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Piers Potter
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Tragedy in Bukavu: Nighttime Fire Claims 14 Lives in Rebel-Held City
A devastating nighttime fire tore through Bukavu’s working-class Funu neighborhood, killing 14 members of two families and plunging the community into mourning amid the city’s...
Democratic Alliance proposes scrapping South Africa’s Black empowerment laws
Coalition partner and South Africa’s second-largest political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has proposed repealing key legislation designed to promote Black economic participation. The party...
Nicolas Sarkozy becomes first French ex-president jailed after Libya funding conviction
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun serving a five-year prison sentence after being convicted of conspiring to finance his 2007 election campaign with money...
Drone strike hits near Khartoum airport ahead of planned reopening
A drone attack has struck an area near Sudan’s main international airport in Khartoum, just a day before domestic flights were due to resume for...
Delly Sesanga met en garde le régime de Félix Tshisekedi
Lors d’un meeting populaire tenu le samedi 18 octobre 2025 dans la commune de Selembao, à Kinshasa, le président national du parti politique ENVOL, Delly...
Col Randrianirina sworn in as Madagascar’s new president after military takeover
Colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as Madagascar’s new president, days after the military seized power in the Indian Ocean nation. At a ceremony...
Kenyan police officer killed in arrow attack outside State House
A Kenyan police officer guarding one of the gates at President William Ruto’s official residence in Nairobi has died after being shot with an arrow,...
Forty-two killed in South Africa bus crash involving Zimbabwean and Malawian passengers
At least 42 people — including seven children — have died after a bus carrying Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals overturned on a mountain pass in...
Rajoelina dissolves Madagascar’s parliament amid political crisis and protests
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dissolved the country’s national assembly with immediate effect, his office announced in a statement posted on Facebook on Tuesday. The...
Madagascar security forces fire tear gas and rubber bullets as youth protests intensify
Security forces in Madagascar have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the latest youth-led protest, following two weeks of anti-government demonstrations that have...