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Angola’s largest opposition is still contesting the election results. UNITA’s presidential candidate, Adalberto Costa Júnior, is now calling upon the constitutional court to nullify the election and call for a new vote. The National Electoral Commission had on Monday confirmed win for the longest ruling party MPLA which attained 124 MPs while UNITA got 90 MPs. “I speak with the… Read More

A woman and the baby she was carrying died on Tuesday night during childbirth in a health center in Kédougou (southeast), a union representative told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is pending in courts. The press reported terrible circumstances during the delivery and the care of the medical team. Health centers are intermediate structures between health… Read More

The White House announced it will unveil official portraits of former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama next week. The presidential portrait unveiling is an historical White House event. “Former President Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama already have portraits hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, but those are specific to the Smithsonian. What’s happening at… Read More

President Joe Biden will meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this month, the White House announced Thursday, as the administration looks to draw African nations closer to the U.S. at a time when South Africa and many of its neighbors have staked out neutral ground on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Announcement of the Sept. 16 visit comes on the… Read More

Last updated: 15 hours ago Heavy hailstorms took place in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia on Wednesday, including in Barcelona. Officials said a 20-month old baby died after being hit by a massive hailstone during a fierce storm in the northeastern Spanish town of La Bisbal d’Empordà. More than 20 people were treated for injuries after the storm.  Many cars… Read More

A migrant centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa has become further overcrowded as the number of migrants arriving from North Africa as increased. The centre was built for around 350 people but is now hosting around 1,400 migrants. Most migrants come from Tunisia and Libya.  On Monday, more than 700 migrants arrived on the island. According to the Italian… Read More

Twenty-one young people who died in a tavern tragedy in June were suffocated, five parents said on Thursday, relaying to reporters information given to them by health department officials as the conclusion of an official probe. The teenagers died at the Enyobeni tavern in East London’s Scenery Park township in the early hours of June 26, shocking the country and… Read More

Guinea’s ruling junta has told a Confederation of African Football mission that it will meet the timetable for staging the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN). CAF has sent a team to the impoverished and volatile West African state to assess its progress for hosting the tournament. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who appointed himself president after taking power in a coup… Read More

In this episode of Business Africa: Japan wants to transform its relationship with the African continent and this new vision was presented at the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development; in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, inflation has reached a record high, resulting in an increase in the cost of living, including the price of medicines, leading to a high… Read More

The Portuguese prime minister and the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, have expressed satisfaction with the resumption of bilateral meetings, and António Costa reaffirmed “every commitment” to continue working with that African country. These positions were taken in the opening moments of the extended meeting of the two delegations at the Fifth Luso-Moçambican Summit, at the Presidency… Read More