Africa

South Africans started voting today in municipal elections, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) facing discontent over poor services and stark inequality 27 years after…
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Unidentified armed men killed five police officers in an attack on security forces in northern Burkina Faso in the early hours of Sunday, in which around 15 of the attackers died, the…
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Amnesty International has accused Gambian President Adama Barrow of failing to repeal repressive laws that stifle press freedom in the country. The human rights group said the…
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Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of last week's bitterly contested presidential election. Mr Hichilema defeated the incumbent, President…
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The Indonesian government has expressed regret over the incident in which some of its immigration officials were filmed assaulting a Nigerian diplomat in Jakarta. A footage which…
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In June 2021, the government of Nigeria banned twitter in the country after the American microblogging and social networking service deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari for…
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Nigeria is battling cholera outbreak at the same time as the highly contagious Delta strain of coronavirus is posing a serious threat to the country. More than half of the…
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Algeria's state prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the lynching of a man suspected of deliberately starting wildfires. Djamel Bensmail died after he was beaten and set…
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Rabah Kareche, an Algerian journalist has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his reporting on protests, according to his newspaper, Liberte. Mr. Kareche was handed a…
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The United States is sending a special envoy to Ethiopia to urge an end to the fighting in northern Tigray that has escalated to other regions.…
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