From Nigeria counting ballots a day after a historically tight election; to Sudanese facing a growing hunger crisis. Read these and other stories making the headlines from around the African continent.
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Nigeria tallies votes for new president
Nigeria was counting ballots on Sunday, a day after a historically tight election among three frontrunners competing for the presidency of Africa’s most populous nation. Read more…
Ethiopian dissident Eskinder Nega arrested, says political party
Ethiopian journalist and dissident Eskinder Nega has been detained in the country’s Amhara region where he is a leading opposition figure, the political party he founded said on Sunday. Read more…
Paul Mashatile is set to become South Africa’s deputy president: what he brings to the table
South Africa is set to have a new deputy president in Paul Shipokosa Mashatile, the deputy president of the governing African National Congress (ANC). He’ll replace the incumbent, David Mabuza, who announced he would step down. Read more…
Hunger still blights the lives of Sudan’s children
In Sudan’s sprawling Kalma camp for the displaced, Ansaf Omar lives with the gut-wrenching guilt of losing her toddler to a food crisis that has hit millions of people nationwide. Read more…
EU adds sanctions on Wagner for Africa ‘rights abuses’
The EU on Saturday announced additional sanctions against Russia’s Wagner mercenary organisation for “human rights abuses” in the Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Ukraine. Read more…
Man steals friend’s gun, shoots and kills his ex-girlfriend, her daughter, 11, then himself
Police in Bela Bela are investigating after a 38-year-old man allegedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and her daughter before turning the gun to himself in Bela Bela, Limpopo on Saturday. Read more…
Lynn Forbes is still in mourning after the shocking murder of her son, Kiernan Jarryd Forbes who was better known by his stage name AKA. Read more…
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