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Kagame unleashes new military purge

The President has given the defence force a significant clear-out with some officers dismissed for misconduct

A day after holding talks with Rwanda’s military leaders about the country’s security priorities, President Paul Kagame announced a second major purge of military officials in as many...

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Oil output collapses as central bank stand-off continues

The rival Benghazi-based government has ordered a shutdown of eastern fields causing production to drop by half

A collapse in daily oil output has been one of the results of the chaos engulfing Libya’s central bank. After the rival Benghazi-based government of Osama Hammad, backed...

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Delays to Mpox vaccine supplies raise concerns

Anger as WHO’s slow response shows lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic have not brought much change

The slow pace of delivering Mpox vaccines and limited funding for scientific research into the severity of strains suggests that Africa is little more prepared for Mpox than...

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Ruto loyalists plot new laws to stifle protests

A new bill could give police sweeping powers to ban or break up demonstrations and impose harsh fines and jail terms

Legislators are pressing ahead with new laws aimed at giving the police powers to break up demonstrations just weeks after the Generation Z protest movement swept across Kenya.

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Mutharika sets up election rerun

The former President plans to stand on the success of his economic record and cash in on in the unpopularity of his successor

Next year’s presidential elections are set to be a rerun of 2020, after the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 18 August endorsed former President Peter Mutharika as...

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Wave of arrests points to pre-election crackdown

Opposition leaders Tundu Lissu and hundreds of supporters were among those detained

The arrest and detention of hundreds of opposition leaders and supporters on 11 August, ahead of a planned rally to mark International Youth Day on 12 August, suggests...

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