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Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against 11 soldiers on trial for desertion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  By Glody MURHABAZI AFP

Eight DR Congo troops handed desertion death sentence

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A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east on Friday handed a death sentence to eight soldiers ...

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The UK government has told the High Court in London that it expects the first deportation flights to Rwanda to take off ...

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About 1,000 refugees have fled a UN-run camp in northern Ethiopia after reports of armed robbery, shootings and alleged ...

13 hours ago | Africa Stories

Blasts killed at least nine people Friday in a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Goma in the war-torn eastern D ...

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Opposition groups in Togo have accused authorities of ballot-stuffing in Monday's legislative and regional elections, wh ...

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Kenyan President William Ruto put the flood-ravaged country on high alert on Friday and postponed the reopening of schoo ...

14 hours ago | Africa Stories

Tunisian journalists and opposition figures have voiced alarm about a surge of prosecutions since President Kais Saied i ...

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Nollywood Week has kicked off in the French capital. With this year's focus on animated film and virtual reality produ ...

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The death toll from flood-related incidents in Kenya has crossed 200 since March, the interior ministry said Friday, as ...

19 hours ago | Africa Stories

Weeks of heavy rain and floods that have killed nearly 200 people continue to ravage parts of Kenya causing landslides ...

19 hours ago | Africa Stories

Weeks of heavy rain and floods that have killed nearly 200 people continue to ravage parts of Kenya causing landslides ...

19 hours ago | Africa Stories

As night falls, a handful of South African soldiers slouch under a tent near a crocodile-infested pond off the largely d ...

May 2, 2024 | Africa Stories

Mauritania's Islamist opposition party on Thursday said its leader would be standing in the presidential election schedu ...

May 2, 2024 | Africa Stories

Liberia's President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order marking a major step towards the creation of a l ...

May 2, 2024 | Africa Stories

Police in London made 45 arrests on Thursday as protesters tried to stop the removal of migrants from their temporary ac ...