Politics

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and a key figure in its independence struggle, has died at the age of 97, his family has confirmed.
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South Africans have flocked to social media to express their shock and convey condolences to presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko following the death of her husband Chief Madzikane Thandisizwe Diko II.
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SOUTH AFRICA, Pretoria - The ANC in Tshwane is mourning the untimely death of its ward 30 councillor, Jabulani Nkane Rammushi, who succumbed to Covid-19 on January 9.
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A prominent critic of the Rwandan president who is in prison on terrorism charges says he is suing a Greek charter flight company for aiding his alleged kidnap and repatriation to Rwanda.
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Chaos has erupted at the Brackenfell High School in Cape Town. Police have fired water cannons and stun grenades to disperse protestors. It's not clear at this stage what triggered the violence but tensions rose when police said more than…
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The secretary general of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), Ace Magashule, is to appear in court over alleged graft committed under former president Jacob Zuma, the police said on Wednesday.
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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrived in Belgium on Wednesday, he told AFP, after losing last month's presidential election in a disputed vote.
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Ethiopia's air force said Wednesday it had bombed arms and fuel depots in the northern region of Tigray, as an escalation in fighting prompted thousands more people to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan.
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The alleged financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday as he made his first appearance at a UN court after a quarter of a century on the run.
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After years of neglect by successive US presidents, Africans doubt Joe Biden's globally celebrated electoral victory last week will bring miracles to the world's poorest continent.
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