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[The Herald] Government has engaged seven more contractors to work on the rehabilitation of Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road.

[The Herald] Government has released a new tranche of funding to complete outstanding sections of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, with contractors now working round the clock.

[RFI] Gabon's junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema has romped his way to victory in the first presidential election since he took power in a 2023 coup, with provisional results giving him more than 90 percent of the vote.

[RFI] Chadema,Tanzania's main opposition party, has been disqualified from running in this year's general election, the country's election chief said, after it refused to sign an electoral code of conduct. It comes just days after its leader was charged with treason.

[HRW] Johannesburg -- Conduct Effective Investigations, Fair Prosecutions

[Dabanga] El Fasher / Zamzam Camp / Umm Keddada / -- Hundreds of civilians, including women and children, have reportedly been killed and wounded in shelling, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) 'tightened their control' in what has gone over into a ground offensive on Zamzam camp for displaced people. The attacks have forced 'tens of thousands' of the inhabitants of Zamzam and Abou Shouk camps to flee to the adjacent North Darfur capital El Fasher. 150 kilometres East of the capital, more than 100 civilians, including women, were reportedly

An official ruling, that Albert Luthuli died in an accident in 1967, has long been queried by his family.

This was the first presidential vote since the near-six-decade-long Bongo dynasty was overthrown.

Who is Gen Brice Nguema, the man who overthrew the president he was supposed to protect?

One person in Zamzam described things as "extremely catastrophic" after three days of assaults.

The coup mastermind Gen Brice Oligui Nguema changed the constitution to allow him to run.

The move comes days after its leader and presidential candidate was arrested and charged with treason.

The move comes days after its leader and presidential candidate was arrested and charged with treason.

The crime lord was hiding in a forest, authorities say, after dozens were kidnapped from a village.

About one million voters are set to pick their next president from a list of eight hopefuls.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found the conditions in both countries no longer merited US protections, a statement says.

Intense rivalries between supporters of Arsenal, and other English football clubs, has led to deaths in the East African nation.

Intense rivalries between supporters of Arsenal, and other English football clubs, has led to deaths in the East African nation.

Intense rivalries between supporters of Arsenal, and other English football clubs, has led to deaths in the East African nation.

[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The African Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings next month will take a deep dive into how Africa can better harness its wealth of capital and address current issues such as heavy debt burdens, climate change and rising tariffs in a complex geopolitical landscape, the institution's Secretary General and Chief Economist said on Wednesday.