Ex PM Carvalho wins presidential race
Former Prime Minister Evaristo Carvalho has been elected president of Sao Tome and Principe after incumbent Manuel Pinto da Costa dropped out of the r
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Court orders ministers to step down ahead of election
Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that all cabinet and provincial ministers should vacate their posts ahead of Aug. 11 elections as
Nearly 100 protesters killed in Oromia, Amhara
Nearly 100 people were killed in the weekend’s protests in Ethiopia as demonstrators clashed with security forces in different parts of the coun
Hospital bomb attack kills 70
A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 70 people at a hospital in Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. About 120 others were injured in th
Ex-president writes to Obama, demands frozen funds
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rumoured to be planning a political comeback, has asked Barack Obama to return $2 billion of assets froz