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People in Burkina Faso are voting in presidential and parliamentary dominated by concerns over security. In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, lines began to form as soon as voting opened on Sunday. Around 6.5 million people are eligible to vote, but polls are canceled in about 1,500 villages hit by fighting. Voters are to choose between 13 people standing for president,… Read More

Uganda’s opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, was defiant Friday after being released on bail following violent clashes between security forces and his supporters that left at least 37 people dead, marking a violent start to the country’s election season. Two days of protests were sparked by Wine’s arrest on Wednesday ahead of a political rally in the run-up to the… Read More

A sickening stench has wafted of late across a busy road in Bangui that runs alongside the Central African Republic’s biggest waterway. In the reeds growing on the bank of the Ubangui River, fishermen have found grossly mutilated corpses wrapped in sackcloth. In just one week last month, three bodies — all handcuffed and beheaded — were found, humanitarian sources… Read More

Former South African president Jacob Zuma could face jail time or a fine after he left the Zondo commission of inquiry without permission. Zuma who was seeking what he called an “impartial” judge, had accused Judge Raymond Zondo of bias and demanded he recuse himself. He instead walked out of the panel during session. “By walking out without permission, by… Read More

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Friday for the opening of humanitarian corridors to assist civilians caught in fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, noting that authorities had so far rejected attempts at mediation. “We are very worried about the situation in Ethiopia,” the secretary-general told reporters in New York, warning of a “dramatic humanitarian impact” including in neighboring Sudan. “We have… Read More

Demonstrators across several Brazilian cities protested the death of a Black man who died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the city of Porto Alegre, on the Eve of Friday’s Black Consciousness Day holiday. The protests were sparked by videos showing Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas being beaten by guards outside a Carrefour supermarket. Protesters boycotted Carrefour shops in… Read More

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Saturday opened the Group of 20 summit as the coronavirus pandemic overshadows this year’s gathering of heads of state, transforming it from an in-person two-day meeting of the world’s most powerful leaders to a virtual gathering of speeches and declarations. The pandemic, which has claimed more than 1.37 million lives worldwide, has offered the G-20… Read More

At a sprawling refugee reception centre in Sudan, Ethiopians who fled the Tigray conflict queued haphazardly outside a school-turned-relief facility to receive handouts of food, water and clothing. “I escaped in these clothes and have been in them since I arrived,” Babosh Alamshed told AFP on Friday, pointing to his stained red T-shirt and worn-out black trousers. “The war did… Read More

Countries from the Great Lakes region of Africa on Friday adopted a security pact aimed at fostering peace among member states. The accord was adopted at a virtual summit chaired by Angolan president João Lourenço. The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) member states include Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of… Read More

His last known address was France. But now questions are being asked about the whereabouts of Guillaume Soro, the former head of the Ivorian parliament, who is being sought by prosecutors on treason charges. The former rebel chief had come under pressure from Paris to leave, after he called for an uprising in Ivory Cast, following the controversial re-election of… Read More