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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a second national lockdown for England as the UK passed one million Covid-19 cases. He said the steps were necessary to avoid the “medical and moral disaster” of the NHS being overwhelmed.…
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Sean Connery, the Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of James Bond, has died aged 90. His son, Jason, said he had died peacefully in his sleep, having been “unwell for some time”. He was admired by generations of film fans as…
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Votes are being cast in Ivory Coast’s controversial presidential election. At least 14 people have been killed since riots broke out in August after President Alassane Ouattara said he would run again following the sudden death of his…
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The US said there were “serious doubts” about the credibility of Tanzania’s presidential election as early results suggest that President John Magufuli and his Chama Cha Mapenduzi (CCM) party had taken a clear lead. The main opposition…
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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said the country must do all it can to “avert a second wave of Covid-19”. In a tweet, he said he did not want the number of people contracting the virus in Nigeria to increase again, because the…
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President Donald Trump has urged states to shun lockdowns as his Democratic rival Joe Biden said the pandemic could not be stopped by “flipping a switch”. Continuing a whirlwind schedule of rallies in battleground states, Mr. Trump also…
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The US has expressed concern over “inconsistencies” in preliminary results of Guinea’s presidential election. In a statement, the US embassy spoke of a “lack of transparency in vote tabulations and inconsistencies between the announced…
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Senegalese President Macky Sall has dissolved his government, according to a statement from the presidency. President Sall has signed four decrees to that effect. No reason was given for the move or when the new cabinet is likely to…
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) ambassadors have put forward Nigeria’s ex-finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the next head of the institution. If confirmed, she would be the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO. But…
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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for peace as a judicial panel set up to investigate police abuses in the commercial hub of Lagos begins sittings on Monday. The investigative panel was one of the demands of the…
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