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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe confirmed by his party to run for president again in 2018

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was confirmed on Saturday as his party's sole candidate for the next presidential election in 2018, when he will be...

Tanzanian police charge Jamii Forums founder

Maxence Melo, a director of Jamii Forums message boards. Photo Credit: JAMII FORUMS The co-founder of a Tanzanian whistle-blowing website has been charged with obstructing an...

Ex-Guantanamo detainee in Uruguay flies to South Africa

A former Guantanamo prisoner who was resettled in Uruguay but has asked to leave flew to South Africa on Thursday as a tourist, a...

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe decries party indiscipline

President Robert Mugabe leaves after delivering his State Of the Nation address at Parliament in Harare, Zimbabwe on December 6, 2016. Photo Credit: Reuters.    Zimbabwean President...

U.N., Malawi to explore use of drones to deliver faster aid in crises

The U.N. children's agency and Malawi's government are teaming up to test whether drones could make aid delivery faster and more effective during humanitarian...

New glasses for Malawians for $1

Chilungamo Chisuse is a locally trained Malawian optician whose business has been transformed by a German NGO called One Dollar Glasses. As the name suggests, he now...

Troops and court needed fast to avert South Sudan genocide

Council-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan Yasmin Sooka. Photo Credit: Reuters.   World powers can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if they immediately...

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to run in 2018 elections

Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president Robert Mugabe could be vying for a further term in office in the 2018 elections. According to the country’s ruling party...

South Africa holds South Sudan rebel Machar as ‘guest’

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar talks on the phone in his field office in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State, South Sudan, February...

Zimbabwe holds first public interviews for Chief Justice

Zimbabwe held its first ever public interviews for the vacant post of Chief Justice on Monday, reflecting President Robert Mugabe's reduced authority under a...

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