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SA police dig for truth over deaths
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South African police are to open a grave they believe contains the bodies of two anti-apartheid activists. Police re-opened the case after receiving new information last year. It has been alleged the activists were ...
Listening Post Feature – Ethiopia: Journalism akin to terrorism
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In our feature presentation, we if vague, blanket laws could soon make journalism the number one terrorist activity in the African nation.
Odinga supporters voice anger at poll result
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Uhuru Kenyatta , Kenya's deputy prime minister, has narrowly won the country's presidential election with 50.07 percent of the vote, official results show, just enough to avoid a runoff with rival Raila Odinga, the ...
Kenyans react to Kenyatta victory
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Uhuru Kenyatta, deputy prime minister, has been declared poll winner with 50.07 percent of the vote, as rival Raila Odinga says he will contest the result. In Nairobi, supporters of Kenyatta's Jubilee Coalition cele...
Raila Odinga says he is contesting the Kenyan poll ‘in the interest of justice’
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Raila Odinga, outgoing prime minister of Kenya, has said he will contest the victory of rival Uhuru Kenyatta based on "irregularities and rigging" in last week's general elections. Speaking to Al Jazeera's Nazanine ...
Kenya delays election result
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The commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission have gathered to try and verify the final result of the country's general elections.Uhuru Kenyatta has a provisional lead with 50.03 percent, ...
Kenyans await Odinga’s next move
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Provisional results show Uhuru Kenyatta has won just more than half of the votes, enough to avoid a run-off. Kenyans want to know whether the narrow win will unite the country and finally bring peace. But Raila Odin...
Uganda aims to stem illegal wildlife trafficking
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Exotic animal exports from Uganda is a lucrative business, but conservationists have managed to out-law the private trade - now hunters work for licensed zoos only, although illegal wildlife trafficking continues. I...
Kenya early vote count gives Kenyatta victory
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Uhuru Kenyatta has won Kenya's presidential election with a slim margin of 50.03 percent of votes cast, according to provisional figures displayed by the ele...
Drip-feeding Chinese culture in Sudan
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Sudan is one of China's most important trading partners in sub-Saharan Africa. But the relationship is not purely economic. China has been promoting its culture in Sudan through opening cultural centres, organising ...
Nigeria battles deadly meningitis outbreak
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A fresh outbreak of suspected cerebrospinal meningitis has killed more than 100 in north-west Nigeria and dozens more elsewhere in the country.People in the town of Jabo ave never seen anything like the past two wee...
Kenyan candidate’s party alleges polls rigged
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The party of one of Kenya's leading presidential candidates has alleged vote-rigging and demanded that the count be halted, bringing further complications to the country's elections. The accusations by Prime Ministe...
Fuel costs rocket in South Africa
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Soaring energy costs are squeezing South African budgets. The price of petrol is rising 7% to a record high of $1.42 a litre. Next month the tax on fuel will also increase. South Africans have also just learned of a...
Zimbabwe bans foreign radio broadcasts
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Police in Zimbabwe have been confiscating radios sets that can tune into broadcasts from outside the country. Many of the devices have been given to people in rural areas of Zimbabwe by non-governmental organisation...
Kenya election results delayed over glitches
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Ballot-counting from this week's Kenyan general and presidential elections has been facing delays due to technical glitches in an electronic counting system. The country's electoral commission (IBEC) previously hope...
Mohammed Adow live from Nairobi on rejected ballots
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More than three hundred thousand ballots from Monday's election were rejected for failing to follow strict voting guidelines. This has so far delayed the result. But Kenyans remain upbeat despite the uncertainty. Mo...
Kenya poll puts new voting rules to the test
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Confidence in the new voting system is crucial as results of the Kenya general election is expected within 48 hours. The party of Prime Minister Raila Odinga is concerned about what it calls irregularities in the pr...
Many in Chad sceptical of Mali offensive
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The Chadian army has suffered the most losses in the French-led military offensive in Mali: 26 of its soldiers died in the battle that killed two senior al-Qaeda-linked leaders earlier this week. May Welsh reports f...