Africa
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Nigeria recovers $24m in poverty minister investigation – EFCC
Nigeria has recovered 30bn naira ($24m; £19m) as part of an ongoing corruption probe into a suspended minister, the financial…
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Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa declares national disaster over drought
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis. Mr Mnangagwa said on Wednesday…
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Senegal’s Faye appoints ally Ousmane Sonko as prime minister
Senegal’s new president has appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as…
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Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects petition against anti-gay law
Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated…
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South Africa parliament speaker resigns over corruption probe
South Africa’s Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has resigned after police raided her home during a corruption investigation. Ms Mapisa-Nqakula…
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DR Congo president names Judith Suminwa Tuluka as first woman PM
Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s first-ever female prime minister, naming planning minister Judith Suminwa…
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Senegal’s youngest president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, sworn in
Senegal has inaugurated Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the…
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Botswana offers to send 20,000 elephants to Germany
The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a political dispute. Earlier this year, Germany’s…
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Senegal opposition candidate Faye set to win presidential election
Senegal’s opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a political newcomer popular among the country’s disaffected youth, is set to be declared the…
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Binance executive detained in Nigeria in crypto case escapes custody
An executive of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria, where a criminal investigation has been launched against the…
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