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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame is new AU Chairman

The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Alpha Condé of Guinea, has handed over the headship of the...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 30, 2018
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Sisi gets last minute challenger in Egypt’s presidential election

Egyptian politician Mousa Mostafa Mousa said on Monday he would compete in presidential elections, hours before a nomination deadline was...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 29, 2018
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Nigeria govt replies Obasanjo over call for Buhari to quit...

The Nigerian government has officially responded to an open letter by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, in which he advices incumbent...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 25, 2018
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Bill Gates warns Trump: China biggest winner if US –...

Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men has cautioned the U.S. president...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 25, 2018
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Winnie Mandela hospitalised, family confirms

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, known in South Africa as the “mother of the nation”, was hospitalized for a kidney infection, the family...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 24, 2018
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Top Jammeh generals arrested after sneaking back into The Gambia

Military authorities in Gambia arrested two of ex-strongman Yahya Jammeh’s generals after they returned unexpectedly from exile over the weekend,...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 24, 2018
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AU gears up to launch highly-anticipated single African sky

The African Union Commission is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship project, the Single African Air Transport...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 23, 2018
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Museveni defends death penalty plans as NGOs protest

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has vowed to enforce the death penalty again, despite opposition from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 23, 2018
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George Weah sworn in as Liberia’s president

Former international footballer George Weah has been sworn in as president of Liberia. “I have spent many years of my...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 22, 2018
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Liberia’s Sirleaf issues last minute order against female genital mutilation

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has issued an Executive Order seeking to protect women against domestic violence and abolishing female...

BY Hussein Habibata
January 22, 2018
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