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US aims to bring in 4,500 white South Africans per month as refugees, document says
The U.S. aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Donald Trump's stated...
Read moreDetailsPresidential campaign starts in Congo-Brazzaville
The campaign for next month's presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville begins on Saturday, with 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso seemingly assured...
Read moreDetailsClosing arguments begin in appeal trial of accused Franco-Rwandan génocidaire
The four-week Paris appeal trial of an accused Franco-Rwandan génocidaire started hearing closing arguments on Wednesday. Experts testified that Claude...
Read moreDetailsCameroon to release body of late opposition leader
It has been almost three months since Cameroon’s leading opposition figure, Anicet Ekane, died in military detention, some five weeks...
Read moreDetailsKhartoum cries foul as Museveni hosts RSF chief Dagalo
Khartoum has strongly condemned the Ugandan government for welcoming Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Kampala, describing...
Read moreDetailsUganda’s Museveni holds talks with Sudan’s RSF leader amid push to end war
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni received the commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, at State House in...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s president signs amended Electoral Act into law despite push back
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law an amended Electoral Act that critics warn may weaken safeguards ahead...
Read moreDetailsTurkey’s Erdogan says Israel’s recognition of Somaliland benefits nobody
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel's recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland would not benefit Somaliland or the...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe war veterans challenge Mnangagwa term extension in court
Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war mounted a court challenge on Tuesday to proposed changes to the constitution that would extend...
Read moreDetailsGabon suspends social media, citing threats to security and stability
Gabon has suspended some social media platforms, citing concerns that posts could undermine social cohesion and threaten the stability of...
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