Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 08:20
Elections in Burkina Faso are "not a priority" compared to "security", the country's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said Friday on state TV, almost a year to the day after coming to power in a coup.
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 06:45
The leader of Burkina Faso's military junta on Friday said promised elections would only be held once the security situation permits, as hundreds of his supporters rallied in the capital on the first anniversary of the coup.
Supporters gathered at the Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou waving...
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 06:20
John Wulu is the manager and chief editor of Top FM, a radio station in Juba, South Sudan’s capital. He says journalists broadcasting stories that shed light on corruption face intimidation and threatening phone calls from unidentified individuals.
Wulu said most media houses in the country have...
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 06:18
The SADC Standby Force and East African Community Regional Force will, by the end of the year, start their missions in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 06:18
Mozambique absolutely loves its beer, but the top American brand has not found friends there.
Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 04:52
Rescue efforts are under way to reach those who became trapped when a shaft at a gold mine collapsed.
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 03:10
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an inquiry into this month's flood that killed thousands.
Flooding caused by hurricane-strength Storm Daniel tore through eastern Libya on September 10, leaving at least 3,893...
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Saturday, September 30, 2023 - 01:34
The BBC's Mohamed Osman writes about his emotional return after war forced him to flee.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 23:40
A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest hit a busy tea shop in Mogadishu on Friday, killing at least five people, a police spokesman told VOA.
Witnesses said the bomber targeted the tea shop inside an internally displaced persons camp, known as Dervish, in Mogadishu's Wardhigley district,...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 23:19
For years, Nigerian journalist Philip Obaji Jr. has investigated the actions of Russian mercenary group Wagner in Africa. It's a beat that comes with challenges. VOA's Cristina Caicedo Smit reports.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 23:13
The five nations contributing troops to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, or ATMIS, are urging the U.N. Security Council to allow a 90-day pause in the drawdown of some 3,000 peacekeepers stationed in the East African country.
Kenya, Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti and Uganda sent a...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 23:06
The Member Representing Yola South at the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Mijinyawa, has hailed the judgment of the National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Yola which affirmed his victory in the March 18th 2023 election.
The Lawmaker stated this...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:30
With no satnav or air conditioning, entire families would travel by car for several days from France to Tunisia, Morocco or Algeria. The guest artist tried to convey an emotion when customizing the cars. Exhibition 'Renault 12' celebrates these family adventures.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:28
Two All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly on Friday, rejected the judgements of the National/House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal which declared their elections inconclusive.
The members, Hon. Ibrahim Musa (Italiya) and Hon. Babangida...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:27
Thousands of families displaced, wildlife habitats — home to vulnerable species such as elephants and chimpanzees — threatened, and carbon emissions increased. These are some of the risks from a planned oil pipeline stretching from Uganda's Lake Albert to Tanzania's Indian Ocean coast,...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:10
The Rotary Club International, Bauchi state chapter has donated 1,000 textbooks to Zion Pilgrim Christ School and Samat International Academy, Yelwa Kagadama in Bauchi state.
Speaking during the distribution exercise on Friday, Mr, Pam Dauda, the President, Bauchi Rotary Club, said...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:05
The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said Nigerian sports men and women in the diaspora must be treated with dignity.
This is contained in a statement issued by Alkasim Abdulkadir, Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy
To the...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 22:00
82-year-old Rached Ghannouchi is the most prominent of roughly two dozen opponents of President Kais Saied arrested since February, including former ministers and business figures.
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 21:58
:Says Bauchi takes steps to ensure democratic tenets are upheld
Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State on Thursday raised concern that in recent times, democracy is experiencing a global decline as in Africa as it is undermined by poverty, insecurity, unconstitutional...
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Friday, September 29, 2023 - 21:37
The Nigeria Police Force made an announcement on Friday regarding the arrest of Mr. Mohammed Hassan Barau, who is facing charges of fraud and the fraudulent acquisition of ₦492.7 million from a victim. The Nigeria Police Force explained that their collaboration with INTERPOL played a pivotal role...
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