All posts tagged "Africa News"
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189Africa NewsSon of Boko Haram Founder killed, says Nigeria’s Military
LAGOS, NIGERIA: Nigeria’s military claimed Thursday that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of an Islamic State-linked extremist group blamed for killing hundreds...
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198Africa NewsRwanda arrests 13 suspected of plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks
KIGALI, RWANDA: Rwandan police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people suspected of plotting “terrorist” attacks in the capital Kigali and...
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646Africa NewsPROFILE: Who is Col Mamady Doumbouya, the man who led Guinea’s coup?
AGENCIES: Col Mamady Doumbouya is seen as the new man in charge of Guinea after he led a unit of elite soldiers...
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322Africa NewsGuinea 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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139Africa NewsTwo 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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158Africa NewsForty-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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168Africa NewsYou’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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160Africa NewsZambia’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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84Africa NewsHichilema: ‘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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151Africa NewsZambia 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,...
