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Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Friday, according to Zimbabwe's state broadcaster. The report by the government-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) said Mnangagwa will arrive in the…
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Saad al-Hariri has deferred his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister and has vowed to work with the country's president Michel Aoun to "protect" the country and maintain its security. "Today I presented my resignation to the president…
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A former soldier says life as a woman in the world's fourth-largest army was so tough that most soon stopped menstruating. And rape, she says, was a fact of life for many of those she served with. For almost 10 years Lee So Yeon slept on…
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Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, the speaker of the country’s parliament has said. The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him and launches the…
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One protester was killed in Nairobi’s Kibera slum, while a paramedic tending the injured at a demonstration in western Migori was also shot dead, Kenya police said.* Kenya’s Supreme Court had on Monday validated the election victory of…
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At least 50 people have been killed after a suicide bomber struck a mosque in Adamawa state, Northeast of Nigeria. The incident happened as worshippers were arriving for morning prayers at the medina mosque in Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi,…
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Defiant President Robert Mugabe could lose his 37-year grip on Zimbabwe within days, with a motion to impeach him on Tuesday’s parliament agenda introduced by the ruling ZANU-PF party. The motion – which will be heard in a joint sitting…
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is expected in the country this week for a three-day royal state visit. The Queen’s visit to Ghana is at the invitation of Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This will be the queen’s 53rd state…
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Convicted murderer and cult leader Charles Manson has died of natural causes at the age of 83. His death was announced by the California Department of Corrections. Manson had been imprisoned since 1971, when he was charged in…
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Kenya’s supreme court on Monday upheld President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in a contentious repeat vote that was boycotted by the opposition. In a unanimous decision, the court dismissed challenges by human rights activists and a…
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