Africa
Zanzibar opposition leader held, 3 killed in poll clashes
Shortly before his arrest, police fired teargas and live rounds, and brutally beat a young man around the Mtupepo primary school where the polling station is...
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Ivory Coast elections: Ouattara's economic record under scrutiny
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who came to power in 2011 after bloody post-election conflict, is accused by critics of sidestepping constitutional constraints in seeking a third term in office.
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Nigeria looting hits capital
Lines of residents could be seen carrying away sacks of supplies meant for distribution during coronavirus lockdowns as authorities struggled to halt the pillaging.
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Sudanese split over normalising relations with Israel
The move - announced by the White House Friday - came shortly after US President Donald Trump declared that Washington was formally moving to delist Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation that strangled Khartoum's economy for decades.
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SA man killed in light aircraft crash in Zim's Zambezi Valley
Petri Viljoen was one of four people aboard a Cessna aircraft that crashed in the Chewore Safari Area on Friday.
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Tanzanians to vote as alarm soars over stifling of democracy
Voters on the Tanzanian mainland and semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar will cast their ballots for a president and lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Two survivors of light aircraft that crashed in Zambezi Valley found
Reports said one person died and two were seriously injured and a fourth person was missing.
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Ramaphosa hails 2 fighting sides in Libya for agreeing to peace
Ramaphosa said the ceasefire agreement, is an enforcement and observation of a critical first step to creating conducive conditions.
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At least 40 white-backed vultures poisoned in Botswana
Vultures play a critical role in keeping ecosystems clean of diseases found in rotting carcasses, but in Southern Africa, they are sometimes poisoned deliberately by poachers, or accidentally by farmers.
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69 people died since start of Nigerian protests, President Buhari confirms
The demonstrations - which were sparked by calls to disband the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) -rocked the country for more than two weeks.
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Egypt starts voting in first stage of parliament elections
The elections will be held in two phases, with the first covering 14 provinces on Saturday and Sunday. The second, on November 7-8.
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Ethiopia says will not 'cave in' after Trump slams Nile dam
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office defended the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to become Africa's largest hydropower plant, and said Ethiopia was working to resolve longstanding issues over the project with downstream neighbours Sudan and Egypt.
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Libya rivals sign 'permanent' ceasefire
The UN hopes the agreement will give fresh impetus to political and economic talks taking place in a parallel process.
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Tanzania opposition warns of election fraud
Tanzanians will elect a president, deputies and local councillors after five years of John Magufuli's regime, marked by a crackdown on political opponents in a country once viewed as a beacon of stability in East Africa.
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Zim firefighters battle to extinguish fire in national park
The fire was started a week ago, apparently to distract park rangers and anti-poaching teams.
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US says Sudan to normalise ties with Israel, in new breakthrough for Trump
Trump announced the agreement by Sudan's year-old civilian-backed government moments after he formally moved to end the nation's designation of a state sponsor of terrorism, which was a major goal for Khartoum.
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Ivory Coast death toll rises to 11 after pre-election clashes
The killings in and around Dabou, west of Abidjan, have fuelled worries Ivory Coast may again slide into the kind of post-election violence that left 3,000 dead in a 2010-2011 crisis.
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Police patrol Nigeria's Lagos after president warns protesters
President Muhammadu Buhari warned demonstrators in a televised address on Thursday not to "undermine national security" as he called for an end to widespread protests gripping Africa's most populous country.
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Nigeria president warns protesters as unrest flares
Lagos has seen shootings, looted shops and a prison set ablaze since security forces this week opened fire on peaceful protesters calling for better governance and an end to police brutality in the city of 20 million.
