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Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.Despite heavy security in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, with tanks …

Protests erupt as Tanzania votes without an oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 11:25:30 GMT Read More »

Alassane Ouattara begins his fourth term as Ivory Coast’s president with his grip on the west African nation seemingly stronger than ever after winning re-election with a crushing 89.77 percent.But the 83-year-old leader faces mounting questions over his age and succession plan, as well as widespread cynicism over a presidential vote that many voters swerved …

Ouattara basks in I.Coast landslide but succession question loomsWed, 29 Oct 2025 07:30:33 GMT Read More »

When the United States suddenly moved to dismantle its foreign aid system earlier this year, the UN’s landmine safety and removal project in Nigeria braced for impact.Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unexploded ordnance killed or injured 418 civilians in northeast Nigeria in 2024, more than double the year prior — but workers knew the severity …

US aid flows to Nigeria anti-landmine efforts – for nowWed, 29 Oct 2025 07:01:59 GMT Read More »

There were few voters at polling stations in Tanzania’s biggest city on Wednesday as the main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan were either jailed or barred from running.The government and police made repeated threats that protests would not be tolerated, and stationed tanks around the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday to prevent …

Low turnout as Tanzania votes without an oppositionWed, 29 Oct 2025 06:58:51 GMT Read More »

Tanzania goes to the polls on Wednesday in an election in which the main challengers are either jailed or barred from running, with rights groups decrying a “wave of terror”.President Samia Suluhu Hassan, 65, is determined to cement her position with an emphatic victory that will silence critics within her own party, analysts say.She was …

Tanzania votes but with opposition excludedWed, 29 Oct 2025 03:35:56 GMT Read More »

Cameroon’s government on Tuesday acknowledged that people died during protests against the disputed re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, but blamed the opposition leader for the deaths.Four people have been reported killed in the central African nation since demonstrators took to the streets to protest the announcement that Biya, …

Cameroon blames post-vote deaths on opposition leaderTue, 28 Oct 2025 21:12:53 GMT Read More »

Fears mounted in Sudan on Tuesday, three days after paramilitaries seized the key city of El-Fasher, amid reports of mass atrocities and the killing of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan.The capture of El-Fasher, the historic heart of Darfur, has sparked fears of mass killings reminiscent of the region’s darkest days.After an 18-month siege marked …

Fears of mass atrocities after Sudan’s El-Fasher falls to paramilitariesTue, 28 Oct 2025 19:06:05 GMT Read More »

The US consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.”I want to assure the consulate… that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka, a famed playwright and author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, told a news conference.Soyinka previously held permanent …

US revokes visa for Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole SoyinkaTue, 28 Oct 2025 19:04:37 GMT Read More »

The United States consulate in Lagos has revoked the visa of Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Nobel laureate said Tuesday.”I want to assure the consulate… that I’m very content with the revocation of my visa,” Soyinka, a famed playwright and author who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, told a news conference.Soyinka previously held …

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US visa revokedTue, 28 Oct 2025 17:56:54 GMT Read More »

Zimbabwe civil society and opposition groups on Tuesday denounced as “terrorism” several attacks on events challenging moves by the ruling party to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030.The ruling Zanu-PF on October 18 announced it would support constitutional changes to allow an extension to Mnangagwa’s term, fuelling anger and fears of deepening authoritarianism.Groups …

Zimbabwe opposition slams attacks on critics of president term extensionTue, 28 Oct 2025 16:02:02 GMT Read More »