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The Belgian state was ordered Monday to pay reparations to five mixed-race women who were forcibly placed in an orphanage 70 years ago under a colonial-era practice that judges said constituted a crime against humanity.Reversing an earlier ruling that found too much time had passed since the alleged wrongdoing, the Brussels appeals court said the women, …

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Over the last year, retired Ghanaian school master Richard Tagoe watched his life savings evaporate as Ghana renegotiated its debt in an IMF deal and slashed the value of his bonds.For many like Tagoe, the management of the economy will be key when they vote on December 7 to replace President Nana Akufo-Addo who steps …

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Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former colonial master acknowledged this week had been a “massacre”.Heads of state from Mauritania, the Comoros, Gabon, the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, and France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot joined Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye who has used …

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Outgoing US President Joe Biden is headed to the southern African country of Angola this week, fulfilling a key promise in a bid to shore up ties with the continent.Biden, who will stay in capital city Luanda from Monday to Wednesday, will be the first US president to visit the oil-rich country since it won …

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Namibia’s top opposition presidential candidate, Panduleni Itula, said Saturday that his party would not recognise the results of a controversially extended election marred by chaos and allegations of foul play. Speaking just before the close of polls on the final day of voting, Itula, whose Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) is hoping to end 34 years …

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Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Saturday announced she would run for president in 2025, vowing to build a new and improved version of the west African nation.Nicknamed the “Iron Lady”, Gbagbo is the ex-wife of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, the first former head of state to face trial for crimes against humanity …

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Namibians voted Saturday on the last day of a controversially extended election with partial results expected after poll chaos and allegations of foul play.Electoral authorities prolonged voting until Saturday in presidential and legislative polls, after the original election day — Wednesday — was marred by logistical and technical failures that led to hours-long queues, which …

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South Africa had to overcome determined resistance from Sri Lanka’s batsmen before winning the first Test by 233 runs at Kingsmead on Saturday.Set a massive 516 runs to win, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 282.Left-arm fast bowler Marco Jansen, the destroyer in Sri Lanka’s record-low first innings of 42, took four for 73 to …

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Namibia’s top opposition presidential contender urged voters Friday to keep casting their ballots despite “irregularities” in elections that have been controversially extended after an initial day of chaos at the polls.Electoral authorities have extended voting until Saturday in Namibia’s presidential and legislative polls, after the original election day — Wednesday — was marred by logistical …

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Namibia’s main opposition leader said Friday that elections under way were marred by irregularities but the country needed to see them through before deciding on the next steps.Panduleni Itula, presidential candidate of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), said that parties in opposition to the ruling SWAPO were in talks to find a common stance after …

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