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Zimbabwe Electoral Commission: President Mnangagwa Wins Reelection

Harare, (VOA): Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission has declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner of Wednesday’s general election with Nelson Chamisa, the leader of...

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LIST: Iran, Saudi among six new countries joining BRICS bloc

Johannesburg, (VOA): The BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is admitting six new members, its leaders...

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Uganda govt defends self as ICC begins receiving torture testimonies

Uganda's government is rejecting claims that top officials, including President Yoweri Museveni and his son, were responsible for the torture of political...

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UN Calls for Effort to Push Sudan’s Warring Sides Toward Resolution

Fighting in Sudan’s capital worsened Wednesday, with witnesses reporting airstrikes, rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire in several neighborhoods.

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Over 200 dead, many more missing after floods in eastern DR Congo

Thomas Bakenge, administrator of Kalehe, the worst-hit territory, told reporters on the scene Saturday that 203 bodies had been recovered so far,...

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Congolese student invents device that makes Science fiction a reality

A student in Congo has developed a tool that allows people to control or move objects using their brain signals.

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Dominic Ongwen: ICC upholds 25-year jail term for LRA Commander

Led by fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it fought President Yoweri Museveni's government from...

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Media activists say new computer law targeting government critics

The law, which Museveni signed Thursday, bans the use of social media to publish, distribute or share information prohibited under the laws...

20 Young People Die Mysteriously in South African Tavern

Siyanda Manana, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial health department, said the bodies were being transported to state mortuaries and autopsies...

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Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases; WHO warns of ‘real’ risk

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added...

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Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Kampala, Uganda's capital home to two million people, ranks among the world's most polluted cities, with pollution levels up to seven times...

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Biden approves plan to redeploy forces into Somalia

The New York Times reported that Biden also approved a plan to target about a dozen suspected leaders of al-Shabab.

30 Burundian AU soldiers Killed in al-Shabaab attack in Somalia

A Burundian official told VOA Somali said what caught soldiers by surprise was the enormity of explosives detonated at the camp, adding...

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High-Ranking Police Officer Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking

A police statement Monday said the officers were arrested for tampering with narcotic evidence, corruption and unethical practices.

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Africa, EU to Meet After Rifts Over COVID Vaccines

Leaders from the two continents will meet in Brussels to discuss, among other things, the reaction to the pandemic and helping Africa...

Burkina Faso President Kabore Detained by Mutinous Soldiers in Apparent Coup

The apparent coup in Burkina Faso is the third in West Africa in the last 18 months, following that of Mali and...

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Fire Reignites at South African Parliament

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA: A fire that severely damaged South Africa’s 130-year-old parliament building complex, including the parliament chamber, Sunday in Cape...

Kenya Bars Unvaccinated From Public Places Despite Court Order

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya’s Ministry of Health has announced it will enforce a rule requiring people to be vaccinated against COIVD-19 to access...

Nigeria Destroys One Million Nearly Expired COVID Vaccine Doses

LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria destroyed more than one million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be...

UN Condemns Reports of Sexual Assaults on Peaceful Protesters in Sudan

GENEVA – U.N. human rights officials are calling on Sudanese authorities to investigate and bring to justice members of the security forces...

MPs Exchange Blows Over Proposed Electronic Payment Tax

The government says the new tax would boost revenue for development, but parliament has been split over the idea and fights broke...

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Ethiopia detains three journalists for interviewing terror group

ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: A freelance video journalist accredited to the Associated Press and two other local journalists have been detained in Ethiopia, according...