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Kenya’s leader, William Ruto, meets with Chinese diplomat Wang Yi ahead of BRICS talks
China's top diplomat Wang Yi is meeting with top officials in several countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Turkey....
Read moreDetailsNigerian ex-governor Ibori may have $130 million confiscated from him by a London judge
Britain will seek to confiscate 101.5 million pounds ($130 million) from James Ibori, a former Nigerian state governor who abused his...
Read moreDetailsChadian leader General Mahamat Deby pardons 110 people held over October protests
Chadian leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has pardoned 110 more people sentenced to jail terms following deadly protests against...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s ruling party, ANC meets BRICS political parties ahead of summit
South Africa's ruling African National Congress, (ANC), is hosting meetings with members of political parties from Brazil, Russia, India, China and others ahead of the BRICS Summit on...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo’s former leader, Kabila rejects accusations he harboured rebels
Democratic Republic of Congo's former president Joseph Kabila has rejected accusations from neighbouring Uganda that he gave sanctuary to a...
Read moreDetailsProtesters throw rocks at Kenyan police as a three-day tax protest begins
Around 100 protesters hurled rocks at police in a poor neighbourhood of Nairobi on Wednesday as three days of demonstrations...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia and Egypt to restart controversial dam talks
Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to resume talks over a controversial hydroelectric mega-dam that Addis Ababa is building over the...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma in Russia for medical treatment
South Africa's ex-President Jacob Zuma travelled to Russia last week for health reasons, his foundation says. "He will be returning...
Read moreDetailsSenegalese prosecutors file an international arrest warrant against Sonko’s lawyer
Senegalese prosecutors on Friday (Jul. 14) said they had filed an international arrest warrant against the French lawyer of Senegal's...
Read moreDetailsSenegal opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko hints at election disruption if he can’t run
Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has no plans to make peace with President Macky Sall and suggested he may try...
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