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Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (653+ words) The party of singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine has vowed protests if the vote is rigged Wine campaigns in a flak jacket to highlight state violence Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda since 1986 and is determined to stay in power Many…...
Ivory Coast top AFCON group ahead of Cameroon, Algeria win again
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (709+ words) Christian Kofane (L) fires in from outside the box to score Cameroon's second goal against Mozambique in Agadir Action from the Group F clash between Gabon and Ivory Coast in Marrakesh Ibrahim Maza (L) scores for Algeria in their win over Equatorial…...
Study says African penguins starved en masse off South Africa
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (319+ words) Fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs of the small, black and white African Penguin are left globally Endangered penguins living off South Africa's coast have likely starved en masse due to food shortages, a study said Friday, with some populations dropping by…...
Western rift over Ukraine and Trump absence mar G20 summit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (593+ words) South Africa's G20 summit is the first in Africa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has bristled at the US boycott of the G20 summit India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among a host of world leaders at the Johannesburg summit The summit's…...
South Africa to host G20 summit boycotted by US
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (680+ words) South Africa's G20 summit is under the theme 'Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability' A billboard shows the heads of states of the G20 countries head of this weekend's summit Scarred by neglect and mismanagement, Johannesburg has been spruced up for the summit South Africa…...
Trump says no US officials to attend G20 in South Africa
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (437+ words) The G20 summit will be held in Johannesburg this month President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically "killed and slaughtered" in the country. Trump had announced…...
Tanzania charges more than 100 with treason over election protests
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (570+ words) Funeral for an opposition youth leader killed during election protests Violent protests broke out across the east African country on election day A Tanzanian court charged more than 100 people with treason Friday following election protests that turned violent, as rights…...
Tanzania president sworn in as opposition says hundreds killed in protests
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (654+ words) Soldiers in Zanzibar drive past posters of Hassan who electoral officials say won 98 percent of the vote Armed men without ID patrolled Zanzibar after election day The electoral commission says President Samia Suluhu Hassan won 98 percent of the vote Tanzanian…...
Tanzania polls open with opposition excluded
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (526+ words) Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been put on trial for treason President Samia Suluhu Hassan faced opposition from within her party when she took over in 2021, analysts say Billboards of Hassan are everywhere across Tanzania Polls opened in…...
Madagascar vows to install colonel as president after takeover
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (695+ words) Madagascar's military takeover on Tuesday came after weeks of anti-government protests Madagascar's CAPSAT military unit took over power on Tuesday The military has said transition to civilian rule will be under two years Randrianirina, centre, denied he had staged a…...