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Macron, Kagame inaugurate Rwanda genocide memorial in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a memorial in Paris to honour the...
Read moreDetailsMorocco’s King pardons Senegal fans convicted on hooliganism charges
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has pardoned the Senegal supporters convicted of hooliganism during the Africa Cup of Nations soccer...
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 moreDetailsRwandan genocide suspect Kabuga, 93, dies in custody
Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a U.N. court said on Saturday. He...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa promises crackdown on xenophobic attacks after Ghana protests
South African authorities promised on Friday to crack down on anyone carrying out xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians and other foreign...
Read moreDetailsMugabe’s son pleads guilty to lesser charges in Johannesburg shooting case
The son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe has pleaded guilty to lesser charges in a high-profile shooting case...
Read moreDetailsPope Leo, in Cameroon, decries ‘handful of tyrants’ ravaging the world
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants",...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s Malema faces political crisis after jail sentence in firearm case
Julius Malema, a polarizing figure in South African politics, faces an uncertain political future after being sentenced to five years prison on...
Read moreDetailsKenyan court fines and jails Chinese man in ant-smuggling case
A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese man to pay a fine of 1 million shillings ($7,746) and gave...
Read moreDetailsTogo to ask UN member states to use map showing Africa’s true size
Togo will ask United Nations member states to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of...
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