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Gambia suspends death penalty en route to abolition

Gambian President Adama Barrow on Sunday announced a moratorium on the death penalty as the West African country rebuilds its...

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February 19, 2018
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The Gambia re-joins the Commonwealth

The Gambia has re-joined the Commonwealth almost five years after ex-President Yahya Jammeh took the country out of the organisation,...

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February 15, 2018
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South Africa’s Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party

South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a televised statement he...

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February 15, 2018
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Ethiopian journalist refuses to sign confession form in exchange for...

Ethiopian journalist and blogger, Eskinder Nega’s freedom is in doubt after he reportedly refused to sign a ‘false confession form’...

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February 11, 2018
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China to support establishment of African Union office in Beijing

The Chinese government says it is ready to support a plan by the African Union (A.U.) to establish a representational...

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February 11, 2018
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Kabila ready to handover power, set to name successor in...

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Joseph Kabila will not contest in elections when they are next held,...

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February 6, 2018
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Israel issues ultimatum to African migrants

Israel on Sunday began warning thousands of African migrants that they must leave by the end of March, officials said,...

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February 5, 2018
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WANEP urges AU to re-engage Kenyatta and Odinga

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), Africa’s largest peacebuilding organisation, has called on the African Union (AU) to re-engage...

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February 2, 2018
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Kenya govt declares Odinga’s resistance movement a criminal group

The Kenyan government has declared the main opposition National Super Alliance’s offshoot, National Resistance Movement (NRM) as an illegal entity....

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January 31, 2018
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Human rights bodies condemn media shutdown in Kenya

The Kenyan authorities “violated the public’s right to information” by blocking broadcasts of TV channels that defied a ban on...

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January 31, 2018
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Gambia suspends death penalty en route to abolition

The Gambia re-joins the Commonwealth

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma resigns after pressure from party

Ethiopian journalist refuses to sign confession form in exchange for...

China to support establishment of African Union office in Beijing

Kabila ready to handover power, set to name successor in...

Israel issues ultimatum to African migrants

WANEP urges AU to re-engage Kenyatta and Odinga

Kenya govt declares Odinga’s resistance movement a criminal group

Human rights bodies condemn media shutdown in Kenya

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