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Security forces prevented people from reaching the airport in Mozambique’s capital on Thursday as the opposition leader Venancio Mondlane was due to arrive home from exile to push his claim that he won presidential elections.At one of several barriers erected around the airport, security forces shot and wounded one of hundreds of mostly young people …

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Mozambican protesters kept up the heat for weeks on the ruling party they say stole elections in October, inspired by charismatic opposition leader Venancio Mondlane who mounted a formidable social media campaign from a hiding place abroad.Known simply by his first name, the 50-year-old former MP and media commentator has vowed to return home Thursday …

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Mozambique’s opposition leader is expected to return from exile Thursday to push his claim to have won presidential elections, risking an escalation in a dispute about the vote just days ahead of the swearing in of his rival. Venancio Mondlane announced last week he would land at Maputo’s international airport at around 8:00 am (0600 GMT) …

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Gunmen launched an attack on the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead and several others injured, the government said.AFP reporters heard gunfire erupt near the site in N’Djamena, with tanks seen on the street, while security sources reported that armed …

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Gunfire erupted Wednesday evening inside the presidency in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, with tanks and a heavy security presence on the streets, according to AFP reporters on the scene and security sources.Several hours later, Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah appeared in a video on Facebook, surrounded by soldiers, saying that “the situation is completely under control… the …

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Kenya’s high court on Wednesday ordered the country’s top policeman to appear for questioning over a fresh wave of abductions that have caused widespread outrage.Dozens of people have been kidnapped and held in communicado since major anti-government protests last year, which sparked a bruising political crisis for President William Ruto.A fresh spate of disappearances over …

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It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet.- What we knowA metallic ring of roughly 2.5 metres (8 feet) in diameter and weighing some 500 kilogrammes (1,100 pounds), crashed into …

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The United States determined on Tuesday that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had “committed genocide” and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group’s leader.Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the determination was based on information about the RSF’s “systematic” murder of men and boys and the targeted rape of women and girls from certain ethnic groups.”The …

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Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who has been sanctioned by the United States for genocide, went from feared Darfur militia commander to de facto vice-president before unleashing a devastating war for power.Daglo’s Rapid Support Forces have been battling the regular army of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since April 2023 in a war that has killed …

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Sao Tome and Principe’s president has dismissed the government over an “inability” to resolve problems facing the tiny West African state and “frequent” absences by the prime minister.The decision by President Carlos Vila Nova was announced in a decree dated Monday and published on the presidency’s Facebook page.It highlighted a “notable inability” by Prime Minister …

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