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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe makes first public appearance

YoopyaNov 17, 2017July 2, 20230

The Latest on Zimbabwe’s political turmoil (all times local): 11:35 a.m. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s first public appearance since a military takeover is at a

Kenyan police fire tear gas at protest over electoral body

YoopyaMay 10, 2016June 7, 20230

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing protesters in Nairobi who had gathered to demand that a body supervising next

South Africa: Opposition supporters march against president

YoopyaApr 16, 2016June 7, 20230

South Africa’s biggest opposition party on Friday evoked Nelson Mandela’s legacy while pressuring President Jacob Zuma to quit over a state spending scandal. Opposition supporters

South African court rejects Winnie’s claim to Mandela rural home

YoopyaApr 16, 2016July 2, 20230

A South African court ruled Thursday that Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has no rights to his rural home. The court in Mthatha town dismissed

South Africa’s top court orders Zuma to reimburse state

YoopyaMar 31, 2016June 11, 20230

South Africa’s constitutional court ordered President Jacob Zuma on Thursday to pay back some of the $16 million of state money spent upgrading his private

Central African Republic’s president vows peace, reforms at inauguration

YoopyaMar 31, 2016June 11, 20230

Central African Republic’s newly elected president, Faustin-Archange Touadera, said at his inauguration on Wednesday that he would focus on building peace and enacting reforms to

How a tainted Kenyan runner won small US races

YoopyaMar 31, 2016June 11, 20230

The runners came in all sizes, shapes and ages, from 5 to 99. Celebrating the Fourth of July, some raced in starry tops, shorts and

Congolese ex-VP Bemba convicted of murder, rape, pillage

YoopyaMar 29, 2016June 11, 20230

The International Criminal Court convicted former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba on Monday of murder, rape and pillage for acts by his militia in the

Egyptian plane hijacked, taken to Cyrus: passengers released

YoopyaMar 29, 2016June 24, 20230

An EgyptAir plane was hijacked on Tuesday while flying from the Egyptian Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria to the capital, Cairo, and later landed in

Nigeria military shuts cattle market ‘financing’ Boko Haram

YoopyaMar 5, 2016June 30, 20230

Nigeria’s military has closed one of Africa’s biggest cattle markets, charging sales of stolen animals is helping finance Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency, according to angry