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Burundi ruling party selects hardliner as secretary-generalBurundi’s ruling party has selected as the former president of the country’s senate to be the new secretary-general
The Associated Press4 hours ago
South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas GwangwaTributes are pouring in for South Africa’s Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83
The Associated Press6 hours ago
Pallbearers carry the coffin of government minister Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who died of COVID-19, in Harare, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who presided over the burial called the pandemic "evil" and urged people to wear masks, practice social distancing and sanitize, as cases across the country increased amid a fragile health system. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Fourth Zimbabwean Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 in surge Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the past two weeks, highlighting the resurgence of the disease that is sweeping through this southern African country
The Associated Press8 hours ago
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. Protests have swept towns and cities throughout Tunisia for a week, often turning to violence as demonstrators denounce what they say are broken promises from the government, which hasn't been able to turn around an economy on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)
Tunisia extends curfew, ban on protests as virus cases jumpTunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations for three weeks as it tries to stem a rapid rise in infections
The Associated Press1 day ago
Vehicles submerged in flood waters in Beira, Mozambique Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. The Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago. (AP Photo/Michael Jensen)
Cyclone weakens in central Mozambique, but flooding a threatThe Mozambican port city of Beira breathed a sigh of relief Saturday as Cyclone Eloise caused less damage than feared as it passed through, but the danger of flooding remained in a region still recovering from a devastating cyclone two years ago
The Associated Press1 day ago
New cyclone poised to hit vulnerable central MozambiqueA cyclone is bearing down on a region of Mozambique that’s still recovering from a devastating storm two years ago
The Associated Press2 days ago
Ugandan troops in Somalia say 189 extremists killed in raidUganda’s military says it has killed 189 suspected Islamic extremists with al-Shabab in Somalia in a “surprise, swift” attack that targeted a meeting of members of the armed group
The Associated Press2 days ago
FILE- in this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, Uganda's leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine walks back to his residence after giving a press conference outside Kampala, Uganda. Despite failing to dislodge the long-time leader President Yoweri Museveni, Wine has emerged from Jan. 14, 2021 disputed polls as the country's most powerful opposition leader after his party won the most seats of any opposition group in the national assembly. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Uganda's Bobi Wine accuses president of staging vote 'coup'Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine has accused the country's longtime president of staging a “coup” in last week’s election and urged people to protest his loss through nonviolent means
The Associated Press2 days ago
UN warns of 'serious' rape charges in Ethiopia's TigrayThe U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict says “serious allegations of sexual violence” have emerged in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, while women and girls face shortages of rape kits and HIV drugs amid restrictions on humanitarian access
The Associated Press2 days ago
Central African Republic declares state of emergencyCentral African Republic has declared a 15-day state of emergency throughout the country as a coalition of armed groups seeks to overthrow the newly re-elected President Faustin-Archange Touadera
The Associated Press2 days ago
Fadumo Moalim Abdulle poses with 3 of her children, during an interview with the Associated Press in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Jan, 18, 2021. The mother of eight has heard that her twenty year old son, Ahmed Ibrahim Jumaleh is one of the soldiers sent to Eritrea for military training in preparation to fight alongside Ethiopian troops. Pressure is growing on Somalia’s government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray conflict. Mothers have held rare protests in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere, demanding to know the fate of their children who originally were sent to Eritrea for military training. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
In Somalia, mothers fear sons were sent to Ethiopia conflictPressure is growing on Somalia’s government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray conflict
The Associated Press2 days ago
South African cabinet minister dies of COVID-19 amid surgeSouth Africa's president says Jackson Mthembu has died from the coronavirus, becoming the first cabinet minister to succumb to the disease
The Associated Press3 days ago
Uganda faces pressure to end Bobi Wine's house arrestCalls are growing for Ugandan authorities to free opposition presidential challenger Bobi Wine from house arrest a week after the country’s longtime president won a sixth term in a disputed election
The Associated Press3 days ago
FILE — In this Jan, 12, 2020 file photo, Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo in Harare, Zimbabwe. Sibusiso Moyo, who gained prominence in 2017 as the military general who announced the coup against then-president Robert Mugabe on television, has died from COVID-19, the government announced Wednesday, Jan 20,2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/File)
Zimbabwe's foreign minister dies of COVID-19 amid resurgenceZimbabwe’s Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, who gained prominence in 2017 as the military general who announced the coup against then-president Robert Mugabe on television, has died from COVID-19, the government announced Wednesday
The Associated Press4 days ago
Demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A growing groundswell of youth unrest, tapping into a well of economic frustration, is sweeping Tunisia and worrying its leadership all the way to the top. It is, after all, the country that triggered the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)
Outreach by Tunisian leaders fails to quell youth unrestTunisian youth clashed with police overnight, maintaining their protests and riots over economic difficulties despite efforts by the president and prime minister to calm tensions
The Associated Press4 days ago
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