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Anti-government protesters and security forces clashed across Mozambique Wednesday with police reportedly killing two people and a military vehicle mowing down another at fresh demonstrations against October’s disputed elections.Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has rejected the results of the October 9 vote and led a weeks-long standoff that has been brutally suppressed by police and left …

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Tanzanian opposition party Chadema on Wednesday said three of its members were killed in incidents linked to local elections and accused the authorities of rigging the vote.Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe said on X that one of its candidates, Modestus Timbisimilwa, was shot dead by police in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam as he attempted …

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Namibians stood in queues for several hours to vote Wednesday in elections that could usher in the desert nation’s first woman leader even as the dominant SWAPO party faces the strongest challenge yet to its 34-year grip on power.The South West Africa People’s Organisation candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, cast her ballot as soon as polls …

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President Bola Tinubu will begin a two-day trip to France on Thursday, the first state visit by a Nigerian leader in more than two decades, as Paris seeks to boost ties with anglophone Africa.Military coups and changing attitudes have lessened France’s influence on the African continent, where several nations have turned their backs on their …

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Fresh anti-government protests erupted in Mozambique Wednesday after a police vehicle mowed down a woman at a demonstration in the capital in support of the opposition leader disputing October elections.Venancio Mondlane has rejected the results of the October 9 vote and led a weeks-long standoff that has been brutally suppressed by the police. AFP reporters at …

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For half a century, the son of a Senegalese soldier massacred by the French army he had fought for during WWII has sought justice for his father and his comrades.Around 1,600 African soldiers who had been captured by Germany while fighting for France were sent back to Dakar in November 1944.But soon after arriving at …

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Tanzanian opposition party Chadema, said two of its members were killed on the eve of Wednesday’s local elections, and accused the authorities of rigging the vote. Chadema said in a statement that a candidate, George Juma Mohamed, was shot dead by police after being attacked by ruling party supporters at his home in Mkese in central …

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Namibia’s vice president was among the first voters in elections Wednesday that could see her become the desert nation’s first woman leader, even as her ruling SWAPO party faces a strong challenge to its 34-year grip on power.Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, a 72-year-old veteran of the South West Africa People’s Organisation, cast her ballot in the capital …

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The wars in the Mideast and Ukraine-Russia have dominated world headlines in 2024 but several other conflicts are ravaging countries and regions. Here we turn the spotlight on five of those:- Sudan -War has raged in Sudan since April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The conflict has left tens of …

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Namibians vote Wednesday in pivotal presidential and legislative elections that could upset the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation’s 34-year grip on power. SWAPO’s candidate, current vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, could become the country’s first female president if elected.But the 72-year-old may be forced into a second-round run-off if she fails to garner at least half …

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