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I.Coast troops held in Mali charged
I.Coast troops held in Mali charged
by  AFP

Dozens of Ivorian soldiers held in Mali and accused of being mercenaries have been charged with attempting to harm state security and remanded in custody, judicial sources told AFP on Sunday. A Malian judicial source said a Bamako prosecutor charged the soldiers on Friday with an attempt to undermine state security.

Calls for peace in Kenya as presidential race tightens
Calls for peace in Kenya as presidential race tightens
by  AFP

Kenyans prayed for peace Sunday as they waited anxiously for the final outcome of a tight presidential race, with the two frontrunners neck and neck, according to partial official results. Congregants in Odinga's stronghold of Kisumu also prayed for a peaceful outcome, with 81-year-old bishop Washington Ogonyo Ngede telling his flock: "Don't let politics divide us.

Pressure on Springboks after All Blacks bounce back
Pressure on Springboks after All Blacks bounce back
by  AFP

A week after enjoying the adulation of South African rugby supporters, the Springboks found themselves back at square one after losing to New Zealand's All Blacks in a wide-open southern hemisphere Rugby Championship. Coach Ian Foster suggested that the All Blacks were in the process of turning around their fortunes after losing five of their previous six games.

Kenya's Ruto leading in tight presidential race: early results
Kenya's Ruto leading in tight presidential race: early results
by  AFP

Deputy President William Ruto is edging ahead of his main rival Raila Odinga in Kenya's presidential election, partial official results showed Sunday, underscoring the tight race as the country anxiously awaits the final outcome. The winner of the presidential race needs to secure 50 percent plus one vote and at least a quarter of the votes in 24 of Kenya's 47 counties.

Late All Blacks tries beat Springboks to give coach Foster lifeline
Late All Blacks tries beat Springboks to give coach Foster lifeline
by  AFP

New Zealand ended a three-match losing streak with a 35-23 Rugby Championship win over South Africa at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday and may have saved the job of embattled coach Ian Foster. Foster had been under fire after five losses in six matches ahead of the Johannesburg showdown, including a 16-point defeat to Rugby World Cup champions the Springboks last weekend.

UN peacekeeping rotations to resume in Mali from Monday
UN peacekeeping rotations to resume in Mali from Monday
by  AFP

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, is to resume contingent rotations from Monday under fresh approval procedures, the Malian foreign minister and a UN spokeswoman have said. The peacekeeping force's spokeswoman Myriam Dessables confirmed the news and said: "Rotations are to resume from Monday."

Kenya's Odinga slightly ahead in presidential race: early results
Kenya's Odinga slightly ahead in presidential race: early results
by  AFP

Kenya's one-time opposition leader Raila Odinga is slightly ahead in the race for the presidency against the incumbent Deputy President William Ruto, partial official results showed Saturday. Ruto, 55, has been deputy president for almost a decade but was left out in the cold after a pact between Odinga and Kenyatta in 2018 that stunned the nation.

Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam
by  AFP

Ethiopia's massive hydro-electric dam project on a tributary of the Nile has raised regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the huge river for 97 percent of its water supply, and with Sudan. - Egyptian thirst - Egypt, an arid nation of nearly 100 million people, depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water needs, including for agriculture.

Eleven died in Gambia's worst floods in 50 years
Eleven died in Gambia's worst floods in 50 years
by  AFP

The Gambia suffered its worst flooding in "nearly half a century" late last month, killing 11 people and internally displacing more than 5,000, its disaster agency said in a report. "The suburbs in urban settlements have been the hardest hit", the agency said, with 11 deaths reported and 5,407 people internally displaced.