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Crash course in politics aims to get more women running for ...

Nov 2, 2024

In Madagascar, where decision-making has long been reserved for men, only a ...

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Sudan’s civil war grows more brutal as UN details horrific s...

Nov 2, 2024

Sudan's brutal civil war shows no signs of slowing, with reports of escalat ...

Botswana's Duma Boko swept to power on a platform of radical change.  By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

New start for Botswana, now comes the hard part

Nov 2, 2024

Botswana's new government will have to hit the ground running after booting ...

Sudanese farmers plough a field in Gedaref -- the state's agriculture ministry says less than half the pre-war acreage was planted in 2024.  By - (AFP/File)

War decimates harvest in famine-threatened Sudan

Nov 2, 2024

Ahmed Othman's farm has been spared from the deadly fighting that has sprea ...

Botswana's new President Duma Boko (L) is a self-confident and ambitious human rights lawyer.  By Monirul BHUIYAN (AFP)

Botswana's new president sworn in after historic election up...

Nov 1, 2024

Botswana's new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of powe ...

Third time lucky: Botswana human rights lawyer Duma Boko, 54, led his opposition alliance to a historic victory, dislodging a party in power for nearly 60 years.  By Monirul BHUIYAN (AFP)

Duma Boko, Botswana rights lawyer elected president

Nov 1, 2024

Botswana's president-elect Duma Boko is a human rights lawyer who spent thr ...

Macron has soought to improve relations with Algeria under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.  By Ludovic MARIN (AFP)

Macron recognises French soldiers killed Algerian independen...

Nov 1, 2024

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday acknowledged that Larbi Ben M'hidi, a k ...

Botswana has been governed by the same party since independence from Britain in 1966.  By Monirul Bhuiyan (AFP)

Botswana opposition wins election in historic turnaround

Nov 1, 2024

Botswana's opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has won a majori ...