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Guinea-Bissau holds close vote, Embalo seeks rare second term
Polls opened on Sunday for presidential and legislative elections in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, with President Umaro Sissoco Embalo trying to become the first...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau’s Embalo faces tough re-election bid after unstable first term
Incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embalo faces surprisingly strong competition in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election on Sunday, a contest unfolding against the backdrop of a...
Read moreDetailsNigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism
A Nigerian court on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a...
Read moreDetailsChina pledges $3.5 million for South Africa’s HIV response
China has pledged $3.49 million to support HIV prevention services in South Africa over the next two years under a...
Read moreDetailsJNIM terrorists kill at least 10 soldiers in Niger, sources say
Militants from the al Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) killed at least 10 soldiers in an attack in western...
Read moreDetailsMadagascar military ruler shows 300 kg gemstone found in presidential palace
Madagascar's interim president, who seized power in the Indian Ocean island nation last month, has unveiled a 300 kg (661...
Read moreDetailsNine former Bongo aides found guilty of corruption, money laundering and embezzlement
Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court delivered a landmark verdict on Tuesday: nine former collaborators of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo were sentenced...
Read moreDetailsRussia’s Putin to meet Togo’s president in the Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Togo's president, Faure Gnassingbe, in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that will focus...
Read moreDetailsNamibia’s central bank governor to leave post after five years
Namibia's central bank said on Wednesday that its governor, Johannes !Gawaxab, would leave his position at the end of 2025,...
Read moreDetailsThree-quarters of $5 billion East Africa crude pipeline built, Uganda says
About three-quarters of a $5 billion pipeline crucial for exporting crude oil from Ugandan fields through neighbouring Tanzania has been...
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