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Africa

Deputy President William Ruto and Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader now backed by the ruling party, are fighting for the chance to lead the East African powerhouse as it grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.
Africa

Kenya candidates make final bid for votes as campaigning closes

August 6, 2022
LGBT refugees living in Kenya stand behind a rainbow flag as they protest against their treatment by authorities, outside an office of the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Nairobi on May 17, 2019.
Africa

Uganda suspends operations of charity championing LGBT rights

August 6, 2022
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has given an insight into why his administration was unable to implement recommendations contained in the report of the 2014 National Conference, which his administration commissioned.
Africa

Kenya elections: Goodluck Jonathan leads observation mission

August 6, 2022
People stand in line outside a voting station in Ziguinchor on July 31, 2022. Senegalese voters head to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections the opposition hopes will force a coalition with President Macky Sall and curb any ambitions he may hold for a third term. (Photo by MUHAMADOU BITTAYE / AFP)
Africa

Senegal president’s coalition loses absolute majority in parliament

August 4, 2022
A group of farmworkers in the northwestern town of Saluzzo, Piedmont region, Italy has announced a strike on Thursday to demand more rights and protest against the death of a migrant worker, Moussa Dembele who died last month.
World

Italy: Migrants protest death of African farmworker

August 4, 2022
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir is seen at the opening session of parliament in Juba
Africa

South Sudan extends transitional government by two years

August 4, 2022
“Macky Sall wants to confiscate our victory but we will not accept it,” opposition leader Ousmane Sonko of the coalition Yewwi Askane Wi (YAW) said at a news conference.
Africa

Senegal opposition leader asks supporters to defend their votes by any means

August 4, 2022
Mali’s supreme court last week issued warrants against former finance ministers Boubou Cisse and Mamadou Igor Diarra and ex-defence minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly.
Africa

Mali ex-ministers reject graft allegations

August 4, 2022
FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker administers the  Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg
Africa

South Africa reports first death causally linked to coronavirus vaccine

August 4, 2022
Supporters of President Jacob Zuma and loyalists of the Radical Economic Transformation (RET) sing “Wenzeni uZuma”, a song telling Zuma’s achievement, as South Africa President (unseen) arrives to address delegates at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban, on July 24, 2022. – The 9th annual Kwazlu-Natal Provincial conference elected pro Zuma leaders, which is seen as a setback for South African President. Protesters sang and chanted slogans calling for the resignation of the South African President who is due to address the 1,700 delegates at the closing of the conference. (Photo by Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP)
Africa

UK bans US-based consultancy over corruption scandal in South Africa

August 3, 2022
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Africa

DR Congo expels UN peacekeeping mission spokesman after protests

August 3, 2022
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Africa

EU, US envoys urge Ethiopia to restore services in Tigray

August 2, 2022
Africa

Police arrest over 80 in connection with gang rape in South Africa

August 2, 2022
Both the governing coalition and the main opposition in Senegal have claimed victory in the country’s parliamentary elections.
Africa

Rivals claim Senegal election victory

August 2, 2022
Residents angry at the high cost of basic services barricaded roads with burning tyres and set ablaze a municipal building in Thembisa township northeast of the financial hub Johannesburg.
Africa

South Africa: Two killed during protest over high cost of electricity

August 1, 2022
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