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Some good people helped more than 250 workers from many different countries escape from bad people in Myanmar. These workers ran special buildings where people tricked others and stole their money. The workers went to Thailand, where the army met them. The army wanted to make sure these people...

Moses Kajwang will continue leading an important group in Kenya's Senate. His friends picked him because they trust him to do a good job monitoring how countries spend their money. The group chose Johannes Mwaruma as the second leader. He defeated Samson Cherargei, who used to help lead the...

A group called NACADA looked at how many students use drugs at universities in 2024. They found many young people were using dangerous things like alcohol, cigarettes, and other harmful drugs. Their report showed that alcohol was the easiest drug to find. Many students could also buy cigarettes...

A wonderful musician named Mamadou Mbaye lived in Senegal. People called him "Jimi" because he played guitar like magic. He made his guitar sound like special African instruments called the Kora and Xalam. He played with a famous singer named Youssou N'dour for many years. When Jimi was a...

The Gambia wants to know what will happen after America's leader makes a big change. President Trump told his country to stop giving money to help other countries for three months. He wants to see if this money helps America first. America gives money to many places around the world. This money...

The police chief, Seedy Touray, spoke up after his team caught some bad people. Many had made fun of the police during their work to catch robbers. The chief said they accepted the mean comments because it was part of their job. Chief Touray promised he would leave his job if the police...

Two important leaders met in India to discuss making their countries safer. India's defense leader, Rajnath Singh, sat down with The Gambia's defense leader, Sering Modou Njie. They discussed ways their armies could work together and learn from each other. Both leaders want their countries to...

The police found out something strange about a robbery that people talked about recently. Someone who worked at a money shop told a lie about being robbed. This person said three men came into his shop at Kunkujang Badjie Estate with a gun. He claimed they tied up his worker, Yankuba Darboe...

A local leader named Habib Ceesay spoke up yesterday about some claims made against him. Someone named Salama Njie had said Ceesay fought with Mayor Bensouda about hiring new people at their office. Ceesay said this wasn't true. Ceesay came to a special meeting to tell everyone what really...

Zimbabwe's leaders made some new rules about how they want to work with other countries. These rules will help Zimbabwe make friends and grow stronger. President Mnangagwa and his team believe Zimbabweans must build their own country. They want people to use their special skills and ideas to...

A special music school in Bulawayo makes beautiful wooden instruments called marimbas. These instruments look like xylophones and make sweet sounds when people play them. The school sends these marimbas to many places, such as America and South Africa. Mr Olof Axellson runs this music school...

Zimbabwe wants to make big changes. These changes mean more than just becoming free from other countries that once ruled it. The country needs to change everything about how it works, from its farms to its schools. In 1980, Zimbabwe became free from other countries' instructions. This was...

A mean man named Malcom Sikitara scared a businessman in Harare. He went to Musa Muteteli's workplace and said he would hurt him. Malcom lives in Dzivarasekwa and works as a bouncer. Malcom told Musa he would kill him and take his children away. He kept saying these bad things many times. This...

A smart money expert named Imaru Casanova watches gold prices. She says gold costs two thousand nine hundred dollars. People want to see if gold companies can make more money from this high price. Big gold companies will tell everyone how much gold they found last year. Barrick comes second for...

Zimbabwe produced a lot of gold last year. The miners found more gold than anyone expected, reaching thirty-six tonnes. This helped the country earn two and a half billion dollars from selling gold to other countries. Smart people who study money say Zimbabwe did well because the government...

Zimbabwe made special gold coins called Mosi-Oa-Tunya, named after the beautiful Victoria Falls. People who bought these coins made lots of money because the price went up by sixty-six percent. When the coins first came out in July 2022, they cost one thousand eight hundred twenty-three dollars...

A man named Regis Svondo went into Nyanga District Hospital and took someone's laptop without asking. He sneaked into Room 13 and ran away with the computer. The laptop belonged to Ernest Tsakatsa. When Mr. Tsakatsa came back, he noticed his laptop had disappeared. He went straight to the...

The government wants to help farmers save more of their crops. Many farmers lose their food when machines called combine harvesters don't work well. These machines sometimes drop food on the ground instead of picking it all up. Smart people who know about farming machines are meeting in a place...

The police want everyone to know they can only help special leaders drive on the roads with flashing lights and sirens. They made this very clear because some people asked them to help at weddings, church meetings, and birthday parties. Commissioner Paul Nyathi said these special cars are meant...

Sugar factories in Zimbabwe feel upset about a new rule. The government told them they must give farmers more money from the sugar they make together. The new rule says farmers should receive eighty percent of the money, leaving twenty percent for the factories. Two big sugar companies, Hippo...