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Factbox-South Africa's Ramaphosa re-elected president. What happens next?
JOHANNESBURG - Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as South Africa's president on Friday with the support of once rival parties that have...
Jun 17, 20243 min read
Surge in rebel attacks sparks deadly protests in eastern Congo
BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo - At least four people have been killed in unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's North...
Jun 15, 20242 min read
South Africa unity government to include ANC and pro-business DA
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on...
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Nigeria Revives Old Anthem Amid Economic Crisis Controversy
ABUJA - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed a bill switching back to a national anthem composed by a British expatriate...
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash
BLANTYRE, Malawi -Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, were killed...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Rwanda says UN refugee agency lying in British asylum policy case
KIGALI - Rwanda said the U.N. refugee agency had lied when the organisation told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to...
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Jordan, Egypt say Israel must abide by UN Security Council resolution on Gaza
CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi urged Israel to abide by the United Nations...
Jun 12, 20241 min read
Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
NAIROBI - Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour,...
Jun 12, 20243 min read
Zuma's MK party seeks to block South African parliament citing vote-rigging
JOHANNESBURG -Former South African president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has applied to the country's top court to block...
Jun 12, 20243 min read
Analysis-South Africa's unity government must harmonise wildly different visions
JOHANNESBURG - Talks to forge South Africa's post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as...
Jun 11, 20244 min read
Search continues for missing aircraft carrying Malawi vice president
BLANTYRE, Malawi -Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi's vice president, Saulos Klaus...
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from...
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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