World & Africa

Rwanda and Congo cancel peace talks to end a conflict in eastern Congo

By Associated Press GOMA: Planned face-to-face peace talks between Congo and Rwanda have been unexpectedly cancelled, the Congolese president said.
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African Union chairperson candidates advocate for permanent UN Security Council seats

By Associated Press NAIROBI: Three African politicians seeking to head the African Union detailed their plans on Friday for regional
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Niger junta suspends BBC accusing it of ‘spreading false news’ in coverage of attack

By Associated Press DAKAR: Niger’s ruling junta suspended the BBC for three months over the broadcaster’s coverage of an extremist attack
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People jumping in front of cars to get injury payouts sparks a grim holiday warning

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: A trend in South Africa of people jumping in front of slow-moving cars to get
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Zambian court rules former leader Lungu can’t run for president again in 2026

By Associated Press LUSAKA: Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was barred from contesting the
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Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama is set to return after rival concedes election

By Associated Press ACCRA: Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama is set to return to office in the West African
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Young Ghanaians see presidential vote as a way out of hardship; but their options are

By Associated Press ACCRA: Joseph Antwi knows what he wants as a young person in Ghana casting his vote for the
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Killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader to be deported to Poland

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: Janusz Walus, the convicted killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, will be deported to
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Fighting resumes in eastern Congo despite ceasefire between army and rebels

By Associated Press GOMA: Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group resumed in eastern Congo in yet
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Biden says the US is ‘all in’ on Africa during his Angola visit meant to

By Associated Press LUANDA: Speaking of “our nation’s original sin,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola
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