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Re-elected leader pleads for unity and promises to revive ailing economy following last month’s disputed polls.

Opposition politicians claim that voters faced widespread intimidation in election won by Zimbabwe’s president

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Nguema took the oath in the presidential palace in Gabon’s capital Libreville and promised credible elections.

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who ousted former President Ali Bongo in a coup last week, was sworn in as transitional president this morning in Libreville.

Gabon’s new military leader has been sworn in as the head of state less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades

General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup last week that toppled Gabon's 55-year-old ruling dynasty, took the oath of office as interim president on Monday, promising "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe.

An India-specific hunger index at the level of States and Union Territories helps evaluate the extent of undernourishment at a more localised scale

Residents of Khartoum awoke Sunday to artillery and rocket fire, hours after an air strike in the city's south killed at least 20 civilians including two children, according to Sudanese activists.

Schools across Cameroon are due to reopen on 4 September, but in English-speaking regions separatist militias have warned them to remain closed as they enforce a boycott. Separatists have been keeping kids out of class for the past six years through violent attacks, leaving parents afraid to send their children…

Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered an alarming spate of military takeovers since 2020