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Country music and the aroma of pancakes enveloped the “Boeremark”, or farmer’s market, outside South Africa’s capital Pretoria where thousands of Afrikaners browsed on a Saturday morning.Signs written in Afrikaans advertised traditional foods: braided “koeksister” doughnuts, cinnamon-sprinkled “melkkos” porridge, strips of “biltong” cured meat.There were stands of books in Afrikaans, a language linked to Dutch, …

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Junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema celebrated a huge victory in  Gabon’s presidential election Sunday after provisional results gave him 90.35 percent of the vote.Oligui, who ended more than five decades of corruption-plagued rule by the Bongo family in August 2023, assuming the role of transitional president, had promised to return the country to democratic rule.”God …

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Gabon’s General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has attempted rap music and even breakdance moves in a bid to break from his profile as the military strongman who seized power.Oligui, 50, swapped his uniform for a business suit to get among crowds during the campaign for Saturday’s election and took questions from journalists. All this was designed …

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Gabon’s junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema has won the presidential election with 90.35 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released Sunday by the interior ministry.Oligui, who ended more than five decades of corruption-plagued rule by the Bongo family in August 2023, assuming the role of transitional president, had promised to return the country …

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Gabon’s junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema looked set to romp his way to victory in the first presidential election since he took power in a 2023 coup, state media reported on Sunday. Nguema, who ended more than five decades of corruption-plagued rule by the Bongo family in August 2023, was “well ahead” in several of the …

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Ethiopian runner Bedatu Hirpa won a thrilling women’s Paris Marathon on Sunday while Kenyan Benard Biwott romped to a comfortable victory in the men’s event.  In cool conditions, Hirpa, 25, came on strong in the final metres of the race to overtake compatriot Dera Dida to win by just four seconds in 2hr 20min 45sec. It …

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Algeria protested strongly Saturday after French prosecutors indicted one of its consular officials on suspicion of involvement in the April 2024 abduction of an Algerian influencer in a Paris suburb.The indictment comes at a delicate time in relations between Algeria and its former colonial power, with Algiers claiming the move was aimed at scuppering recent …

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More than 100 people, including 20 children, are now feared dead in Sudan following paramilitary attacks on the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher and two nearby famine-hit camps, the United Nations said on Saturday.The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, launched “coordinated ground and aerial assaults” on Friday …

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Gabonese voters voted on Saturday in a presidential election widely expected to make junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the oil-rich central African country’s first elected leader since his 2023 coup.Oligui led the August 30, 2023, putsch that ended 55 years of dynastic rule by the Bongo family, who were accused of looting Gabon’s wealth.”I am …

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Voters in Gabon head to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election widely expected to make junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the oil-rich country’s first elected leader since his 2023 coup.Oligui, the general who led the August 30, 2023, putsch in the west African nation, has been leading in opinion polls.He toppled the dynasty …

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