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Eastern Province: RPF members pledge high turn up in July polls

Monday, May 13, 2024
People register to vote at a voting station in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 18, 2023. (Photo by Ihsaan HaffejeeXinhua
Africa

South Africa's constitutional court bars 3 political parties from contesting elections

Saturday, May 11, 2024
Rebel spokesperson Lt Col Willy Ngoma said Rubaya fell into the hands of rebel fighters following clashes with government troops.
Africa

DR Congo: M23 rebels seize key town of Rubaya, insist on ‘stopping genocide’

Thursday, May 02, 2024
Speaking during the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, on April 25, Rwanda's envoy to the UK, Johnston Busingye, said the Genocide against the Tutsi didn’t start with the machetes of April 1994. It started decades earlier with state directed ethnic populism, classification, discrimination, dehumanization, over time, all done with unimaginable impunity, he said.
Kwibuka

No Genocide happens without a plan, preparation, state involvement – Rwandan envoy

Friday, April 26, 2024
In a wide-ranging interview in Kigali, President Paul Kagame discusses M23, accusations of human rights violations, finding a successor, AU reform, and the UK migrant deal. PHOTO BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Africa

Kagame: ‘DRC thought the East African Force was there to fight its wars’

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
South Sudan President Salva Kiir. The country descended into a bloody civil war shortly after independence in 2011 following a political disagreement between President Kiir and his then-deputy, Riek Machar, that killed about 400,000 people, according to the UN. Internet
Africa

South Sudan appeals for funds to conduct elections

Friday, February 09, 2024
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) welcomes Kenya’s President William Ruto as he arrives for the Italy-Africa international conference at the Italian Senate in Rome, Italy on January 29, 2024. PHOTO _ AFP
Africa

Italy pledges new partnership with Africa

Wednesday, January 31, 2024
DR Congo opposition politician Moïse Katumbi has been barred from leaving his residence after he called for the cancellation of the poll results. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo opposition politician Moïse Katumbi blocked from leaving home

Tuesday, January 09, 2024
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Africa

New DR Congo rebel alliance condemns bombings of populated areas

Friday, December 29, 2023
Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission start counting votes in Kinshasa, DRC on December 21, 2023. PHOTO . AFP
Africa

DR Congo results trickle in after chaotic elections

Saturday, December 23, 2023
Moïse Katumbi, a former governor of Katanga Province, is one of the main opposition candidates vying for DR Congo's presidency. Elections are slated for on December 20.
Africa

DR Congo polls: Three opposition candidates back Moïse Katumbi for president

Monday, November 20, 2023
A voter talks to the electoral commission's volunteers before casting her vote during parliamentary elections in 2018. SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Rwanda

What are the 4 key proposed changes to Rwanda's elections law?

Saturday, November 11, 2023