Politics

Malawian opposition politicians and rights groups have criticised President Lazarus Chakwera and his government for sending 221 young Malawians to work on farms in Israel.
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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has undergone successful shoulder surgery in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the presidency says.
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In what has been termed an unprecedented incident, South Africa's Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga was waylaid by armed robbers who ambushed her convoy, robbed her vehicle’s occupants of their valuables while dispossessing her…
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US investment could help African countries make the most of its critical minerals and industrialise their economies, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has said.
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Guinea's former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, is back in jail after being taken from prison by armed men, according to his lawyer. The group stormed a jail in the capital, Conakry, early on Saturday morning - taking Capt Camara and…
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The main opposition leader in Seychelles, Patrick Herminie, has been charged with witchcraft, along with seven others. Police say the case is related to the discovery of two bodies exhumed from a cemetery on the island of Mahé.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday described gay people as "deviants" and called for an investigation into homosexuality as lawmakers in the conservative East African nation prepare to vote on an anti-LGBT bill.
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Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over corruption allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima is accused of accepting money and other items in exchange for awarding government contracts,…
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Travel vlogger Tayo Aina visits Nigeria's most dangerous city, Maiduguri in Borno State the epicenter of the Boko Haram conflict that has ravaged Nigeria for the past couple of years.
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William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election - moments after the main count was interrupted as scuffles broke out.
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