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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:49:18 +0000
News24.com | Museveni clings on as one of Africa's longest serving leaders
Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:05:08 +0000
News24.com | Uganda's Museveni wins sixth term in office
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his main rival Bobi Wine who trailed with 34.8 percent.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:50:25 +0000
News24.com | Uganda's Museveni on track for sixth term as president
Uganda's Yoweri Museveni looked headed for a sixth term as president with election results Saturday placing him firmly ahead of his main rival, who has cried fraud and whose home has been put under heavy guard.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:18:32 +0000
News24.com | UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic
A Burundian peacekeeper was killed on Friday during an ambush by rebels in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, the fifth soldier killed since a rebel offensive began.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:10:48 +0000
News24.com | 46 Pygmies killed in militia attack in eastern DR Congo
Forty-six Pygmies have been massacred in eastern DR Congo's Ituri province by the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, local sources said.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:18:18 +0000
News24.com | Mozambique replaces army chief as jihadist attacks intensify
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi has replaced the army's top generals after intensifying jihadist attacks threatened a major natural gas plant in the country's north.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:11:20 +0000
News24.com | Mayor of Zimbabwe capital bailed in graft case
The mayor of Zimbabwe's capital Harare has been released on bail after a month behind bars over graft allegations, his lawyer said.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:21:07 +0000
News24.com | Uganda's Bobi Wine rejects poll results, claims victory
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a "complete sham" early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 17:54:52 +0000
News24.com | Nigeria warns against 'fake vaccines' as 10 million doses expected in March
Nigerian authorities have warned on Friday against the circulation of fake coronavirus vaccines in the country, where 10 million real doses of the shots are expected in March.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:53:52 +0000
News24.com | Uganda election: Vote tallying begins amidst internet shutdown, claims of 'violence, fraud'
Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine said the country's election had seen "widespread fraud and violence", as votes trickled in Friday under an internet blackout.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:34:39 +0000
News24.com | Uganda's Bobi Wine says 'fraud and violence' marred election day
Uganda's opposition leader Bobi Wine said early Friday that the country's election had seen "widespread fraud and violence", but he remained positive as votes were counted under an internet blackout.

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:06:50 +0000
News24.com | Africa CDC says nations must act fast to prepare for Covid-19 vaccines
African governments must take urgent steps to prepare for distribution of coronavirus vaccines, the continent's health watchdog said on Thursday, after the African Union announced it had secured 270 million doses.

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:59:25 +0000
News24.com | Ugandans vote in charged election under internet blackout
Ugandans began voting in a tense election Thursday under heavy security and an internet blackout as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni pursues a sixth term against a former pop star half his age.

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:26:55 +0000
News24.com | African Union secures 270 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for Africa - Ramaphosa
The African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team – established by AU chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa – has secured a provisional 270 million vaccine doses for African countries.

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 05:49:22 +0000
News24.com | John Steenhuisen | The authoritarian pandemic: SA’s telling silence on African election fraud
South Africa must return to the position of moral authority it held on the African continent as it did when Nelson Mandela led the Commonwealth to impose sanctions on Nigeria after the then-regime of Sani Abacha executed Ken Saro-Wiwa in the 1990s, ...

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:22:39 +0000
News24.com | Rebels thwarted in attack near Central African capital, says UN
Rebel forces in the Central African Republic on Wednesday mounted their closest attack to the capital Bangui before being repelled with the death of a peacekeeper, the country's UN mission said.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:29:39 +0000
News24.com | Gas-rich Mozambique, Tanzania rally to end Islamic State-aligned insurgency
Mozambique and Tanzania are strengthening their relations to fight cross-border terrorism ahead of a regional summit on the insurgency that threatens almost $60 billion of natural gas projects.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 12:22:10 +0000
News24.com | Rebels launch attacks close to Central African Republic capital, minister says
Rebel forces in the Central African Republic on Wednesday launched two attacks that were pushed back on the outskirts of the capital Bangui, Interior Minister Henri Wanzet Linguissara told AFP.

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:58:36 +0000
News24.com | Refusing to retire, Uganda's Museveni doubles down on power
Yoweri Museveni has been president longer than most Ugandans have been alive, but the ageing leader shows no sign of retiring as he seeks yet again to extend his rule.

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:54:43 +0000
News24.com | 1 200 killed in DR Congo's Beni since 2019: civil society group
More than 1 200 civilians have been killed in fighting in the Beni region of eastern DR Congo since late October 2019, the Lucha civil society group said.



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