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Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) agent checks electoral materials at the Mavuno polling centre on the day of the presidential election in Goma, North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo December 20, 2023. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi
Africa

DR Congo election: Three ministers, four governors disqualified for fraud, violence

Saturday, January 06, 2024
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President Kagame receives Sudan paramilitary leader, pledges Rwanda's support for peace efforts

Saturday, January 06, 2024
Oscar Pistorius's various trials and hearings attracted enormous media interest. Photo-Getty images
Africa

South Africa: Oscar Pistorius released on parole

Friday, January 05, 2024
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb. Moussa Faki Mahamat. The AU chief has called for calm and mutual respect to de-escalate the simmering tension between the governments of Ethiopia and Somalia, following the signing of a port access deal between the former and Somaliland.
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AU calls for calm to de-escalate simmering tension between Ethiopia and Somalia

Thursday, January 04, 2024
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Top 10 richest people in Africa at the start of 2024

Thursday, January 04, 2024
Antoinette Uwineza, alias Micheline Uwababyeyi, was apprehended on New Year’s Eve by Kenyan police officers posing as hitmen. Internet
Africa

Fresh details emerge on Rwandan woman arrested over murder-for-hire plot in Nairobi

Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Uganda has taken legal action against Kenya in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) after Kenya denied a local license to Uganda's government-owned oil marketer. Internet
Africa

Uganda lodges lawsuit against Kenya over oil importation

Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Mr. Magubane in an undated photo. Despite the risks of his work, he refused to leave South Africa. “I was going to stay and fight with my camera as my gun,” he said. Credit: Jeff Morgan 06/Alamy
Africa

Peter Magubane, South African photographer who documented apartheid, dies aged 91

Tuesday, January 02, 2024
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, who was declared the winner of the presidential election, in Gombe, Kinshasa, on Sunday. Credit: Arsene Mpiana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Africa

DR Congo President Tshisekedi declared winner as opposition leaders call for mass protests against ‘electoral fraud’

Sunday, December 31, 2023
Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission start counting votes in Kinshasa, DRC on December 21, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
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DR Congo election provisional results to be announced on Sunday

Saturday, December 30, 2023
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Rwanda dismisses claims by Burundian president on ties with rebel group

Saturday, December 30, 2023
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New DR Congo rebel alliance condemns bombings of populated areas

Friday, December 29, 2023
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Rwanda receives over 150 asylum seekers from Libya

Friday, December 29, 2023
PHOTO: NILE POST
Africa

Ugandan Chef Mama D breaks world record for longest cook-a-thon

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Desire Muhinyuza, on Wednesday, December 27, won a legal battle in Kenya to reclaim ownership of an online company valued at Rwf 3.2 billion. Courtesy
Africa

Kenya: Case of defrauded Rwandan investor “a wake-up call”

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Some members of the genocidal group, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) who were captured by M23 fighters, while fighting alongside FARDC soldiers in Eastern DR Congo . Courtesy
Africa

2023 leaves eastern DR Congo as unstable as ever

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Desire Muhinyuza (L) with his lawyer at the court in Kenya
Africa

Kenyan court restores Rwf3b company defrauded from Rwandan investor

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution on the financing of African Union-led peace support operations. INTERNET PHOTO
Africa

UN to fund African Union-led peace missions

Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Valentine Rugwabiza has been nominated among the 100 Most Influential African Women for 2023 by Avance Media Africa. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

Rwanda's Rugwabiza nominated among most influential African women

Sunday, December 24, 2023
A voter argues with an official from the Independent National Electoral Commission at a polling station at Bwakya school in Lubumbashi, DRC on December 20, 2023. PHOTO | AFP
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DR Congo opposition candidates plan presidential election protest

Sunday, December 24, 2023