Presidential candidates in Guinea, including junta leader General Mamady Doumbouya, held their final political rallies Thursday ahead of this weekend’s elections. A total of 6.8 million people in the west African nation are eligible to vote Sunday between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm (0700 and 1800 GMT), choosing between nine candidates, including 41-year-old Doumbouya, who is …
Somali authorities imposed tight security Thursday for the first direct elections held in the Mogadishu region for nearly 60 years which were boycotted by opposition leaders.Some 10,000 security forces were mobilised and the city airport was closed for the election seen as a test ahead of a presidential ballot next year in a country struggling …
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In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the “Black Messiah”.They prayed before a photo of Mama Maria, the African woman who co-founded their religious movement — Legion Maria. Hours earlier, AFP reporters met a man who introduced himself as …
Nigeria police said Thursday that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the blast that killed several worshippers in a mosque on Christmas eve in the country’s northeastern Borno state.A police spokesman put the death toll at five, with 35 wounded. A witness on Wednesday told AFP that eight people were killed.The bomb went off …
Organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are allowing supporters in for free after kick-off in matches where stadiums are not full, a Confederation of African Football source told AFP.The Group F game between Cameroon and Gabon on Wednesday in Agadir kicked off in front of almost empty stands but the ground filled …
Mali coach Tom Saintfiet on Thursday railed against the decision to play the Africa Cup of Nations every four years instead of two, insisting the move was forced upon the continent by FIFA and European clubs motivated by money.”I am very shocked with it and very disappointed. It is the pride of African football, with …
Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu — the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years — with the city locked down amid security concerns.The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent …
Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, will head to the polls on Thursday for local elections — the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years — under a complete citywide lockdown amid security concerns.The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent natural disasters.Thursday’s polls …
At least eight Congolese refugees have died of cholera, an aid worker said Wednesday, warning that thousands faced ‘catastrophic’ conditions after fleeing to Burundi following the latest advance by the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group.Some 80,000 people who poured into Burundi to escape the militant advance launched in early December are now facing chaotic conditions in …
