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1. Africa: Unveiling Africa's Greatest Hidden Assets - The Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

   [allAfrica] The African investment climate is optimistic. The African Development Bank's 2024 outlook was explicit. Africa's economic performance was strong and shows resilience, but that performance has been slower than expected and uneven. With challenges and global shocks, Africa's 2022 GDP growth slipped from 4.1 to 3.1 percent in 2023, yet, forecasters predict with smart policy and stable global conditions, it could climb to 3.7 percent in 2024, and 4.3 percent in 2025, making it the second-fastest growing

2. South Africa: Govt Warned of Toxic Pesticide Threat - South African News Briefs - November 22, 2024

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3. Sudan: Sudan's National Treasures Have Been Stolen - We Spoke With the Director of Museums

   [The Conversation Africa] In September, amid the ongoing war in Sudan, reports began to surface of the looting of the Sudan National Museum in the capital, Khartoum. The museum is internationally celebrated for the breadth of its collection. It illustrates powerful and unique African kingdoms from the ancient and medieval past in a world stretching from the sands of the Sahara to the grasslands of the Sahel.

4. Liberia: 'Majority Bloc' Of Lawmakers Elect New Speaker

   [Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Amid a legal challenge from Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa at the Supreme Court, the breakaway group of lawmakers at the House of Representatives has controversially elected Montserrado County Representative Richard Koon as Speaker.

5. Kenya: U.S. Demands Answers On Besigye's Reported Abduction in Nairobi

   [Capital FM] The United States has called for clarity regarding the circumstances surrounding the abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in Nairobi and his forceful return to Uganda.