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Algeria presidential election sees low turnout as Tebboune poised for victory

Algeria's 78-year-old president Tebboune is expected to breeze to a second term in election Voting stations across Algeria closed Saturday night after an hour's extension for the presidential election expected to bring a second term for incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune. The country's election...

Algerian presidential election: Incumbent Tebboune 'all but locked up the vote' President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has all but locked up the vote in Algeria as voters cast their ballots for an election that is set to hand the incumbent a second 5-year term, FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert said in an...

Grief and shock after Kenya school fire killed several Families of children at a Kenyan primary school where a dormitory blaze killed 17 boys were facing an anguished wait Saturday for news of their missing loved ones. Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua told reporters at the scene of the...

Kenya mourns victims of fatal school fire A horrific and devastating fire: these are the words of Kenyan President William Ruto following the tragedy that struck a school in Nyeri County. The blaze broke out in a boarding school late on Thursday night. By Friday, 18 children were confirmed dead...

After years of civil war, South Sudan turns its focus to wildlife conservation The world’s youngest nation of South Sudan, which emerged after decades of civil war, is home to the world’s biggest conservation project twice the size of Portugal. The conflicts have had an unintended consequence...

Algeria votes as Tebboune faces easy re-election Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune is coasting towards Saturday's election all but certain to win five more years in an election with no serious rivals and after touting his economic successes from his first term, including more jobs and...

More than a dozen pupils killed in ‘devastating’ primary school fire in Kenya At least 17 pupils have been killed and another 13 seriously injured after a fire ravaged through the dormitory of a boarding school north of Nairobi, police said Friday. An investigation has been launched into the...

Sport and development: Africa’s game plan for its transformation Africa’s sporting elite have been showcasing their prowess at The Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games. But sport is about more than performance and can have a huge social impact. For the first Across Africa after the summer break...

DR Congo due to receive its first 100,000 doses of mpox vaccine The Democratic Republic of Congo, currently at the epicentre of an mpox outbreak, will on Thursday receive its first 100,000 doses of vaccines against the disease. More than 17,500 cases and 629 deaths have been recorded in the...

China to give Africa $50 billion over next three years, says Xi Jinping The China-Africa forum on Thursday produced myriad agreements between China and over 50 African nations on areas ranging from industry and agriculture to natural resources and investments, including a pledge from Chinese...

Nigerian powerlifter Esther Nworgu powers through injury to lift Paralympic silver Nigeria continues to raise the bar for the continent's powerlifters. We speak to Ester Nworgu, who claimed silver at the Paralympic Games in Paris - despite dislocating her shoulder just days before her event...

Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei set on fire in apparent gender-based attack Ugandan distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in intensive care in Kenya after her boyfriend doused her in petrol and set her on fire. She reportedly sustained 80% burns in the attack. Our analyst says it's part of an...

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine shot in the leg after confrontation with police Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine was shot in the leg and seriously injured by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday, his party said.

At least 129 dead in DR Congo jailbreak attempt Nearly 130 people were killed in an attempted jailbreak at the at the Makala prison in Kinshasa, the DR Congo’s largest, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani said Tuesday. The toll includes 24 people who were shot “after warnings” Shabani said.

Attempted jailbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo turns deadly Several people have reportedly been killed during an attempted jailbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. Gunshots rang out overnight at Makala prison in Kinshasa. It's the country's largest incarceration facility - and has long...

Tunisia's electoral body dismisses court ruling that reinstated presidential candidates Tunisia's electoral commission rejected on Monday an administrative court ruling that had reinstated three presidential election candidates, leaving just two challengers to face incumbent leader Kais Saied in...

Flooding in Sudan leaves dozens dead and more stranded At least 30 people were killed in northeast Sudan after a dam collapsed due to flooding, the United Nations' humanitarian office has said. Residents meanwhile said many more were stranded due to the blockage of main roads. The war-torn...

Mpox vaccines to arrive in DR Congo, WHO says A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization said Friday. The WHO declared an international emergency over mpox on August 14, concerned by the surge in...

Mpox vaccines are available – why are they not reaching Africa? Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more...