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In Niger, where press freedom faces challenges, journalist Samira Sabou has become a symbol of resilience. The investigative journalist and activist is being recognized with an International Press Freedom Award. Reporter Abdoul-Razak Idrissa met Sabou in the capital, Niamey. VOA’s Salem Solomon has...
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Mount Hampden, ZIMBABWE — The Southern African Development Community held an extraordinary summit of heads of state in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to discuss the post-election strife in Mozambique and the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mozambique has been rocked by violence since...
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The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the resolution — 14 of its 15 members voted “yes” including U.S. allies Britain and France — but it was doomed by the veto.
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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, parties from the political opposition have announced that they consider President Felix Tshisekedi’s plan to change the constitution as tantamount to a coup d’etat, and vowed to fight the move.
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Demonstrators had called for Maiga's resignation follow his November 16th comments.
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"For his liberty to be curtailed in a sovereign state like Kenya and no actions being taken by the Kenyan government against the sister country, violating the territorial integrity of Kenya, that is a very serious matter," Besigye lawyer told the press on Wednesday (November 20).
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Mali's military junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita fired Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and his government on Wednesday. A few days previously, Maiga, who was appointed by the military in 2021, had publicly condemned the lack of clarity regarding the country's promised transition to civilian...
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Abuja, Nigeria — Nigeria concluded a three-day conference Wednesday to mark National Mining Week. Authorities in the West African nation have been seeking to expand investments in the mining industry in a bid to diversify the economy, amid the global surge in demand for minerals.
The conference...
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The majority of the expired foodstuff uncovered in the two warehouses in Durban originated from either Nigeria in West Africa and India, in Asia, police said. Some of the goods had no expiry dates while others had clear expiry dates which had long passed. The factories were uncovered after an...
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The University of South Africa (UNISA) and the North West Department of Education are collaborating on a pilot program to empower high school learners to make informed career choices as early as Grade 9. This initiative was discussed during a meeting convened by the North West MEC for Education,...
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The mausoleum of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's independence hero, was vandalised sparking alarm over his tooth.
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Prosecutors accused Al-Hassan, 47, of leading a "reign of terror" after the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group seized the historic city in 2012.
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The International Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a jihadist police chief to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — In Zambia, Catholic bishops raised the alarm this week about increased arrests and prolonged detentions of opposition leaders.
In a letter signed by all 11 of the country’s Catholic bishops, they lamented what they called significant restrictions on democratic freedom,...
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Woman says French-Algerian writer’s prize-winning Houris uses her story as she told it to therapist Aicha Dehdouh
Two complaints have been filed in Algeria against the French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, the winner of France’s most prestigious literary award, and his wife, a therapist,...
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Maputo, Mozambique — In a state of the nation address late Tuesday, outgoing Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi invited the four presidential candidates for a dialogue as part of a bid to end post-election unrest that has left several people dead and dozens of others injured.
Protesters say the...
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Sources privy to the incident told SaharaReporters that Uba’s trial followed a petition to the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.
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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged Libya and other nations Tuesday to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020
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