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The leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo was receiving oxygen at a private hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, a family member said, casting Sunday’s election into doubt on the eve of the vote. The…
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was briefly detained on Monday as he took part in a protest in the capital, Kampala, against the detention of his supporters, according to posts on his Twitter page. The 39-year-old opposition leader…
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Aid agency Save the Children says Islamist militants are beheading children as young as 11 in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. One mother told the agency she had had to watch as her 12-year-old son was killed in this way…
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Tens of thousands of people have turned out to marches across Australia, protesting against the sexual abuse and harassment of women in the country. They were spurred by a recent wave of allegations of sexual assault, centred around…
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Kenyans are expressing their anger over fuel price hikes announced on Sunday in the latest adjustment by the energy regulator. The price of fuel in the country is determined by a government authority, which sets the maximum prices of…
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On March 8, Ibrahima Sory Coulibaly celebrated Hamed Bakayoko’s birthday surrounded by friends in Abidjan’s Abobo neighbourhood. They prayed for the quick recovery of Ivory Coast’s prime minister, who was receiving medical treatment…
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Armed men attempted to kidnap more students in Nigeria’s Kaduna state overnight on Sunday, a state government official said, as 39 others from an earlier attack remain missing. Attacks by armed gangs, usually referred to as bandits, have…
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The authorities in Zambia say they are considering deporting a Chinese national after a video shared online showed him riding on a trolley being pulled by a local. In the clip shared on Twitter the Chinese man is captured locking up his…
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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has called for more protests against President Macky Sall after being released on a rape charge. Mr Sonko's arrest last week sparked days of deadly protests. He is accused of assaulting a…
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Namibia's First Lady Monica Geingos says she has received abuse from people asking "when or if my husband is going to impregnate me". Ms Geingos said she had been called fat, ugly, stupid, too ambitious, and has also been "slut-shamed" -…
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