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Former football star George Weah wins Liberian presidential run-off
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Liberians hopeful of first democratic handover since 1944
Liberians were waiting Wednesday to find out who will succeed Africa's first elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, marking the country's first democratic transfer of power in decades.
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Afrique du sud : l'élection du président de l'ANC reportée
Le Congrès national africain (ANC), au pouvoir en Afrique du Sud depuis 1994, a reporté à lundi 18 décembre le vote pour désigner le successeur de son président contesté Jacob Zuma.
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Liberia electoral commission sets presidential run-off for December 26
Liberia will hold a delayed presidential run-off vote on December 26, the electoral commission chief said on Tuesday.
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DR Congo displacement crisis 'worse than Middle East'
Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, causing "a mega-crisis", aid agencies say.
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Kenya election: Kenyatta vows to overcome divisions
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn-in for a second five-year term in front of a rapturous crowd on Tuesday as riot police teargassed people trying to reach an area where the opposition planned a rival gathering.
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Zimbabwe: Mysteries remain about Mugabe's downfall
The fall of Robert Mugabe, who was a fixture in global affairs for nearly four decades, was sudden, swift and bloodless.
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France calls UN Security Council meeting over Libya slave auctions
France on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over slave-trading in Libya as President Emmanuel Macron blasted the auctioning of Africans as a crime against humanity.
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Gen Constantine Chiwenga: The army chief who took power from Mugabe
Gen Constantine Chiwenga, 61, is being hailed as a political saviour after he led the military takeover in Zimbabwe, however he is under sanctions from the European Union and the US - for his role in a brutal crackdown on the opposition, and over the seizure of white-owned farms.
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Zimbabwe's President Mugabe 'resigns'
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda says.
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Sale of Migrants as Slaves in Libya Causes Outrage in Africa and Paris
The reactions on Saturday highlight one of the many challenges facing the internationally recognized authorities in Libya, which are still struggling to restore order, win popular support and restore basic services like water and electricity.
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Kenya's Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta election win
Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two petitions to overturn the country's October 26 presidential election re-run, validating the poll victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Zimbabwe’s ruling party sacks Robert Mugabe as leader
ROBERT Mugabe has vowed to stay on as Zimbabwe President, despite being sacked by his own party.
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Zimbabwe's ruling party fires Mugabe
Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader, officials say.
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PICS: #Zimbabwe in limbo as Mugabe exit talks continue
One analyst said he believed the negotiations "have pretty much reached an end point" to get Mugabe to step aside and that it was a "matter of hours or days."
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Zimbabwe : l'armée dit avoir pris le pouvoir contre des "criminels", Mugabe assigné à résidence
L'armée du Zimbabwe a pris le contrôle de la radio-télévision d'État et bloque les accès aux principales institutions d'Harare. Les officiers refusent toutefois de parler d'un coup d'État et assurent que le président Mugabe est sain et sauf.
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Explosions heard in Zimbabwe capital amid coup speculation
At least three explosions were heard in Zimbabwe's capital early Wednesday and military vehicles were seen in the streets after the army commander threatened to "step in" to calm political tensions over President Robert Mugabe's possible successor.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe fires Vice President seen as succession candidate
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, the government said, as the battle between Mnangagwa and Mugabe's wife Grace to succeed the veteran leader intensified.
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Somalia: At least 230 dead in Mogadishu blast
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday is now known to have killed at least 230 people, police say.
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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdraws from Oct. 26 election re-run
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdrew Tuesday from a re-run of the presidential election in the latest twist to a political saga that has plunged the nation into uncertainty.
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