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Ethiopian election expected to give leader Abiy’s party a landslide win
Voting took place in Ethiopia on Monday in parliamentary and regional elections expected to hand Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling...
Read moreDetailsEthiopian prime minister’s hometown shows strong support ahead of polls
Campaign posters of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party line the road leading to his birth town of Beshasha...
Read moreDetailsSenegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of friction
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks...
Read moreDetailsBenin’s Talon bids farewell ahead of Wadagni inauguration, Sunday
Ten years after taking office, outgoing Beninese President Patrice Talon on Thursday delivered a farewell message to the nation ahead...
Read moreDetailsNigeria arrests ex-power minister Mamman after 75-year graft sentence
Nigeria's anti-graft agency has arrested former power minister Saleh Mamman, days after a court sentenced him in absentia to 75 years in...
Read moreDetailsMSF accuses all South Sudan forces of exploiting aid for military objectives
French aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres on Tuesday accused South Sudan's government of blocking humanitarian access to opposition-controlled areas and...
Read moreDetailsUganda’s president signs contentious law meant to curb foreign influence
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a contentious measure to curb foreign influence after parliament scaled back provisions that...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan marks SPLA Day for first time since 2013 civil war
Celebrations took place at the national stadium in Juba on Saturday as South Sudan marked the 43rd anniversary of the...
Read moreDetailsTop ANC official backs President Ramaphosa over ‘Farmgate’ scandal
A top official in South Africa's African National Congress party threw his weight behind President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday over...
Read moreDetailsSierra Leone opposition raises alarm over alleged drug trafficking links
The leader of Sierra Leone's opposition voiced alarm on Monday over alleged links between the west African country and international...
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