Reuters

Zambia opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential election

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a stunning landslide victory over incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election, results showed on Monday. The electoral commission said Hichilema got 2,810,777 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201, with all but one of the 156 constituencies counted. “I

August 16, 2021

Breaking News

Afghan president Ashraf Ghani flees after Taliban return to Kabul

Militants say there will be peaceful transition, US diplomats evacuate

August 15, 2021

Africa·Breaking News

Zambian election: President says vote ‘not free and fair’ as opposition takes early lead

Zambian President Edgar Lungu, trailing after early results, said on Saturday the presidential and parliamentary election was “not free and fair” after incidents of violence in three provinces. Lungu said the Patriotic Front party that he leads was consulting on its next

August 14, 2021

Africa·Breaking News

Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema takes early presidential election lead

Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema took an early lead in the country’s presidential election over incumbent Edgar Lungu, according to the first results from the electoral commission early on Saturday. Hichilema tallied 171,604 votes versus the 110,178 garnered by Lungu in the

August 14, 2021

Sports

Olympics-Athletics-Kenyan sprinters looking to change perceptions

“Most of the people in the world don’t believe that Kenyans can sprint, but we are changing that slowly,” said Omanyala, who holds the national record with 10.01s and qualified at the Kenyan Olympic trials last month.

July 24, 2021

Africa

West African officials head for Mali after ‘attempted coup’

West African officials were on Tuesday heading for Mali, plunged into crisis after the military detained the president, prime minister and defence minister in what international bodies called an “attempted coup”. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane

May 25, 2021

Africa

Military officers detain Mali’s president, prime minister and defence minister

Military officers in Mali arrested the president, prime minister and defence minister of the country’s interim government on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle, multiple diplomatic and government sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure

May 25, 2021

Breaking News·Middle East

United Nations to launch Gaza aid appeal as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into a third day on Sunday as mediators spoke to all sides about extending the period of calm after the worst outbreak of fighting in years. Egyptian mediators have been shuttling between Israel and the

May 23, 2021

Breaking News

Thailand to tighten border controls after detecting South African COVID-19 variant

Thai border controls will tighten after the discovery of three local cases of the South African COVID-19 variant stemming from illegal border crossings, authorities said on Sunday, as the country grapples to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. The first local case

May 23, 2021

Africa·Breaking News

Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

Nigeria’s army chief, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash on Friday on an official visit to the northern state of Kaduna, which has had security challenges in recent months, the presidency said. The air force said in a statement

May 22, 2021

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