Zambia's government takes Edgar Lungu's remains from Pretoria, as family disputes burial rights, igniting outrage over the legal battle for his body.
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Senegal to elect parliament in important test for presidential vote
Senegal will vote Sunday in parliamentary elections the opposition hopes will force a coalition with President Macky Sall and curb any ambitions he may hold for a controversial third term. The opposition also wants to force Sall to give up any hope of running in 2024.
Honest man shares how he asked God to help him create a memorable wedding reception for his beautiful bride
An honest man did not have money for a suit or shoes, not even a wedding cake, but that did not stop him from doing what he could to make their day special.
Lady left Limpopo to meet man in Durban she met on Tinder, got blocked before the bus even stopped
A woman made a mission to go and meet up with a man she met on Tinder. While travelling all the way from Limpopo to Durban, the poor woman got blocked by him.
Insecurity, inflation deepen malnutrition in Nigeria's northwest
Lariya Abdulkareem's family used to make a living farming beans and sorghum at a village in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state. Farmers outside working fields just outside Katsina city said the price of seeds for stables sorghum, millet and groundnut have doubled since the start of the year.
Benin's Talon defends jailing of political opponents
Benin President Patrice Talon on Wednesday dismissed criticism that his government was holding political prisoners after the jailing of two opposition leaders late last year. Benin opposition leader Reckya Madougou was sentenced in December to 20 years in prison for "terrorism" by a special court in the capital Porto-Novo after a brief trial that her attorneys condemned as a "political attack".
DR Congo tightens security in east after anti-UN unrest
Soldiers and police officers were deployed across eastern DR Congo towns Wednesday after days of deadly anti-UN protests that have claimed at least 19 lives in the volatile region. The UN first deployed an observer mission to eastern Congo in 1999.
Botswana hits 'historic' UN goal against HIV: report
Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as "stellar results". To put it simply, these are really stellar results."
Shadowy Al-Qaeda fighters heap pressure on Mali's junta
Al-Qaeda jihadists are tightening the screws on Mali's military junta, extending their attacks to the south of the country and hitting a key garrison town on the outskirts of the capital. Since then, Mali's elected government has been replaced by a military one, and French troops are close to pulling out after the junta brought in Russian paramilitaries.
President Ramaphosa vows equal pay for South Africa women after AFCON win
President Cyril Ramaphosa rolled out the red carpet for South Africa's women on Wednesday, saying they deserved to be paid as much as their male counterparts after they won their first Africa Cup of Nations. "You deserve the best.
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