Ethiopian Jews have appealed to the president of Israel to help them migrate there, to be reunited with members of their families.

The request was made to President Reuven Rivlin by Jewish representatives at the start of his state visit to Ethiopia on Tuesday.

A journalist in Zimbabwe has tweeted that Zimbabwe’s government will charge as much as $50,000 (£36,000) for licences to grow cannabis.

The government announced this weekend that that individuals and businesses would be able to apply for licences to cultivate cannabis for medicinal or scientific use.

Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly thus bringing the work of the Ali Bongo-led government to an end.

A statement read out by its president Marie Magdeleine Mborantsuo said the mandate of all lawmakers in the lower chamber of parliament had been terminated because the government had failed to hold elections to replace them.

Ethiopia’s new premier announced his intention to amend the country’s constitution to the effect that terms of office for the Prime Minister to two terms.

Abiy Ahmed told thousands who welcomed him in the Hawassa capital of the Southern regional state, that he was committed to deepening democratic reforms in the country.

To Nonkanyiso Conco’s former college friends, her sudden lifestyle change a few years ago all makes sense now.

The 24-year-old reportedly gave birth to former president Jacob Zuma’s baby last week at a private hospital in Durban, his 23rd known child.

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