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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce the date of this year’s general election later this month, his spokesman said on Wednesday. “If you count from tomorrow, the president will announce the election date within 15 days,” Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told reporters. Political analysts say record power cuts, poor service delivery …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian officials said on Tuesday they have received Hamas’ response to a framework ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip, a statement from Egypt’s State Information Service said. “We will discuss all the details of the proposed framework with the concerned parties to reach an agreement on the final formula as soon as …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Former Egyptian presidential hopeful Ahmed Tantawy was found guilty on Tuesday of forging election documents and ordered to pay a fine and barred from upcoming elections, four security and judiciary sources said. Twenty-one members of his campaign were handed a one-year sentence with labor, in a continuation of a decade-long crackdown on activists …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 29 associates were charged on Tuesday with the murder of 191 children whose bodies were found among more than double that number buried in a forest. The defendants all denied the charges brought before a court in the coastal town of Malindi. One suspect was found mentally …

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