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Chad’s electoral body disqualifies senior ruling party official/in /by
The National Election Management Agency published a provisional list of candidates for the legislative and local polls due to take place on 29 December.
South Africa’s soccer president Danny Jordaan arrested on fraud and theft charges/in /by
Jordaan is accused of using about R1.3 million ($72,372) of South African Football Association (SAFA) funds to hire a PR firm and a private security company for his personal benefit.
Panelists call for climate momentum on Africa to be maintained/in /by
Panelists at this year’s Africa Climate Summit called to maintain and amplify momentum from last year’s event, at which leaders called for initiatives to advance green development on the continent in a document called the Nairobi Declaration.
World’s oldest active footballer to return for 40th season at age 58/in /by
Nicknamed ''King Kazu'', Kazuyoshi Muira intends to play again next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club Atletico Suzuka, the Kyodo news agency reported this week
Senegal’s legislative elections: Prime minister calls for retaliation against “attacks” on supporter/in /by
Prime Minister Sonko urged his supporters to “avenge” alleged attacks attributed to the supporters of his rival, Barthélémy Dias, mayor of Dakar. The opposition condemned his statement as an “incitement to murder.”
World’s longest detained journalist wins rights prize/in /by
He was arrested in 2001 after his newspaper published letters demanding democratic reforms.
Ghana’s Supreme Court restores NPP’s Parliamentary majority ahead of December election/in /by
The case was brought to the apex court by Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the leader of the NPP caucus in Parliament, who sought to overturn Speaker Alban Bagbin’s ruling.
Libyan protesters block oil valves demanding release of kidnapped General/in /by
Al-Whayshi was kidnapped last Wednesday, and his captors have not been identified. Local leaders in Zintan have accused the Dbeibah government and the Presidential Council of being responsible for the incident.
International flights cancelled due to Indonesia’s volcanic ash/in /by
International airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali after further eruptions of a volcano that spewed ash clouds
Delegates express cautious optimism on second day of climate summit/in /by
Wednesday’s agenda also includes an update on the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, an idea modeled on predecessor treaty movements that sought to build international support for controls on nuclear weapons, plastic pollution and chemical weapons