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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni admitted even he had problems voting as technical issues disrupted Thursday’s election, in which he hopes to extend his 40-year rule, amid an internet blackout and a police crackdown.Museveni, 81, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office thanks to his total control of the state and security apparatus. The …

Uganda election hit by delays after internet blackoutThu, 15 Jan 2026 12:48:36 GMT Read More »

Michel Tama Sadiakhou’s future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in Senegal’s far southeast, he now researches rare chimpanzees. He is among five people from local villages, all but one without a high …

In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines’ perilsThu, 15 Jan 2026 10:44:34 GMT Read More »

A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.The rare chimpanzees — who live in the bush of hot, southeast Senegal rather than the forest as is more common — exist on …

Senegal’s spear-wielding savannah chimps yield clues on humanity’s pastThu, 15 Jan 2026 10:44:07 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s opposition said voting had been deliberately delayed in Thursday’s election as President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet blackout and a police crackdown.Museveni, 81, is widely expected to win a seventh term in office thanks to his total control of the state and security apparatus. The former bush fighter faces …

Uganda opposition says voting deliberately delayed amid internet blackoutThu, 15 Jan 2026 09:14:42 GMT Read More »

It’s been nine months since Mariam Soumah, a 23-year-old Guinean woman, says she last saw her baby girl Sabina. The mother is in Guinea, while her daughter is — against her will — in an orphanage in Belarus. Several months ago, Belarus forcibly deported the young migrant mother to her west African homeland without her baby, …

‘I begged them’: the Guinean mother deported from Belarus without her babyThu, 15 Jan 2026 07:15:40 GMT Read More »

Uganda was on edge as polls opened on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.The local Daily Monitor newspaper ran a full-page spread on how to “election-proof your home”, advising citizens to reinforce doors and windows and designate a safe-room …

Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdownThu, 15 Jan 2026 04:40:46 GMT Read More »

Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 40-year rule with a seventh term on Thursday, has one of the world’s youngest populations and is pinning its hopes on oil reserves to overcome poverty.Here are five things to know about the east African nation: – Regional military involvement -Still haunted by the tyrannical reign …

Five things to know about UgandaThu, 15 Jan 2026 02:28:32 GMT Read More »

Hosts Morocco will play Sadio Mane’s Senegal in this weekend’s Africa Cup of Nations final after both emerged victorious in tense last-four ties on Wednesday as Mohamed Salah’s dreams of winning the title were again dashed.Morocco beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties after their semi-final showdown of few chances in capital Rabat finished 0-0 at the …

Hosts Morocco set up Senegal AFCON final showdownThu, 15 Jan 2026 01:25:49 GMT Read More »

Goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was the hero with two saves in the shoot-out as hosts Morocco beat Nigeria 4-2 on penalties to set up an Africa Cup of Nations final showdown this weekend with Senegal after a tense last-four clash on Wednesday finished 0-0 at the end of extra time.Bounou saved from Samuel Chukwueze and brilliantly …

Morocco beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Africa Cup of Nations finalWed, 14 Jan 2026 23:53:12 GMT Read More »

Sadio Mane scored a 78th-minute winner to give Senegal a 1-0 victory over Egypt on Wednesday in their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final in Tangiers.Former champions Senegal dominated possession against cautious Egypt and will face hosts Morocco or Nigeria on Sunday in the final.The result maintained the dominance of Senegal over Egypt. The Teranga Lions …

Mane takes dominant Senegal past Egypt into AFCON finalWed, 14 Jan 2026 19:20:49 GMT Read More »