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Kenya voter registration drive targets young people ahead of 2027 general election
Kenya on Monday kicked off a drive to register new voters ahead of next year's general election, with youths using...
Read moreDetailsSomali army takes control of strategic city, regional leader resigns
Somalia's national army took control of the biggest city in South West state on Monday, prompting the regional leader to...
Read moreDetailsGhana’s ex-president Akufo-Addo to lead ECOWAS election observation mission to Benin
Ghana’s former president Nana Akufo-Addo will head the ECOWAS mission to oversee Benin’s presidential election, the Economic Community of West...
Read moreDetailsEx-Gambian minister appeals Swiss conviction for crimes against humanity
A former Gambian minister appeared in a Swiss court on Monday to appeal against a conviction for crimes against humanity...
Read moreDetailsCongo-Brazzaville court confirms Sassou Nguesso re‑election with 95%
Congo-Brazzaville's 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso secured 95 percent of the vote in an election that extended his rule, the...
Read moreDetailsECOWAS appoints veteran diplomat to mediate with Sahel States
Lansana Kouyaté, a former Guinean prime minister, has been tasked with re-establishing dialogue with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso after...
Read moreDetailsToumba Diakité, principal figure in 2009 massacre in Guinea, has died
One of the principal figures convicted in an infamous 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea died in custody Wednesday in the...
Read moreDetailsGhana’s president, in New York, says US is ‘normalizing’ the erasure of Black history
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, speaking in New York on Tuesday, criticized the U.S. administration for what he described as...
Read moreDetailsTaiwan skips WTO meeting after Cameroon labels it ‘Province of China’
Taiwan has announced it will for the first time skip a major World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting after a...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe opposition leader granted bail amid growing tensions over constitutional changes
Political tensions are rising in Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Tendai Biti has been granted bail after spending the weekend in detention....
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