Police and protesters clash after Senegal election postponedSun, 04 Feb 2024 21:08:14 GMT
Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday, a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.The presidential election had been set for February 25 and Sall has not announced any new date, sparking a wave of criticism from …
Death toll rises to six in Kenyan gas blastSun, 04 Feb 2024 18:40:52 GMT
The death toll from a gas explosion in Nairobi last week has risen to six after three more victims died from their burns, the government’s spokesperson said Sunday. Of the 280 wounded in Thursday night’s blast, 53 are still receiving care in two of the Kenyan capital’s hospitals.A truck laden with gas canisters exploded just before …
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Namibia President Geingob, veteran of freedom struggle, diesSun, 04 Feb 2024 17:35:33 GMT
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle and its first post-independence prime minister, died on Sunday.Tributes to the 82-year-old statesman poured in from African leaders who saw him as a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle.And Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed regret that his country had lost “a partner who was committed …
Senegal faces opposition backlash after election postponedSun, 04 Feb 2024 14:23:54 GMT
Opposition parties prepared to demonstrate on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a wave of international concern. Just a day before official campaigning was due to start, Sall plunged the nation into the unknown saying he intervened because of a dispute between the National …
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies in hospitalSun, 04 Feb 2024 07:52:39 GMT
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob died early Sunday in a hospital in Windhoek, his office said. He was 82.Geingob, who was serving his second term as president and was his country’s first prime minister after independence, revealed last month that he was being treated for cancer.Most recently, he took a stand by supporting South Africa’s complaint …
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