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Dozens of villagers died when a dam burst near Mai Mahiu in the Rift Valley.  By LUIS TATO AFPFile

Kenya, Tanzania brace for cyclone as heavy rains persist

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Kenya and Tanzania were bracing Thursday for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains that have devastated East Africa ...

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The number of people who have lost their lives in devastating floods in Kenya since March has risen to 188, with dozens ...

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The Zimbabwe workers join the rest of the world in commemorating the International Proletariat Day. As we commemorate an ...

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Peacekeeping amidst daily exchanges of fire ndash; sometimes receiving direct hits ndash; can be a formidable unde ...

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Denis Sassou Nguesso's 40-year rule of Congo-Brazzaville has sparked debate over the appropriate age for a president, wi ...

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Chad's junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is hoping to sweep May 6 elections and extend the more than three-decade ru ...

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His father ruled Chad for three decades with an iron first and Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno looks poised to consolidate the ...

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General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, proclaimed head of state by Chad's army three years ago, is the favourite to win Monda ...

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Ghanaâ s Asante King on Wednesday displayed for the first time dozens of royal artefacts looted during colonial rule, a ...

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Britain has sent a first asylum seeker to Rwanda, British media reported on Tuesday, a week after adopting a controversi ...

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Britain has sent a first asylum seeker to Rwanda, British media reported on Tuesday, a week after adopting a controversi ...

May 1, 2024 | Africa Stories

Nearly 100 tourists are among people marooned after a river overflowed in Kenya's famed Maasai Mara wildlife reserve fol ...

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After four years without a May Day parade because of Covid-19 among other strategic reasons, Senegal has organised a ral ...

May 1, 2024 | Africa Stories

Jazz icon Herbie Hancock performed this week in Tangiers at the end of a four-day jazz festival he launched more than a ...

May 1, 2024 | Africa Stories

Rwanda's historic opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, has filed a case before the East African Court of Justic ...