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Africa
Macron to unveil Rwanda genocide memorial in France's reckoning with past
President Macron has recognised France's "responsibility", saying Paris and its Western and African allies did not have the will to halt the slaughter in 1994 of an estimated 800,000 people.
By AFP
3h ago
On May 23, authorities suspended all commercial flights to and from the airport in Bunia, the capital of Ituri in the conflict-plagued eastern DRC, allowing only medical and humanitarian planes in.
By AFP
5h ago
By AFP
7h ago
By David Njaaga
1d ago
By Betty Njeru
1d ago
The Government of Ghana has advised its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to South Africa following what it says are increasing xenophobic attacks targeting Africans.
By David Njaaga
1d ago
Emerging powers are demanding a seat at the table, while regions like Africa are increasingly being asked to choose sides in contests they did not create.
By Betty Njeru
1d ago
Abiy's PP won 96 percent of the seats in the 2021 election.
By AFP
1d ago
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to host President William Ruto for a state visit from June 3 to June 5, talks to focus on strengthening economic ties.
By Ronald Kipruto
3d ago
"The former president is seeing his health deteriorate worryingly," the ex-prime ministers wrote in a letter dated May 26 and seen by AFP Friday.
By AFP
3d ago
"All contacts of this new confirmed case have been identified and are under close follow up," the ministry said in a statement.
By AFP
4d ago
The UN health chief was on Friday in the DRC, where authorities are struggling to contain the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak but the recovery of a patient was confirmed.
By AFP
4d ago
US commits Sh1.7 billion to Kenya’s Ebola preparedness as plans for quarantine facility for Americans take shape, despite court order barring the move and rising public concern.
By Betty Njeru
4d ago
Ethiopia's 130 million citizens are used to votes that look pre-determined.
By AFP
5d ago
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus fears insecurity in the eastern DRC, which has been plagued for three decades by conflict, is making it extremely difficult to contain the outbreak.
By AFP
5d ago
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