(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained defiantly inside his residence resisting arrest for a third day on Thursday after vowing to “fight” authorities seeking to question him over his failed martial law bid. The...

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By Andrew A. Erakhrumen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – We believe that positive societal building (or its decay) is enabled by humans inhabiting that society; although, outsiders may also kick-start and/or assist in entrenching certain choices. On the long run, the...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that all their sacrifices to support his government would not be in vain In his new year message to Nigerians, the President said his administration would work towards ensuring that...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor,  Dr. Peter Mbah, has granted various forms of prerogative of mercy to eight inmates of Correctional Centres in the state on parole. A statement released by the Governor’s media aide, Mr. Uche Anichukwu,...

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The partner status is a pathway to becoming full members in the near future.

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The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town of Lubero.

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said that French forces would withdraw.

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JOHANNESBURG — The dance world mourned Tuesday the internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo, who died in the hospital over the weekend at age 39. Masilo died unexpectedly on Sunday after a brief illness, a spokesperson for...

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Ethiopia’s prime minister recently touted the country’s mining resources and said the industry could achieve a historic milestone by generating up to $2 billion in gold revenue this year. He made the comment while inaugurating a gold exploration and...

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ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decadeslong military presence. It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial power. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara...

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NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday acknowledged abuses by Kenya's security forces, in the wake of demonstrations against a recent wave of alleged kidnappings that have sparked outrage in the country. Security forces in the East African...

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Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday. Residents said the attack started with a suicide bombing that targeted an area in...

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Egypt hosts more than 1.2 million Sudanese refugees, more than any other country in the world, as the brutal war in Sudan unleashes the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. In Cairo, photojournalist Hamada Elrasam chronicles the country’s largest refugee and...

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HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who has not signed death warrants for those facing capital sentences since he came to power in 2017 — signed the death penalty abolition bill into law Dec. 31, 2024, presidential spokesman...

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks over allegations bordering on terrorism financing. Justice...

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Yaoundé — An uneasy calm hangs over Chad, where the opposition is calling for an immediate end to the country’s transitional government and the cancellation of the Dec. 29 general elections, which the opposition says were highly boycotted. Chad's elections...

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The UN refugee agency, UNHCR is deeply alarmed by the ongoing situation in Mozambique, where post-election unrest has forced thousands to flee their homes, including to seek safety in neighbouring countries. 

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The leader of the official opposition did not attend the meeting as he is currently in Europe.

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The truck had missed a bridge and fell into a river and that the road had many bends.

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JARWENG, SOUTH SUDAN — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world's poorest people. Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water...

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Paris — French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou arrived Monday in the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to unveil a recovery plan three weeks after Cyclone Chido brought devastation. Bayrou, recently appointed prime minister, also updated the death toll to 39...

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Bamako, Mali — A Malian court jailed a political figure Monday for making critical remarks about the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso, a legal source and his family said.  Issa Kaou N'Djim, who previously supported Malian junta leader Assimi...

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The alleged abductions followed anti-government protests that started in June this year.

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The attack occurred in deep water outside the designated swimming zone near the jetties.

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Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, continues to inflict misery on the country’s population, fuelling a massive humanitarian disaster and driving over 12 million people from their homes. 

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Opposition leader Succes Masra's Transformateurs party and several other parties boycotted

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President Cyril Ramaphosa's intervention in Mozambique has been welcomed by many in the country.

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BENI, DR CONGO — Islamic State group-linked ADF rebels have killed at least 21 people this week in the conflict-riven eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local sources told AFP on Saturday.  The attacks all took place close to Manguredjipa, a...

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The latest expansion extends the total length of the canal's two-way section to 82 km

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Mondlane is believed to have fled the country.  

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