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Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara was set to secure a fourth term Monday as early results indicated a landslide win in a weekend poll that excluded two of his main rivals. Nearly nine million voters were eligible to cast their ballot Saturday in the world’s top cocoa producer, which has resisted coups and jihadist attacks plaguing …

Ouattara set to take fourth term as Ivory Coast presidentMon, 27 Oct 2025 11:12:56 GMT Read More »

The army-aligned governor of Sudan’s Darfur region called for the protection of civilians in the stricken city of El-Fasher on Monday, after paramilitaries claimed to have seized it following a brutal 18-month siege.Pro-democracy activists reported fighting “in the vicinity of El-Fasher airport and several areas west of the city”. The group, known as a local resistance …

Fears for trapped civilians in Sudan’s El-Fasher as fighting flaresMon, 27 Oct 2025 09:15:39 GMT Read More »

President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a soft-spoken politician who unexpectedly found herself Tanzania’s first female leader, is now accused of overseeing heavy repression in the east African nation. Hassan, 65, is seeking to cement her status with a resounding victory in Wednesday’s election and has taken no chances, with the main opposition candidates jailed or barred from …

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan: discrete but ruthlessMon, 27 Oct 2025 04:21:48 GMT Read More »

A priest attacked after a meeting about democracy with faith leaders, an opposition official’s corpse found doused in acid, an ex-ambassador missing from his blood-stained home — this is the “new normal” in Tanzania, say critics.The grim assessment comes as the country readies to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday, amid what Amnesty International …

Murder, kidnap, censorship: the ‘new normal’ of Tanzania politicsMon, 27 Oct 2025 04:06:34 GMT Read More »

Alassane Ouattara looked likely to secure a fourth term as Ivory Coast president when final results are released Monday, with early tallies pointing to a landslide victory in a race from which two major rivals had been banned.Ouattara, 83, has led the world’s top cocoa producer since 2011, when the country began reasserting itself as …

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara set for fourth term, early results suggestMon, 27 Oct 2025 02:53:23 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Sunday it had seized full control of El-Fasher, the last major city in the expansive Darfur region not in its hands, in a potential turning point in the country’s unrelenting civil war.The announcement came just hours after it claimed to have captured the army’s main base in the …

Sudan’s RSF claims control of last army stronghold in DarfurSun, 26 Oct 2025 22:58:01 GMT Read More »

Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people in Cameroon who on Sunday defied protest bans to support opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims he won the recent presidential elections and who called on his supporters to march peacefully.The Constitutional Council is due to announce results of the October 12 vote on Monday, and …

Police fire teargas as protesters defy bans in Cameroon ahead of election resultsSun, 26 Oct 2025 17:36:53 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery, already the largest in Africa, aims to become the biggest in the world in three years’ time with an expansion doubling its capacity, its owner said on Sunday.”We are more than doubling the barrels (per day)… to 1.4 million from 650,000,” said Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman who is Africa’s richest …

Nigeria refinery aims to be world’s biggest with expansionSun, 26 Oct 2025 16:16:22 GMT Read More »

Djibouti’s parliament voted unanimously to lift a presidential age limit on Sunday, opening the way for leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term. Guelleh, known as IOG, has held power since 1999 in the tiny Horn of Africa nation, a major port that hosts military bases for the United States, France, and China.Djibouti’s …

Djibouti parliament lifts presidential age limit to open way for GuellehSun, 26 Oct 2025 15:48:55 GMT Read More »

Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery, already the largest in Africa, aims to become the biggest in the world in three years’ time with an expansion doubling its capacity, its owner said on Sunday.”We are more than doubling the barrels… to 1.4 million from 650,000,” said Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian businessman who is Africa’s richest person.”This will …

Nigeria refinery aims to be world’s biggest with expansionSun, 26 Oct 2025 14:54:26 GMT Read More »