
Malawi’s ruling party alleges vote manipulation in nearly half of the country’s districts. Police have arrested eight data clerks accused of tampering with results
Malawi’s ruling party alleges vote manipulation in nearly half of the country’s districts. Police have arrested eight data clerks accused of tampering with results
The former right-hand man of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo told AFP on Monday that he will return home next month and join the reconciliation process after both were acquitted of crimes against humanity.
Witnesses have come forward to tell AFP of the "absolutely terrible, terrible day" of violence that left 50 dead during widespread protests last week against the decision by Chad's military ruler to extend his junta's grip on power. "It was an absolutely terrible, terrible day.
A top Pakistani news anchor was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled his home country to avoid sedition charges, investigators said Monday, prompting calls for a full probe into what one media rights group branded an "utterly disturbing murder".
Sudan on Monday named a new military commander for troubled Blue Nile state, where recent bitter ethnic clashes over land have left at least 200 people dead and sparked angry demonstrations. Army spokesman Nabil Abdallah, announcing Monday a new commander for the southern Blue Nile state, said the military had ordered a committee to "evaluate the security situation".
In the remote countryside of Lesotho, a kingdom in southern Africa, time stretches wide between long treks on horse or donkey back and hours of herding cattle along mountain ranges. But in the Belgium-sized country, the most convenient and commonly used off-road transport are horses and donkeys.
Star Moroccan rapper ElGrande Toto on Sunday apologised for causing offence through recent public statements in which he acknowledged using cannabis. "I offer my apologies to anyone offended by my words, starting with the authorities and my public," ElGrande Toto, whose real name is Taha Fahssi, told a packed press conference.
Tanzanian authorities on Sunday said a fire on Mount Kilimanjaro was mostly under control after flames burned Africa's tallest mountain for more than 24 hours. Sedoyeka said the aim was to bring the fire completely under control by Sunday evening.
Fresh clashes between the army and M23 rebels have erupted in eastern DR Congo, officials said on Sunday, breaking a period of relative calm between the two sides. The frontline between Congolese troops and M23 rebels had been calm in recent weeks.
South Africa's graft-accused former president Jacob Zuma on Saturday accused his successor, Cyril Ramaphosa, of corruption and committing treason following a cash heist scandal at the latter's farm. South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog and the police have opened probes, but Zuma said there was "silence of the many criminalities against the current president".
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