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South Africa’s electoral commission updates on vote counting as partial shows ANC losing majority
“Counting procedures have now been concluded, with only a few voting stations reported to still be counting at around three. The process of the results compilation entails ensuring accuracy and validation of those results.” Sy Mamabolo, Chief Electoral Officer
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South Africa election: ANC officials still hopeful to win
Speaking from Johannesburg, the party’s First Deputy Secretary General reckoned that partial results put the worst predictions to shame.“Everybody was looking at the ANC with 36% to 40%, and we’re quite certain that we will surpass that,” Nomvula Mokonyane said Thursday (May. 30)
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WATCH: Ramallah market engulfed in flames after Israeli raid
Firefighters in Ramallah battled blazes in a market ravaged by an Israeli army raid, leaving shops charred and produce destroyed.
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Gitex Africa: Morocco’s tech fair focuses on continent’s needs
Around 1,500 exhibitors, companies, entrepreneurs, innovators and startups from over 130 countries are attending the second GITEX Africa tech show.
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South Africa counts votes in pivotal election
Counting commenced after South Africans participated in what’s deemed their most crucial election since the end of apartheid 30 years ago.
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Tate Britain: Alvaro Barrington’s “Grace” explores Carribean culture
A new exhibition at London’s Tate Britain celebrates the work of Alvaro Barrington. The “Grace” installation has been heavily influenced the artist’s early childhood in the Caribbean and carnival culture.
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Kenyan climber Kirui Cheruiyot’s body to be left on Mt. Everest, family says
He fell into a crevasse 48 meters below the 8,849-meter peak with his Nepali guide, Nawang Sherpa, who is still missing.
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Irish festival explores Nigeria’s thriving writing industry
Nigerian-German writer Olumide Popoola and literary agent Bibi Bakare-Yusuf of Cassava Republic Press discussed the past, present and future of Nigerian and African writing.
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Early results in South Africa’s election put ruling ANC below 50% and short of a majority
Very early counts in South Africa’s national election put the long-ruling African National Congress at just over 42% of the vote, raising the possibility that it might lose its majority for the first time since it swept to power under Nelson Mandela at the end of apartheid in 1994.
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Gaza: Israel controls Philadelphia corridor to Egypt
The Israeli military said Wednesday it had taken control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels, as it attempts to destroy the Hamas militant group in a war which is in its eighth month.
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Papua New Guinea landslide: survivors appeal for aid
Following last week’s landslide that devastated a village in Papua New Guinea, killing hundreds and leaving over a 1,000 displaced, locals have appealed for aid.
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Nurse fired after referring to Gaza ‘genocide’ in speech
Labor and delivery nurse Hesen Jabr, who is Palestinian American, was being honored by NYU Langone Health for her compassion in caring for mothers who had lost babies when she drew a link between her work and the suffering of mothers in Gaza.
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US calls Algeria’s proposed UN resolution on Israel’s Rafah offensive
Algeria, representing Arab countries on the council, shared the draft resolution with the 15 council members on Tuesday evening after emergency talks about the intensifying Israeli operation in Rafah.
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Yemen: Houthi rebels claim to have downed US drone
Houthi rebels on Wednesday claimed to have downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone with a surface-to-air missile in Yemen’s central Marib province.
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Nigeria’s new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a contentious law is passed
Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly a half-century ago, sparking widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed without much public input.
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China’s Xi backs Palestinian statehood at summit with Arab leaders
The summit attended by heads of state from Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Tunisia among others was set to focus on China’s expanding trade ties and on security concerns related to Israel’s war on Gaza
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South Africa counts votes after high-stakes election
Officials were gearing up for counting but the final results are not expected for days. The independent electoral commission that runs the election said they would be announced by Sunday
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Gaza: People flee Rafah as Israel intensifies attack on city
The move comes as Israel has deepened its incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people seeking shelter from fighting elsewhere had been displaced, and where intensifying violence in recent days has killed dozens of Palestinians
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Egypt and China deepen cooperation during el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing
Egypt and China on Wednesday signed agreements deepening their cooperation during President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s visit to Beijing
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A vote of defiance: In South Africa, it is a vote for or against ANC
At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which led South Africa out of apartheid’s brutal white minority rule in 1994. It is now the target of a new generation of discontent in a country of 62 million people — half of whom are estimated to be living in poverty
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Congolese share their views on Tshisekedi’s new cabinet
The announcement was eagerly awaited, as the country’s east faces a serious security crisis, particularly in the North Kivu province.
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Irish festival explores Nigeria’s thriving writing industry
Nigerian-German writer Olumide Popoola and literary agent Bibi Bakare-Yusuf of Cassava Republic Press discussed the past, present and future of Nigerian and African writing.
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Various leaders cast ballots in the highly contested vote in South Africa
South Africans began voting Wednesday at schools, community centers and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years.
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Prof. Rose Leke on the achievements in African immunology and public health [Interview]
The prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO International Award for Women in Science celebrates exceptional female scientists from five major regions of the world.
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Tinubu marks one year in office as Nigerians continue to bear brunt of the economy
One year on since Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s President, many people feel that his promise of “renewed hope” remains largely unfulfilled.
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South Africa’s election: When results are expected
The ANC has been the majority party in government ever since the end of South Africa’s apartheid system of white minority rule and the establishment of democracy in 1994 and has held the presidency since then.
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Prof. Rose Leke on the achievements in African immunology and public health
Prof. Leke lauds the establishment of BioNTech’s manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda, which marks a critical step towards Africa’s self-sufficiency in vaccine production.
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Community cry foul over pollution caused by lead factory in the Congo
Cyrille Ndembi, together with his neighbors, is leading a legal battle against the company, to obtain the closure and relocation of the factory. He and his family have been suffering from chronic pneumonia since they arrived in the neighborhood in 2019.
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Pope apologizes for vulgar remark on gay Priests ban
Italian media on Monday had quoted unnamed Italian bishops in reporting that Francis jokingly used the term “faggotness” while speaking in Italian during the encounter.
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Madagascar holds key parliamentary election
People in Madagascar are voting in parliamentary elections Wednesday in which the ruling party hopes to retain its majority. The Tanora Malagasy Vonona party of President Andry Rajoelina won 84 out of 151 seats in the last election
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Algeria proposes Security Council resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah
Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military offensive in the southern city of Rafah immediately.
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Haiti names new PM as country plots return to order
U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister on Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position
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Polls open in South Africa’s high-stakes election
South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory
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Egypt to host Sudanese civil and political groups to discuss ending war
A number of Sudanese civil and political groups are united under the Taqadum umbrella, chaired by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
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S.African electoral commission says country prepared for upcoming polls
Sy Mamabolo, Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission, said at the briefing that “in this election there’s a clear orchestration to undermine the credibility of the outcome.”
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AI creates excitement and worry at digital festival in Berlin
Around 25,000 people are expected to attend this year’s event to discuss all aspects of the digitalisation of the world.
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Israel continues Rafah strikes despite condemnation
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released footage of injured people being treated at Rafah’s International Medical Corps (IMC) field hospital on Monday, following an Israeli airstrike on a makeshift camp of internally displaced people the previous day.
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Cameroon Football Federation convenes emergency meeting after Eto’o-Brys clash
The ongoing crisis in Cameroonian football began to intensify after the recent Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) in Ivory Coast, where the national team’s performance was disappointing.