Africa
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Rouhani congratulates Niger's independence day
Aug 04, 2018 15:53Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a message congratulated the Independence day of Niger, August 3.
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Mali election: Keita and Cisse go to runoff vote
Aug 04, 2018 08:09Mali's presidential election will go to a runoff vote after President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita came in first but failed to secure enough votes to win a second term in office outright, according to preliminary figures.
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WHO warns, There is be no vaccine option for new Ebola outbreak
Aug 03, 2018 15:18It may be impossible to use a vaccine to tackle Democratic Republic of Congo's new Ebola outbreak, which has spread over 10s of kilometres and may have begun in May, a senior World Health Organization official said on Thursday.
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Mnangagwa declares winner of Zimbabwe election,violence erupts
Aug 03, 2018 10:44Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
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New Ebola outbreak kills 20 in Congo
Aug 03, 2018 07:1920 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo after showing symptoms of haemorrhagic fever.
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Iran says elections in Zimbabwe free, peaceful and fair
Aug 02, 2018 08:25The foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi has described the recent elections held in Zimbabwe as free, peaceful, fair and valid.
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Zanu-PF wins in Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections
Aug 01, 2018 15:43Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF has won the majority of seats in parliamentary elections, official results show, as vote counting continues separately in the presidential vote.
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DR Congo nabs 40 for protesting sexual violence
Aug 01, 2018 08:23Forty civil rights campaigners were held overnight after they staged a protest in DR Congo over sexual violence in the country's conflict-torn central region, activists said .
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Zimbabwe opposition unhappy with delay in poll results
Jul 31, 2018 21:04Zimbabwe's opposition accused the election commission on Tuesday of deliberately delaying results of this week's vote to favor the ruling party, reporting irregularities in the first poll since the removal of Robert Mugabe in a November coup.
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Tunisia's new Interior Minister sworn into office
Jul 31, 2018 15:06Tunisia’s newly appointed interior minister, Hichem Fourati, has been sworn into office, at a special ceremony attended by President Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday.
