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Mohamed Bazoum, a candidate for the presidential election in Niger has won the presidential run-off elections, according to provisional results by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI). He polled 55.75% of the votes against the opposition candidate Mahamane Ousmane who had 44.25%, the commission announced. These “results are provisional and must be submitted to the analysis of the Constitutional Court,”… Read More

Rwandan Hutu rebels Tuesday denied allegations they were behind the killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and instead accused the armies of the DRC and Rwanda. Luca Attanasio died of his wounds on Monday after a World Food Programme convoy came under fire near the eastern city of Goma while he was on a field… Read More

The Sudanese Feel the Effects of the Currency Float In light of Sudan’s decision to ditch its fixed exchange rate and adopt a managed float — in line with a reform programme agreed last year with the International Monetary Fund that aims to close the gap between the official and black-market rates. It is expected to shift the official rate… Read More

Thousands marched in Algeria’s capital and other cities Monday to mark the second anniversary of the “Hirak” protest movement that forced long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power. “We are not here to celebrate, but to demand your departure,” protesters shouted, referring to a government they see as little different from the one Bouteflika headed for two decades. Monday’s mass rally… Read More

Kidnappers have released 53 people including women and children they seized on a bus in Nigeria, local authorities said, while dozens of others taken from a school in a separate incident are still missing. Criminal gangs known locally as “bandits” in northwest and central Nigeria have scaled up attacks in recent years, kidnapping, raping and pillaging. A gang last week… Read More

53 Hostages Have Been Freed Kidnappers have released 53 hostages including 20 women and 9 children whom they seized on a state-owned bus in Kundu village in Niger State, Nigeria, as confirmed by local authorities. While dozens of others taken from a school in Kagara in a separate incident are still missing. Abubakar Sani Bello, the Niger State Governor, issued… Read More

Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer. PPresident John Magufuli on Sunday urged citizens of the East African country to take precautions and even wear face masks – but only locally made ones. Over the course of the pandemic he has expressed wariness… Read More

A boyfriend of a pregnant 28- year old woman in South Africa, has been charged with her murder, according to local media reports. Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba, who is the father of Tshegofatso Pule’s deceased child, appeared for the first time in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court Monday, dressed in a sleek black suit and was seen in shackles at the ankles.… Read More

Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and a driver from the UN World Food Programme were killed on Monday in the east of the country after their convoy was attacked. The deaths of the ambassador, Luca Attanasio, 43, Italian military policeman Vittorio Iacovacci, 30, and a Congolese driver, whose name has not been released, were confirmed… Read More

The legendary American singer-songwriter Chaka Khan is known for her hits in the 80s and 90s such as “Aint Nobody” and “I’m Every Woman” but she is back at it again with the re-release of her new album. Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol, comes out on burgundy vinyl this week, coinciding with Black History Month. “Let’s be clear,… Read More