Today: September 18, 2024
Today: September 18, 2024

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Africa|Election|News

Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote

Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday, but a rival candidate alleged irregularities

Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote
Africa|Election

Algerian candidate Hassani Cherif's campaign says it recorded election violations

Algerian presidential candidate Abdelaali Hassani Cherif's campaign said in a statement on Sunday that it had recorded cases of violations in the country's Saturday presidential

Algerian candidate Hassani Cherif's campaign says it recorded election violations
Africa|News|World

Rubble and grief: Morocco’s High Atlas marks one year since record earthquake

A year after a deadly earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains, reconstruction efforts are slowly moving forward

Rubble and grief: Morocco’s High Atlas marks one year since record earthquake
Africa|Crime|News

Morocco stops 45,000 migrants from crossing to Europe in 2024

Morocco has stopped 45,015 people from illegally migrating to Europe since January and busted 177 migrant trafficking gangs, Morocco's state news agency MAP reported on Friday,

Morocco stops 45,000 migrants from crossing to Europe in 2024
Africa|News

21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire

Officials say the number of children who were burned to death in a school dormitory in central Kenya has risen to 21

21 children are now known to have died in Kenya school fire
Africa|Economy|Finance|News

China stops short of Africa debt relief as it pledges more cash

China stopped short of providing the debt relief sought by many African countries this week, but pledged 360 billion yuan ($50.7 billion)

China stops short of Africa debt relief as it pledges more cash
Africa|Election|News|Political

Algeria's 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election

Algerians have voted in an election to decide whether army-backed President Abdelmadjid Tebboune gets another term in office — five years after pro-democracy protests prompted the military to oust the previous president after two decades in power

Algeria's 78-year-old president is expected to breeze to a second term in election
Africa|Election|News

Algerian president seeks re-election with low turnout seen

Algerians voted on Saturday in an election in which military-backed President Abdulmadjid Tebboune is widely expected to win a second term, but early turnout

Algerian president seeks re-election with low turnout seen
Africa|Health

WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox

WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
Africa|Crime|News|Sports

Ugandan athlete Cheptegei's killing revives painful memories for domestic violence survivor

Moureen Atieno Omolo was unable to sleep for days after hearing about the deadly attack on Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, whose former boyfriend doused her in

Ugandan athlete Cheptegei's killing revives painful memories for domestic violence survivor
Africa|Crime|Economy|News

South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal

South Africa’s justice minister has denied corruption allegations against her related to a mutual bank scandal in which thousands of retirees lost their life savings

South Africa's justice minister denies corruption allegations against her in a mutual bank scandal
Africa|News

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire as officials say 70 remain unaccounted for

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire as officials say 70 remain unaccounted for

17 students killed in Kenya elementary school fire as officials say 70 remain unaccounted for
Africa|News

Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school in central Kenya in the early hours of Friday, police said.  

Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys
Africa|Education|News

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for

Kenya's deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others

A dormitory fire in Kenya kills 18 students and injures 27. Dozens are unaccounted for
Africa|World

UN mission says both Sudan sides committed abuses, peacekeepers needed

Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes, and world powers need to send in peacekeepers and widen an arms embargo to protect

UN mission says both Sudan sides committed abuses, peacekeepers needed
Africa|News|Opinion|World

UN-backed rights experts seek wider arms embargo and 'impartial force' deployed to war-torn Sudan

U.N.-backed human rights investigators are urging the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in Sudan’s war

UN-backed rights experts seek wider arms embargo and 'impartial force' deployed to war-torn Sudan
Africa|Election|News

Tunisian presidential candidate Zammel still detained, campaign team says

Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was still in detention on Friday despite being released for

Tunisian presidential candidate Zammel still detained, campaign team says
Africa|Election|News|Political

Tunisia's law professors warn presidential election legitimacy at risk

Tunisian legal scholars warned on Thursday that the legitimacy of next month's presidential election will be damaged if the electoral commission does not respect court

Tunisia's law professors warn presidential election legitimacy at risk
Africa|Crime|Sports

Ugandan Olympian passes away from burns after attack by boyfriend

Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei has tragically passed away days after suffering severe burns from an attack by her boyfriend. CNN International Correspondent Larry Madowo joins World Sport's Amanda Davies for more.

Ugandan Olympian passes away from burns after attack by boyfriend
Africa|Economy|Finance|News|World

China is not pushing Africa into debt trap, South African president says

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that he did not believe Chinese investments in Africa were pushing the continent into a "debt trap" but were

China is not pushing Africa into debt trap, South African president says
Africa|Crime|News|Sports

Uganda Olympic runner's horrific death is the latest in violence against female athletes in Kenya

Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya’s tragic history of domestic violence against female athletes

Uganda Olympic runner's horrific death is the latest in violence against female athletes in Kenya
Africa|Economy|Finance

World Bank, French Development Agency give Uganda aid of over $600 million

The World Bank and French Development Agency (AFD) have given Uganda more than $600 million to fund infrastructure development and manage waste in the capital Kampala, the

World Bank, French Development Agency give Uganda aid of over $600 million
Africa|Health|News

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it's a fraction of what is needed

Authorities in Congo say the first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in Congo’s capital, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency

The first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine reach Congo. But it's a fraction of what is needed
Africa|Health|World

Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses

Democratic Republic of Congo received its first batch of mpox vaccines on Thursday, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak

Congo receives long-awaited mpox vaccine doses
Africa|Europe|Health|World

EU delivers first mpox vaccine doses to Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive its first batch of 100,000 mpox vaccines from the European Union on Thursday, with a second delivery expected in the coming days

EU delivers first mpox vaccine doses to Congo

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