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Kenya’s Supreme Court Orders Recount Of Some Ballot Boxes

  • September 1, 2022

Kenya’s Supreme Court has ordered the recount of ballots cast at 15 polling stations during the August 9 presidential election. The order was one of several issued Tuesday as the court began hearing a challenge to the win of President-elect William Ruto. The recount request from Raila Odinga and his running mate, Matha Karua, was […]

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Documents ‘Likely Concealed’ At Donald Trump’s Florida Home – Officials

  • August 31, 2022

Former US President Donald Trump may have concealed documents during an FBI search of his property in June, Department of Justice officials say. In a court filing, the department said “efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation”. They alleged agents were “explicitly prohibited” from searching a storage room at Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago mansion. […]

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UN Team Heads To Assess Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant

  • August 31, 2022

A team of inspectors from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog headed Wednesday to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to assess safety and security issues at the Russian-controlled site. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said the team he is leading will spend several days at the plant and said their mission is a “very […]

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Nigerian Court Rejects Request To Extradite Top Cop To US

  • August 30, 2022

A Nigerian court has rejected a request to extradite a suspended police officer to the United States after he was implicated by a social media celebrity in a fraud case. Deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari was suspended after he was implicated in the case of Nigerian social media influencer Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, who pleaded guilty […]

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Sudanese Journalists Form Independent Union To Defend Freedoms

  • August 30, 2022

Sudanese journalists have formed the country’s first independent professional union for decades, in what campaigners said was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup. “The victory is to regain our syndicate after more than 30 years in order to defend the freedom and professionalism of the press,” said one journalist Waleed Alnour, […]

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Angola’s President, MPLA Party Declared Winner Of Divisive Election

  • August 30, 2022

Angola’s electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades, the winner of last week’s national election, handing President Joao Lourenco a second term. The election commission gave the ex-Marxist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) a 51.17% majority after all votes were counted while its longtime opponent, […]