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Kenya’s deputy president faces impeachment vote
Rigathi Gachagua says the charges against him, including corruption, are a ploy to push him out of office
Meet Mozambique’s four leading presidential candidates
Outgoing President Filipe Nyusi’s Frelimo party has held power since independence from Portugal in 1975
US charges Tiananmen Square protester with spying for China
He is also accused of lying to the FBI for claiming he no longer had access to an email account used to communicate with his state security handler
Home village of Algerian boxer in gender controversy hails its ‘heroine’
Imane Khelif has fought on the women’s circuit for years and there is nothing to suggest she identifies as anything other than female
Mali loses a national treasure
Mali’s “king of kora” Toumani Diabaté died last Friday, 19 July, at the age of 58
What we know: Trump assassination attempt
Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at a political rally Saturday, leaving the FBI hunting for information about how a gunman could attack a former US president.
Deadly fire at army ammunition depot in Chad’s capital
At least nine people were reported to have been killed and the 46 injured were in an ‘extremely serious’ condition
Novel set in East Berlin wins international Booker award
The book, originally written in German, tells the story of a young woman’s ‘destructive affair’ with an older man in 1980s East Berlin
Nine child workers die in Egypt as bus plunges into the Nile
Commuter accidents are common in Egypt, especially in agricultural areas along the Nile and adjoining streams
ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza ‘war crimes’ arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders
Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including ‘starvation’, ‘wilful killing’, and ‘extermination and/or…
Rwanda opposition figure barred from election race
Bernard Ntaganda, a fierce critic of President Paul Kagame, had petitioned the high court in a bid to set aside convictions dating back more than a decade
Crocodile hunting wanes but legends live on in DRC
Crocodile hunting was once lucrative, with its skin sought after for its power to protect people against evil spirits, and for use in the fashion industry
Media crackdown in Burkina Faso intensifies
More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February
Togo MPs adopt new Constitution
The country’s the last major constitutional change was in 1992
Senegal’s Bassirou Diomaye Faye steps into presidential spotlight
The incoming head of state has promised the country profound change and left-wing pan-Africanism