World & Africa

South Africa court weighs feud over the body of Zambia’s former President Lungu

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG:A bitter feud over whether the body of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu should return to his
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Congo opens more centers to treat rare type of Ebola that has killed nearly 120

By Associated Press KINSHASA: Congo will open three Ebola treatment centers in the eastern Ituri province, and the World Health Organization is sending
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WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

By Associated Press The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by a rare virus in Congo and neighboring
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Ramaphosa says he will not resign as South Africa opens an impeachment committee over cash

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday that he will not resign from his position
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France woos Anglophone Africa at a summit in Kenya

By Associated Press NAIROI: France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at
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Uganda’s longtime president will be sworn in for another term as his son emerges as

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Forty years. That’s how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old will be sworn in
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Why a bitter political feud has left a former Zambian president unburied 10 months after

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: A feud over his funeral has meant the body of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu still hasn’t been buried
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Tanzania postelection inquiry shows 518 people died in last year’s violence

By Associated News DAR ES SALAAM: At least 518 people died in last year’s postelection violence in Tanzania, which happened amid
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Chinese man jailed for one year by Kenyan court for trafficking ants

By Associated Press NAIROBI: A Chinese national was sentenced on Wednesday to one year in jail by a Kenyan court
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South African opposition figure Malema sentenced to five years in prison

By BBC News South African opposition politician Julius Malema, 45, has been sentenced to five years after being found guilty
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