 94 Slayings of Media Staff in 2018

International Federation of Journalists says in annual report 12 more journalists died violent deaths this year than in 2017
December 30, 2018
Sudan Unions Call for 2nd March on Bashir's Palace

On Christmas Day, thousands attempted to reach the Nile-side palace, clashing with police that used tear gas and batons to disperse them

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Monday 31 December 2018

Zimbabwe Hikes Traffic Fines to Boost Revenue

Sudanese Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters

Chad Frees Nearly 60 Amnestied 'Political' Prisoners

Africa 54

Nigeria Targets 26M People in Yellow Fever Campaign

Kenyan GDP Growth at 6 Percent in Third Quarter 2018

Gambia's Journalists, Free from Dictator, Work to Win Trust

Chaos, Anger, Confusion Mar DR Congo’s Long Awaited National Poll

DR Congo's Election Marred by Unrest, Ebola, Technical Problems

Nigeria Targets 26M People in Yellow Fever Campaign

Journalist Group: 94 Slayings of Media Staff in 2018

Sudan Unions Call for 2nd March on Bashir's Palace

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Sexual Violence Rampant in South Sudan's Unity Region

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