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Botswana’s stability tested in tough election for President Masisi

Botswana goes to the polls this Wednesday with incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi facing three main challengers in what analysts are calling the country’s most competitive vote yet. The prosperous, diamond-rich nation has maintained a stable democracy since gaining independence from Britain in 1966.

Radio France Internationale

Botswana election: Who is in the running and what’s at stake?

Some 1 million Batswana will vote amid worries about the economy as diamond dollars fall.

Al Jazeera

Botswana Votes With Ruling Party Seeking To Extend Six Decades Of Power

Southern Africa's diamond-rich nation of Botswana voted in general elections Wednesday with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a second term to President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

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Botswana Votes With Ruling Party Aiming To Extend Six Decades Of Power

Southern Africa's diamond-rich nation of Botswana votes in general elections Wednesday, with the ruling party seeking to extend its nearly six-decade rule and hand a second term to President Mokgweetsi Masisi.

International Business Times

Tories call on Government to intervene to stop millions starving to death in Sudan

Andrew Mitchell said the world could witness the ‘hideous spectre’ of mass starvation on its TV screens before Christmas.

Evening Standard

Conflict condemns Sudan to huge displacement, rampant sexual violence: UN

More than 14 million forced from their homes with hunger, disease and sexual violence rampant.

Al Jazeera

Sexual Violence On 'Staggering' Scale In Sudan Civil War: UN Probe

Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.

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Burkina Faso put civilians at 'unnecessary risk' during militant attack, rights group says

Human Rights Watch says in a new report that Burkina Faso’s government unnecessarily exposed civilians to danger during a militant attack earlier this year

The Independent UK

A Rare Rehab Centre Fixes Victims Of Ethiopia's War

Aregawi Mezgbe limped and grimaced as he finished his exercises at a rehabilitation centre in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region.

International Business Times

Congo wants UN peacekeepers gone. But endless war around minerals is complicating that

The end of one of the world’s deadliest and yet most shadowy wars is as difficult to predict as the end of the large peacekeeping force meant to contain it

The Independent UK

'No One Heard Our Cries': Tigray War Rape Survivors Recount Their Ordeals

Rawa curls up on a chair, pulls her knees tight to her chest and hides her face with a large white veil as if to shield herself from the outside world.

International Business Times

Sudan's warring forces are escalating attacks and outsiders are 'fueling the fire,' Guterres says

The U.N. chief says Sudan’s warring military and paramilitary forces are escalating attacks with outside powers “fueling the fire,” which is intensifying hunger and disease for millions

The Independent UK

Jihadist attack near Lake Chad leaves 40 dead, president orders retaliation

Chad's President Mahamat Deby Itno has vowed to track down the assailants who killed at least 40 soldiers in an attack on a military base in Chad's Lake region.

Radio France Internationale

Sudan militia accused of mass killings and sexual violence as attacks escalate

Experts fear reports of 124 dead in attack on villages south of Khartoum are significant underestimation

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Chad Hunts Attackers After 40 Killed In Boko Haram Raid

An attack by jihadist group Boko Haram killed around 40 Chadian troops overnight near the Nigerian border, prompting an army operation to hunt down the militants, the government and local sources said on Monday.

The Conversation

Somaliland elections: what’s at stake for independence, stability and shifting power dynamics in the Horn of Africa

Somaliland is due to hold a presidential election on 13 November 2024.

Al Jazeera

Palestinians ‘starving to death’ in northern Gaza due to Israeli siege

Oxfam official tells Al Jazeera Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocide against the Palestinians.

Radio France Internationale

LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case

Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.

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The Guardian - UK

Austerity hurts more than a smack

Letters: when services that support vulnerable families are cut to the bone, it’s no wonder society breaks down

International Business Times

Activists Say 50 Killed In Sudan Paramilitary Attack

At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack by Sudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in al-Jazira state, activists said.

The Independent UK

UN official calls for more attention to Sudan’s 'forgotten' war amid fresh atrocities

A senior United Nations official has called for more international attention to “the forgotten crisis” in Sudan, where more than a year and a half of war has pushed the African country to the brink of famine

International Business Times

Internet Blackout Hits Mozambique Capital After Election Protests

Mozambique's capital Maputo on Friday suffered a mobile internet blackout after protests against the re-election of the ruling Frelimo party descended into violence.

Evening Standard

Alex Scott says she's 'in a great place' as she embraces turning 40

The former footballer-turned-broadcaster has also reflected on her journey after facing a lot of rejection in the past

International Business Times

IMF Raises Concerns About Effects Of Sudan Conflict On Neighbors

The war in Sudan is likely to cause heavy economic damage in neighboring countries, the IMF's deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. "What is going on there for the people in Sudan is just so heart wrenching and devastating.

The Independent UK

Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison

A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels was sentenced by a court in Uganda on Friday to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes committed by the group during its insurgency that started in the 1980s

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