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Category : Africa
Sierra Leone bans child marriage, enacts severe penalties...
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio enacted a law banning child marriage, with penalties including jail terms and fines.
Kenya : anti-government protests flare up again
Riot police fired tear gas grenades and charged at stone-throwing protesters in downtown Nairobi and across Kenya on Tuesday in the...
Nigeria: Suicide bombings kill at least 32 people...
Nigeria is reeling from a string of suicide bombings that killed at least 32 people in the northeastern town of Gwoza. Saturday's...
Kenyan activists call for fresh protests demanding...
In tonight's edition: Kenya mourns its dead after a crackdown on protests against tax hikes. Some are calling for fresh demonstrations...
South Africa's Ramaphosa unveils new coalition cabinet
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints opposition politicians to key ministerial positions in new cabinet while the ANC...
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election...
President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has won the presidential elections in the West African nation, with over 56 percent of...
Multiple suicide bombings kill at least 18 people...
Coordinated suicide attacks claimed the lives of at least 18 people in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday. The Islamist group Boko Haram,...
Mauritania heads to polls as incumbent Ghazouani expected...
Mauritanians go to the polls Saturday to decide whether to re-elect President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani as head of the vast...
The 'Kagame generation': Many young Rwandans support...
Rwandans are expected to re-elect Paul Kagame to a fourth term in next month's presidential election. Having guided the country since...
Kenyan police fire tear gas at protesters after finance...
In Kenya, police clash with protesters who continue to gather, a day after President William Ruto withdrew his unpopular tax bill....
Kenya : police fire tear gas on protestors after finance...
In Kenya, police clash with protesters who continued to gather in Kenya, a day after president Ruto withdrew his unpopular tax bill....
WTO head Okonjo-Iweala on Africa's trade and development...
In an interview with FRANCE 24 in Geneva, the head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith...