Luanda, Angola | AFP | Veteran Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos announced Friday he will not run in August elections, signalling the end to 37 years in power and naming his defence minister as the candidate to succeed him. The autocratic 74-year-old has been the oil-rich country’s president since …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Longtime DR Congo opposition chief Etienne Tshisekedi died Wednesday at the age of 84 in Brussels, as talks aiming to end the nation’s political crisis were under way in Kinshasa. “President Tshisekedi died today… in Brussels,” Bruno Tshibala, an official from his Union for …
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VIDEO: The Democratic Party, Uganda’s oldest active political grouping faces a tough time, the latest storm coming days after its national chairperson Mohammad Beswale Kezaala was appointed a deputy ambassador. The appointment raised eyebrows and talk at various levels. Before the dust settled, Kezaala announced that he had resigned from DP …
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Washington, United States | AFP | A broad coalition of US technology firms has begun planning a joint legal strategy challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order barring refugees and many Muslims from American soil, sources say. More than 20 firms from the sector were expected to attend a meeting to …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries singled out for “extreme vetting” will face scrutiny of their social media footprint and phone records, the new Homeland Security secretary said Tuesday. Secretary John Kelly sought to explain President Donald Trump’s travel ban four days after he …
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VIDEO: Muhammad Baswale Kezaala has resigned as chairman for Democratic Party. President Yoweri Museveni last week appointed Kezaala as a deputy ambassador. Also appointed is the Busoga king, The Kyabazinga. Share on:
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Chad’s foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat was named Monday as the new AU Commission chairperson, beating four others to succeed South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, diplomats told AFP. Several delegates leaving the election hall confirmed the win, while grinning Chadian delegates hugged each other in …
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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan on Sunday summoned US charge d’affaires Steven Koutsis to protest President Donald Trump’s visa ban which has already prevented some of its citizens from flying to the United States. The foreign ministry “expressed its displeasure” with Trump’s order to bar Sudanese and citizens from …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump boasted Saturday that his “very strict” crackdown on Muslim immigration was working “very nicely,” amid mounting resistance to the order branded as blatantly discriminatory. In an executive order signed Friday, Trump halted the arrival of refugees for at least 120 …
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Negotiators won over Gambia ex-leader with appeals to faith and patriotism Conakry, Guinea | AFP | In pushing Yahya Jammeh to give up The Gambia’s presidency, negotiators played on two key cards: his deep Muslim faith and his professed love of country. Jammeh finally quit as president and went into …
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