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World / Africa

Zimbabwe's president, opponent both confident of win after close vote 31 Jul 2018 - 05:16 pm
People gather a day after elections to look at ballot count results posted out side each polling station after vote counting was completed overnight, on July 31 2018 in Kambuzuma Township, Harare. (AFP / Jekesai NJIKIZANA)
Zimbabwe opposition leader says winning election 'resoundingly' 31 Jul 2018 - 07:34 am
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party leader Nelson Chamisa addresses a media conference in Harare, Zimbabwe July 29, 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Zimbabwe counts votes after first post-Mugabe election 30 Jul 2018 - 10:47 pm
Patriotic Front leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo prior the opening of the British convened Rhodesian Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House in London on September 10, 1979. (AFP / UPI / Pete Skingley)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe emerges, rejects ruling party in election 29 Jul 2018 - 10:43 pm
Robert Mugabe watches a video presentation during the summit of the Southern African Development Community in Johannesburg, August 17, 2008. (Reuters / Mike Hutchings)
Mali votes in presidential election after violence-marred campaign 29 Jul 2018 - 10:40 pm
Electoral officials count ballot papers at the polling station on July 29, 2018 in Bamako, during Malian presidential elections. Mali went to the polls on July 29, 2018, with actual President seeking a second 5-year term in the fragile Sahel state beset b
Zimbabwe's Mugabe says he will not vote for successor Mnangagwa 29 Jul 2018 - 02:35 pm
Former Zimbabwe President Mugabe addresses the media in Harare on July 29, 2018 during a surprise press conference on the eve of the country's first election since he was ousted from office last year. (AFP / Susan NJANJI)
Erdogan: Turkish embassies in Africa more than tripled 27 Jul 2018 - 06:50 am
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (4th L), his wife Emine Erdogan (6th R), Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak (3rd R) and Turkey's National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (2nd L) and Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
Ethiopian Nile dam manager found shot dead, crowds call for justice 27 Jul 2018 - 06:50 am
Police officers take security measures after Ethiopian Hidase Dam engineer Simegnew Bekele, who was head engineer of the team constructing the Hidase Dam known as the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), was found dead in his parked car at the Meskel Sq
Rigging claims cast cloud over Zimbabwe's post-Mugabe vote 25 Jul 2018 - 01:06 am
Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling ZANU (PF) party attend an election rally in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe July 24. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Ugandans raise volume on social media tax protests 24 Jul 2018 - 09:55 pm
President Yoweri Museveni previously justified the charge saying many Ugandans did not pay enough tax and should not
Despair as bulldozers destroy hundreds of homes in Kenya's biggest slum 23 Jul 2018 - 09:23 pm
A youth is escorted by Kenyan police officers as dozens of houses are being demolished to make way for a new road in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, July 23, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Ethiopia has 'no option' but multiparty democracy, PM says 23 Jul 2018 - 01:43 am
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's chief of staff announced the remarks on Twitter, saying they were made during a meeting with leaders of more than 50 national and regional parties, including ones from overseas, who demanded reforms in election law.
Zimbabwe defends electoral roll over 'ghost voters' 20 Jul 2018 - 12:14 am
A demonstrator holds a placard on July 19, 2018 as she takes part in a march for peace organised by Churches Convergence on Peace Project, ahead of the Zimbabwe elections in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AFP / Zinyange Auntony
Ethiopian Airlines says it's in talks for stake in Eritrean Airlines 19 Jul 2018 - 03:27 pm
Flight attendant serves passengers with breakfast inside an Ethiopian Airlines ET314 flight to Eritrea's capital Asmara, from the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 18, 2018. (REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri)
Gambia former ruling party probes leaked Jammeh call 17 Jul 2018 - 10:36 pm
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Sierra Leone campaigner arrested in first protest since Bio election 17 Jul 2018 - 09:28 pm
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Obama warns of 'strange and uncertain times' in Mandela tribute 17 Jul 2018 - 09:12 pm
Barack Obama (R) speaks next to the Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Professor Njabulo Ndebele (L), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2ndL) and Patrice Motsepe, businessman and founder of the Motsepe Foundation, during the 2018 Nelson
No news in GBissau as public media workers join strike 17 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm
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