Seventy-nine people filed their candidacy for the February 2024 presidential election in Senegal before the deadline of Tuesday evening (midnight local time and GMT), according to the Senegalese daily Le Soleil.
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Dozens of Egyptian passport and ID holders have been stuck in the Gaza Strip for weeks, increasingly desperate for the opportunity to leave the besieged territory and escape the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
"Cooling operations in all segments of the oil facility are continuing. However, the area affected by the fire remains closed to the public for investigation purposes", the government said.
Five of President Felix Tshisekedi's challengers in the race as well as civil society organizations, called on their supporters to join a march on Wednesday against the poll, which they say was fraudulent and should be annulled.
Local government officials said on Monday that armed groups have killed at least 160 people in a region plagued for several years by religious and ethnic tensions.
Flooding triggered by heavy rains in central Congo killed at least 22 people, including 10 from the same family, a local official said Tuesday.
Images of rubble and buildings in ruins in northern Gaza's Beit Lahia, including of the destroyed Indonesian hospital, as Israel continues a relentless air and ground offensive that has killed at least 20,915 people, mostly women and children, accordin...
Ghana’s Afua Asantewaa Aduonum is on a journey to break a world record for the longest individual singing marathon.
New vaccines are being rolled out globally to combat seemingly incurable diseases such as malaria and Alzheimer's.
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