Tag: africa
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Senegal excludes opposition leader Sonko from presidential candidate list
Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Saturday, January 20, published a final list of 20 candidates for the February 25 presidential election that excludes jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade. Those listed include Prime Minister Amadou Ba, chosen by President Macky Sall as his successor after Sall announced…
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Ethnic killings in one Sudan city left up to 15,000 dead
Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan’s West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday. In the report to the U.N. Security Council, independent U.N. sanctions monitors attributed the toll…
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Sudan paramilitary leader says he’s committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks
Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces,…
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South Africa’s private security industry is booming, as police struggle against record levels of crime
While it may be Africa’s most developed country, South Africa also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. A daily average of 75 murders and 400 robberies with aggravating circumstances were recorded in the year to February 2023. Experts have warned that the country’s police are fighting a losing battle against…
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DR Congo annuls vote results for three ministers over fraud
The electoral commission Ceni stated late on Friday it had cancelled all ballots cast for 82 election candidates in the central African nation. Three sitting government ministers are on the list, as well as four provincial governors — including the governor of the capital province Kinshasa. The announcement comes after an election last month that…
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UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet
At least three-fourths of Africans can’t afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to an “unprecedented food crisis,” United Nations agencies said in a report released Thursday with the African Union Commission. The continent’s 1.4 billion people are confronting high levels of hunger and malnutrition as the hit on world grain supplies…