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With his victory in Wisconsin, Donald Trump has reached the threshold of 270 electoral votes needed to become president.Sourced from Africanews Read More

A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday that reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing on the future.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Officials say the victims were residents of the Palabek settlement camp, which primarily houses people displaced from South Sudan.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Kemi Badenoch replaces former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as the Tory leader, becoming the first Black woman to head a major British political party.Sourced from Africanews Read More

The unprecedented social media ban follows a wiretapping scandal which rocked the country last month when recorded conversations of politicians, business people, and members of civil society were leaked on social media.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Algeria has pardoned a journalist who emerged as one of the country’s leading voices during the 2019 pro-democracy protests. He was later jailed for receiving foreign funding for his media outlets and threatening state security.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Nigerian Social Media Star Bobrisky Re-Arrested at Lagos AirportSourced from Africanews Read More

Masisi’s BDP dominated politics in Botswana for nearly six decades, since independence in 1966. The nation of just 2.5 million people will now be governed by another party for the first time in its democratic history.Sourced from Africanews Read More

Tensions have escalated in Mozambique after the ruling Frelimo party, which has been in power for 49 years, won the October 9 election—a result that opposition parties and election observers claim was flawed.Sourced from Africanews Read More