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Guinea opposition says will sit in Assembly despite poll dispute

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 2, 20240

(Reuters) – Opposition parties in Guinea said on Thursday they would take their seats in the National Assembly, ending a period of uncertainty that began

Kenya celebrates 50 years of independence from UK

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 2, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya celebrated 50 years of independence Thursday with its leaders praising the progress the country has made since its freedom from

Congo signs peace deal with M23 rebels: Kenya presidential spokesman

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 2, 20240

(Reuters) – The Congolese government has signed a peace deal with the M23 rebels it had been fighting until they laid down their arms last

Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated

YoopyaDec 13, 2013February 3, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial says he suffers from schizophrenia and hallucinated and saw angels while gesturing incoherently just

South Africa admits error over ‘schizophrenic’ Mandela signer

YoopyaDec 13, 2013June 27, 20230

(Reuters) – A South African sign-language interpreter accused of miming nonsense as world leaders paid tribute to Nelson Mandela defended himself as a “champion” signer

Nigeria’s Jonathan told not to stand in 2015 by mentor Obasanjo

YoopyaDec 12, 2013February 3, 20240

(Reuters) – One of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s predecessors and mentors has turned against him, penning a scathing denunciation that could deepen division in the

Ghana: Man’s Penis Bitten By Snake While Sitting On Toilet

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

A man in Ghana received the shock of his life when a snack bit his manhood in the middle of a toilet break. Kwabena Nkrumah,

Religious leaders seek calm in tense Central African Republic

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Religious leaders sought reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in Central African Republic on Wednesday during a lull in violence that has killed hundreds

Black and white, thousands bid farewell to Mandela

YoopyaDec 12, 2013December 31, 20230

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Black and white, old and young, South Africans by the thousands paid final tribute Wednesday to their beloved Nelson Mandela.

Nigerian survivor will never go to sea again

YoopyaDec 11, 2013January 31, 20240

WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — He survived three days in a sunken tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and was hailed as a miracle