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Sudan's RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent raids
NEW HALFA, Sudan - Salwa Abdallah was recuperating from a caesarean section and tending to her one-month old baby when soldiers from the...
Nov 5, 20243 min read
Botswana voters kick out ruling party of nearly six decades
GABORONE - Botswana's voters delivered a shock defeat to the party that has ruled them for nearly six decades, registering their anger...
Nov 3, 20243 min read
Mozambique vote counting starts as ruling party eyes another win
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Vote counting started in Mozambique on Wednesday evening for an election that is widely expected to deliver another...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
78 drown after boat capsizes in Congo's Lake Kivu, provincial governor says
GOMA - At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on...
Oct 5, 20242 min read
WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use
The World Health Organization authorized Abbott Laboratories' mpox diagnostic test for emergency use on Thursday, the first such approval...
Oct 4, 20242 min read
Kenya lawmakers plan impeachment move against deputy president, majority leader says
NAIROBI - Kenyan lawmakers plan to launch impeachment proceedings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of undermining...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Sudan's army launches push to retake ground in capital
DUBAI - Sudan's army launched artillery and airstrikes in Sudan's capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there...
Sep 27, 20243 min read
Kenyan school blaze victims mourned at mass funeral
NYERI, Kenya - Grieving relatives and former classmates bid a solemn farewell on Thursday to 21 children who died in a boarding school...
Sep 27, 20242 min read
US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to...
Sep 26, 20242 min read
Analysis-West Africa becomes global terrorism hotspot as Western forces leave
DAKAR - Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of...
Sep 24, 20245 min read
Tanzania briefly arrests opposition leaders to stop protests
NAIROBI - Tanzanian police arrested three opposition leaders again on Monday, their party and police said, to stop anti-government...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Factbox-Countries with confirmed cases of new mpox strain
India became the third country outside of Africa to confirm a case of the clade Ib form of the mpox virus that has triggered global...
Sep 24, 20242 min read
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