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Burundi's election campaign, which ended on Sunday, left several dead and injured in clashes that broke out between members of the ruling CNDD-FDD party and the main opposition CNL party
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Obama Encourages Protesters to Take Activism Further
Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Monday, June 1 encouraging protesters of the George Floyd murder to further their activism once they leave the
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A NEW militant group, Poverty Liberation Movement, was launched in Harare yesterday to effect citizen arrests, strategic boycotts and other punitive actions against cartels and known corrupt individuals in order to fight
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Nigeria: Buhari's Major Problem Is Incompetent and Selfish Lieutenants - Professor Ango Abdullahi
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Mozambique: Marrule to Run MCC-Mozambique Office
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Kenyatta Targets Ruto's Mt Kenya Allies in Fresh Purge
As Jubilee Party MPs await their parliamentary group meeting with President Uhuru Kenyatta, the onslaught against Deputy President William Ruto's men in the Senate continues with a shake-up of committees expected
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Madonsela in open letter to Ramaphosa: Expect more pushback against perceived excesses
Some of the loudest voices against the unreasonable regulations are President Cyril Ramaphosa's supporters who are so concerned about the social impact, they are prepared to speak publicly rather than whisper the truth, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has said in an open
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Guyanese likely to be the perennial losers again no matter who wins the elections
A casual perusal of the delivery of past campaign promises resulting in the ‘Guyanese Dream’, whether it was the PPP’s New Guyana Man or the PNC’s Small Man is the Real Man or the Coalition’s Good Life, will show that neither the PPP nor the PNC has made that dream possible for Guyanese for over
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South Africa: Anti-Racism Campaign - Ramaphosa Expresses Regret Over Deaths of Collins Khosa, 10 Others
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep regret over the deaths of Collins Khosa and 10 other South Africans at the hands of law enforcement as the country battles the Covid-19
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Africa Day: Covid-19 has multiplied SA's hardships, but continent will rise - Thandi Modise
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