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Tanzania’s main opposition party has chosen a new leader ahead of general elections due in October at a time when it faces increasing political repression. Freeman Mbowe, who has been Chadema chairman for two decades, congratulated his successor — former deputy Tindu Lissu — on Wednesday. “I congratulate Hon. Tundu Lissu and his colleagues on being entrusted with …

Tanzania opposition names new leader ahead of electionWed, 22 Jan 2025 07:34:28 GMT Read More »

Chad’s Constitutional Council on Tuesday confirmed the MPS party of military ruler President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno as the winner of December general elections which were boycotted by opposition parties, citing a final vote tally.Council president Jean-Bernard Padare found Deby’s party had won a solid majority in the first legislative elections held in the country …

Final tally confirms Chad military ruler’s party as poll winnerTue, 21 Jan 2025 19:59:23 GMT Read More »

The army acknowledged Tuesday a “breakthrough” by the M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the armed group fighting government forces has seized a trading hub that supplies the city of Goma. The fall of Minova to M23 fighters backed by the Rwandan army further encircles regional capital Goma in a conflict that has displaced …

M23 fighters further encircle key DR Congo city of GomaTue, 21 Jan 2025 16:58:25 GMT Read More »

A French woman who lost her life savings to scammers pretending to be American actor Brad Pitt is seeking to unmask at least three Nigerians her legal team accuses of defrauding her.The scammers tricked the victim, identified as 53-year-old Anne by French broadcaster TF1, into believing she was in a romantic relationship with the 61-year-old …

Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraudTue, 21 Jan 2025 16:21:59 GMT Read More »

Gabon’s transitional national parliament has adopted a new electoral code, a key step towards re-establishing civilian rule following a coup that ended decades of rule by the Bongo dynasty.Transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguema has vowed a return to civilian rule after a transition period with a presidential election slated for August, two years on …

Gabon adopts new electoral code in key step towards pollsTue, 21 Jan 2025 14:59:57 GMT Read More »

Reponse Izabayo managed to reach hospital after being shot as he tried to escape fighting that has flared in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.In less than three weeks, more than 200 war wounded have arrived at the hospital in the city of Goma — increasingly, they are civilians.”I was fleeing, I was hit by bullets,” …

DR Congo hospital treats influx of war woundedTue, 21 Jan 2025 11:35:52 GMT Read More »

A mosque and military headquarters once teeming with fighters loyal to the Islamic State group lay empty in a desiccated field near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Uganda.The two abandoned buildings are a distant reminder of the presence of the ADF, an armed militia with Ugandan origins that for years has plagued the …

Fears of fighters loyal to IS linger near DR Congo-Uganda borderTue, 21 Jan 2025 06:50:36 GMT Read More »

A blunder by Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana contributed to a 3-1 home loss for struggling Manchester United against Brighton in the Premier League at the weekend. He gathered a cross, then lost possession, and Georginio Rutter netted to complete the scoring at Old Trafford. Gambian Yankuba Minteh was first to score for Brighton, who have won six …

African players in Europe: Onana blunder sinks UnitedMon, 20 Jan 2025 11:07:27 GMT Read More »

An additional 217 Kenyan police officers landed in Haiti on Saturday to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island. Criminal gangs still control some 85 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince, the United Nations estimates, despite the deployment last June of the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) under UN auspices.The …

More Kenyan police land in Haiti to bolster security missionSat, 18 Jan 2025 22:16:09 GMT Read More »

Thousands gathered in northern Liberia on Saturday for the funeral of warlord-turned-politician Prince Johnson, a notorious face of the country’s brutal civil wars who died without facing trial.Back-to-back conflicts devastated the small west African country from 1989 until 2003, claiming around 250,000 lives and resulting in massacres, mutilation, rape, cannibalism and the widespread use of …

Thousands attend funeral of Liberian ex-warlord Prince JohnsonSat, 18 Jan 2025 19:13:06 GMT Read More »