Africa
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696South African taxman says President’s stolen dollars ‘undeclared’
Presdient Ramaphosa said the $580,000 he has said was payment for 20 buffalo bought by a Sudanese businessman three years ago
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1.3KTinubu declared winner of Nigeria’s election as opposition calls for re-vote
According to the country's constitution, in order to have the election judged invalid, the opposition will need to prove the national electoral...
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1.2KNigeria awaits results after tight election
The commission has 14 days to officially announce results, but the online tally should be made available over the next few days.
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783At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after in Lybia shipwreck
"At least 73 migrants are reported missing and presumed dead following a tragic shipwreck off the Libyan coast yesterday (Tuesday)," the UN's...
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1.3K10 killed in bomb explosion at Kasindi church, ADF rebel attack suspected
The "terrorist act" occurred in a pentecostal church in the town of Kasindi in North Kivu, which lies on the border with...
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66339 dead and scores injured in Senegal bus accident
Images of the tragic incident showed the completely mangled front end of a white bus, with blood-flecked seats, personal items and a...
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980Over 300 dead in east DR Congo grave massacre
Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel...
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1.2KTeodoro Obiang wins sixth term as E.Guinea ruler
Obiang, 80, who seized power in a 1979 coup, is the longest-ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs. He has...
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876ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony
Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...
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941DR Congo jets bomb M23 rebels base as war looms
On Tuesday, a Congolese security official who asked for anonymity said war planes were bombarding the rebel-held Tchanzu area of North Kivu...
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691SOMALIA: Gov’t bans use of the name al-Shabab
It is not the first time the Somali government has coined another name for al-Shabab. In 2015 the government told the media...
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882Rwanda accuses DR Congo jet of violating airspace
Kinshasa has accused Kigali of backing the M-23 rebel group, whose offensives have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of...
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1.2KThousands protest Rwanda, Uganda in eastern DR Congo city
Protesters chanted for weapons to fight Rwanda, as well as slogans hostile to Uganda, which some also accuse of backing the M23.
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648Criminals target chicken feet sellers in Jo’burg, kill 7
Police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said they had information that "four suspects tried to rob the street vendors selling chicken feet".
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1.0KWoman burns academic papers protesting failure to get a job, university takes away her degree
Ms Soko was awarded a degree in business administration upon completing a four year course with the university but was heard in...
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1.2KShocking details emerge on how “separate pipeline” been stealing oil from country
The recent burning of a vessel seized on allegations of carrying 650,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta state has also...
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1.3KZimbabwe approves Africa’s first injectable HIV prevention drug
The 1st 2 injections of Cabotegravir or CAB-LA, are administered 4 weeks apart, followed by an injection every 8 weeks.
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766Burundi president sacks PM after warning of coup plot
The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama...
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864JUST IN: Kenyan Supreme Court confirms Ruto as duly elected President
CJ Koome also said that the the court failed to see how by postponing elections, IEBC was targeting voter suppression.
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691KENYA: Ruto vows to respect Supreme Court ruling in poll petition
Odinga's running mate Martha Karua said Friday that the pro-Odinga coalition would also respect Monday's decision.
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845Death toll from Sudan floods hits 112
The crisis comes as Sudan reels from deepening political unrest and a spiralling economic crisis exacerbated by last year's military coup led...
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840Angola’s opposition office ‘attacked’ amid political tensions
Opposition coalition force UNITA, has challenged the results of last week election, which saw the long-ruling MPLA win, though by a significantly...
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973Angola’s opposition rejects initial poll results
The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has ruled the oil-rich nation for nearly five decades, has claimed a...
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746Eight dead as Somali forces battle Al-Shabaab at besieged hotel
Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab stormed the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts,...
