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Paris, France | AFP | Deadly protests that have grown across Sudan in recent weeks are the biggest threat to President Omar al-Bashir’s iron-fisted rule since he swept to power in a 1989 coup, experts said. Clashes have killed at least 19 since demonstrations began two weeks ago, initially in …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda has Thursday (Jan.03) released results for examinations  administered between November 26-30 at examination centres of Arua, Fort Portal, Gulu, Kampala, Mbale, Mbarara and Nkozi. The results released by ICPAU’s President Frederick Kibeddi (CPA), the Chairperson of the …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | DR Congo’s influential Roman Catholic Church said Thursday that it knew who had won the country’s presidential elections and called on the authorities to quell a mounting storm about the outcome. A spokesman for a senior church body, the National Episcopal Conference of Congo …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission may have to postpone publication of provisional results for a long-awaited presidential vote, the panel’s chairman told AFP on Thursday. “We are working around the clock. We are doing our best to publish the results on January …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Ethiopian Airlines flight no. ET 338, a Boeing 737-800 Aircraft, which overshot the Entebbe International Airport runway on landing Thursday morning, has been removed from the runway. Flights in and out of Entebbe were halted from shortly after midnight, to 10am Thursday to …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | The DR Congo government said Tuesday it had cut the country’s internet services to avert a “popular uprising” as tensions rise pending the results of fractious presidential elections. The opposition accused authorities of cutting the internet on Monday to thwart activism, while leading Western …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir ordered authorities Tuesday to set up a committee to investigate violence during anti-government protests, even as a range of political groups called for a “new regime” in the country. At least 19 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in protests …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Riot police deployed in key squares of Sudan’s capital Monday as protesters planned to march on President Omar al-Bashir’s palace calling for him to “step down” following deadly anti-government protests. Bashir has instructed police to abstain from using excessive force against the demonstrators after 19 …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  After two years of delays, the Democratic Republic of Congo voted Sunday in presidential elections that will determine the future of Africa’s notoriously unstable giant. The country’s Catholic Bishop Council said the voting took place in “relative calm”, based on their observations in 78 …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP |  Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday told police to abstain from using excessive force against anti-government demonstrators as the UN called for a probe into deaths during the violent protests. At least 19 people have been killed since December 19 during protests sparked by Khartoum’s …