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Ghana Reparations Summit: 80 Nations Adopt 19-Point Framework Demanding Apologies and Global Fund

Ofori Joyce Adwoa
On the same day Americans observed Juneteenth, the 161st anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States, leaders from more than 80 countries...
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New wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa puts migrants under siege

Ofori Joyce Adwoa
Xenophobic violence in South Africa is surging again, with vigilante groups and angry crowds targeting African and Asian migrants in townships and city centers as...
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Ethiopia votes as Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party eyes another dominant win

Julia Kariuki
Polling stations opened across Ethiopia on Monday morning in a closely watched general election that will test the country’s fragile political transition but is widely...
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Ghana lawmakers pass bill criminalizing LGBTQ activity, with prison terms up to 10 years

Ofori Joyce Adwoa
Ghana’s parliament has passed one of Africa’s most sweeping anti‑LGBTQ laws, approving a bill that criminalizes same‑sex relationships, public LGBTQ identification and the “promotion” or...
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Kenya police arrest 8 students over suspected arson in dormitory fire that killed 16 girls

Julia Kariuki
Kenyan police have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson in connection with the dormitory fire at a girls’ boarding school that killed at least...
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Kenyan girls’ school fire kills 16 students, injures 79 in overnight dormitory blaze

Julia Kariuki
A nighttime fire that tore through a crowded dormitory at a girls’ boarding school in Kenya’s Rift Valley has killed at least 16 students and...
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Sonko’s comeback: Ex‑PM elected National Assembly speaker in Senegal power struggle

Ofori Joyce Adwoa
Ousmane Sonko has been elected speaker of Senegal’s National Assembly, completing a rapid political comeback just days after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye fired him as...
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Ndiaye exit clears path for Ousmane Sonko to seek role as parliament speaker in Senegal

Boateng Jonathan Abeeku
El Malick Ndiaye has resigned as speaker of Senegal’s National Assembly, stepping down just two days after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye abruptly fired Prime Minister...
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Benin’s Romuald Wadagni takes office as president after 94% landslide

Adeyemi Daniel Adedayo
Romuald Wadagni has been sworn in as Benin’s ninth president, completing a carefully managed handover of power from outgoing leader Patrice Talon after a landslide...
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Senegal crisis deepens as Faye dismisses Sonko and entire cabinet amid ruling party rift

Ofori Joyce Adwoa
Senegal’s reformist experiment was jolted late Friday when President Bassirou Diomaye Faye abruptly fired Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, his former mentor and the firebrand opposition...
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