World & Africa

Africa’s Eswatini, one of the last absolute monarchies, holds an election without political parties

By Associated Press The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of
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South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes usher in new wave of xenophobia

BY AL JAZEERA Vigilante group turned political party Operation Dudula increases its xenophobic rhetoric amid rising unemployment in South Africa.
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Uganda’s president says airstrikes killed ‘a lot’ of rebels with ties to Islamic State in

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday that recent airstrikes against rebels with ties to the Islamic
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President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after

By Associated Press PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull
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At UN, African leaders say enough is enough: They must be partnered with, not sidelined

By Associated Press ABUJA: If you listen to the African leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly this year, the message
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3 South Africa navy personnel die after swept off a submarine deck. 4 soldiers killed

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: Three South African navy personnel died and a senior officer was in critical condition after
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After 29 years in charge, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame says he’ll run for 4th term and

By AFP Paul Kagame has effectively been in charge of Rwanda since 1994. He says he’ll be running in the
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SA: Truck-bus collision kills 20 people in Limpopo province near Him border

By News Agencies A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in northern South
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Fire engulfs an 18-story tower block in Sudan’s capital as rival forces battle for the

By Associated Press An 18-story building in the centre of Sudan’s capital was engulfed in flames Sunday as fighting between
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Coup-led Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso establish Sahel alliance for mutual defence

By AFP The leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a charter establishing a defence alliance, ministerial
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