Africa
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968Opposition candidate wins Sao Tome presidency
SAO TOME & PRINCIPLE: An opposition candidate Carlos Vila Nova has won the presidency in Sao Tome and Principe, an archipelago in...
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1.2KGuinea president Alpha Conde detained in apparent military takeover
CONAKRY, GUINEA: Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again on Sunday as army putschists said they had captured the...
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1.3KTwo killed, five injured in Mogadishu suicide bombing
AFP NEWS: At least two people were killed and five wounded Thursday after a suicide bomber detonated a device inside a cafe...
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1.3KForty-seven killed in Burkina Faso jihadist attack
Burkina Faso’s president declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an...
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1.1KYou’re on your own, Govt tells off its nationals trapped in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, troubled for the last two decades, fell into the hands of the Taliban after it overran the national army, three weeks...
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1.2KZambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win
Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims...
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1.1KHichilema: ‘Cattle boy’ takes Zambia’s top job at sixth bid
LUSAKA | AFP: Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s veteran opposition politician and a business tycoon, tried six times for the country’s presidency before finally...
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1.1KZambia opposition leader Hichilema wins landslide in presidential election
LUSAKA, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election,...
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1.2KPopular Actress Simela Dies During Child Labour
Alvim Cossa, a longtime colleague, and a friend told BBC News that the country was mourning a great actress and notable producer,...
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853Tragedy as Family of 24 people dies after mistaking fertiliser for salt
A family of 24 people have died the same day after consuming a suspected poisoned meal after mistakenly using fertiliser disguising it...
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1.3KZambia votes in closely contested polls
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA | AFP NEWS: Zambians were voting in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and...
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1.0KSudan ‘to hand over’ Bashir for international war crimes trial
KHARTOUM, SUDAN | AFP: Sudan will hand longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with two other officials wanted...
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1.4KCholera outbreak kills 12 people in Niger, health minister says
NIAMEY, Aug 10 (Reuters) – A cholera outbreak in southern Niger has killed 12 people and infected 201 others across three regions,...
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1.2KShock of more than a hundred children killed at IDP camp in Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA | AFP: Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Afar region was...
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1.3KFirst case of deadly Marburg virus confirmed in West Africa
Officials in Guinea have confirmed a case of the Marburg virus disease, the first appearance of the deadly illness in West Africa,...
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1.5KEnergy minister arrested over fuel tender scam
The Anti-Corruption Bureau said its investigations had revealed that the minister had "attempted to influence" the National Oil Company to award multi-million...
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1.1KJournalist murdered in eastern DR Congo
A journalist for DR Congo’s national broadcaster had his throat slit in North Kivu in the country’s east where massacres and clashes...
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1.0KDeadly fighting erupts between rival factions of S. Sudan VP Machar’s party
Deadly fighting erupted on Saturday between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a...
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95416 Civilians Killed In Suspected Militia Attack In DR Congo
Suspected members of an Islamist militia killed 16 people as they were returning from a weekly market in eastern Democratic Republic of...
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1.0KLeader of Tanzania’s main opposition party arrested
DAR-ES-SALAM: The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday ahead of a planned conference to...
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1.7KDRC ex-President Joseph Kabila earns Master’s Degree
By Nation.Africa Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has earned a Master’s degree as he utilises his break from active...
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1.8K13 killed, 11 injured after fuel tanker explodes in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA: Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in...
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1.3KAl Ahly beat Kaizer Chiefs 3-0 to lift 10th CAF Champions League title
Casablanca, Morocco | Kaizer Chiefs Fc 0-3 Al Ahly Egyptian side Al Ahly are the champions of African football after defeating Kaizer...
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867RAMAPHOSA: South Africa civil unrest planned and coordinated
Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | The civil unrest characterized by looting and burning of property was planned and coordinated, President Cyril Ramaphosa...
