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Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, provoking anger from opposition figures and a ministerial resignation.The presidential decree postponing the vote, which would have decided his successor, came just hours before official campaigning was due to start.In an address to the nation, Sall said …

Senegal president postpones presidential electionSat, 03 Feb 2024 20:18:08 GMT Read More »

Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start.In an address to the nation, Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date, because lawmakers were investigating two Constitutional Council judges whose …

Senegal president calls off February 25 electionSat, 03 Feb 2024 17:53:23 GMT Read More »

South African politicians were trying to mobilise their supporters on Saturday, the last chance for citizens to register to vote before an imminent announcement of general elections.Thirty years after democracy replaced apartheid rule, this year’s election will be seen by many as a referendum on the performance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC).Polls suggest …

Last chance to register as South Africa awaits election dateSat, 03 Feb 2024 14:16:11 GMT Read More »

Egypt’s antiquities ministry said Saturday it was setting up a committee to review the restoration of Giza’s Menkaure Pyramid after a public outcry over the project.A week ago, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, posted a Facebook video showing workers setting blocks of granite on the base of the shortest of …

Egypt orders review of pyramid restoration after outcrySat, 03 Feb 2024 13:25:49 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday blamed incompetent and corrupt government officials for a deadly gas blast in Nairobi that killed three people and injured 280.A truck laden with gas canisters exploded just before midnight Thursday in Embakasi, a densely populated Nairobi district, unleashing a trail of destruction and sending people running for their lives.The …

Kenyan president slams ‘incompetence’, ‘corruption’ after deadly blastSat, 03 Feb 2024 11:29:04 GMT Read More »

Three people were injured Saturday in a knife attack at Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, a major travel hub, police said, adding that a suspect had been arrested.The detained man, a Malian national, went on a stabbing spree at around 8:00 am (0700 GMT) at the station, which operates domestic trains as well as …

Knife attacker wounds three at major Paris train stationSat, 03 Feb 2024 09:35:39 GMT Read More »

Madrid airport is struggling to cope with an unprecedented influx of African asylum seekers, who have to sleep in crammed, dirty spaces, prompting the Red Cross to stop providing services there in protest.Hundreds of migrants, the majority from Senegal, have in recent weeks requested asylum after arriving in Madrid while on a layover to other …

Madrid airport overwhelmed by asylum seekersSat, 03 Feb 2024 06:42:37 GMT Read More »

Former West Ham United defender Arthur Masuaku scored a vital goal as the Democratic Republic of Congo defeated Guinea 3-1 on Friday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Masuaku netted direct from a free-kick on 82 minutes to give his country a two-goal advantage in the quarter-final and they will face hosts Ivory Coast …

Masuaku free-kick clinches AFCON semi-finals place for DR CongoFri, 02 Feb 2024 22:58:42 GMT Read More »

The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab jihadists are waging an insurgency, said Friday the second phase of a drawdown involving 3,000 troops has been completed after a four-month delay.Following several major reversals against the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, the Mogadishu government had requested a three-month “technical pause” in the drawdown scheduled to be carried …

African Union troops complete new phase of Somalia pullout planFri, 02 Feb 2024 19:00:46 GMT Read More »

At least three people died and 280 were injured when a gas blast set off a huge ball of fire in a densely populated area of the Kenyan capital, officials said on Friday.The government vowed those responsible would be held accountable after a truck laden with gas canisters exploded just before midnight Thursday in Embakasi, …

Huge ‘ball of fire’ kills three, injures 280 in KenyaFri, 02 Feb 2024 17:57:00 GMT Read More »