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Malawi’s ex-president Peter Mutharika was on course for re-election Wednesday after the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, conceded defeat in last week’s vote dominated by soaring living costs in the impoverished country.Supporters of Mutharika, 85, and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took to the streets in celebration after Chakwera announced in an address to the nation that …

Malawi’s ex-president Mutharika on course for re-electionWed, 24 Sep 2025 17:11:57 GMT Read More »

Leading Angola civil society groups have called on the United Nations to investigate a police crackdown on unrest two months ago when around 30 people were killed.A July 28-30 taxi strike against fuel price hikes in the oil-rich nation exploded into protests and looting, with security forces responding with live ammunition and sweeping arrests.In an …

Angola groups urge UN to investigate deadly July crackdownWed, 24 Sep 2025 14:59:26 GMT Read More »

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera conceded defeat Wednesday in last week’s election, saying in an address to the nation that it was clear his rival and predecessor, Peter Mutharika, had an “insurmountable lead”.The dire state of the economy in the small southern African country of 21 million people dominated the September 16 vote, with critics accusing …

Malawi president Chakwera concedes election defeatWed, 24 Sep 2025 11:43:50 GMT Read More »

Citizens in the beach paradise of Seychelles vote this week in tightly fought elections amid concerns over a Qatari hotel complex being built near a world-renowned marine reserve.Voting in the Indian Ocean archipelago runs from Thursday to Saturday.Seychelles has the highest wealth per capita in Africa — around $18,000 according to the World Bank. But it …

Seychelles votes amid concerns over hotel near marine reserveWed, 24 Sep 2025 05:21:59 GMT Read More »

The leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo asked UN member states on Tuesday to recognize a “silent genocide” in his country, as France announced it will host an emergency conference on the conflict there next month. “All the signs of planned extermination are present… This is not just a conflict, it is a silent …

France to host DR Congo emergency conference as Kinshasa calls for aidWed, 24 Sep 2025 03:20:43 GMT Read More »

Four years after the military seized power, voters in a Guinea referendum have resoundingly chosen to implement a new constitution, with 89 percent supporting the charter, according to official provisional results announced Tuesday evening.The constitution paves the way for elections in the west African country, but also permits General Mamady Doumbouya, its junta leader, to …

Guineans approve new constitution by wide margin, pave way for electionsWed, 24 Sep 2025 01:15:26 GMT Read More »

An Ethiopian asylum seeker was jailed for a year on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and a woman, in a case that ignited weeks of UK protests.District Judge Christopher Williams told Hadush Kebatu that “it’s evident to me that your shame and remorse isn’t because of the offences you’ve committed but because of …

Asylum seeker jailed over sexual assaults that sparked UK protestsTue, 23 Sep 2025 16:08:11 GMT Read More »

Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege hopes a new film about his life will achieve what decades of activism have struggled to do: bringing his country’s “forgotten” wars to wide public attention.Mukwege, a world-renowned gynaecologist who specialises in treating rape victims, is the central figure in the Franco-Belgian biopic “Muganga – Celui qui soigne” …

Congo’s Nobel winner Mukwege pins hopes on new filmTue, 23 Sep 2025 16:07:36 GMT Read More »

Ghana has deported at least six west Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said Tuesday.Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to stop their further deportation, but one of their lawyers, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, told a judge at …

Ghana deports at least six US-expelled west Africans to TogoTue, 23 Sep 2025 14:50:31 GMT Read More »

At least 90 buffaloes died while fleeing lions Tuesday after trampling on each other and falling off a cliff in Namibia’s far east, wildlife officials said. The stampede happened around 5:00 am (0300 GMT) along the Chobe River, in the Zambezi conservation area, a unique wildlife-rich zone of waterfalls, forests and marshes.The lions had chased the …

Nearly 100 buffaloes die in Namibia stampedeTue, 23 Sep 2025 13:35:40 GMT Read More »