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Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor, won the race for governor in the southern state of Georgia on Tuesday, making her the first Black woman elected to the top office in any US state, media projections showed.
President Donald Trump had rare praise for rival Democrats Tuesday after their stunning US midterm elections victory and admitted the Iran war may have played a part in the defeat of his Republican Party.
Supporters erupted in celebration in Austin as Democrat James Talarico was projected to win a US Senate seat in Texas, a state where his party has not won a Senate election since 1988.
US-bound air passengers must sign a statement that they have not travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak, under new rules coming into force on Tuesday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Ethiopian-born American citizen admitted sharing dozens of classified documents with senior Ethiopian officials.
South Africans head to the polls on Wednesday for local government elections, with voters set to choose their municipal representatives amid growing concerns over unemployment, crime, water shortages and the delivery of basic services.
As South Africans vote in local elections, residents tell the BBC they are tired of the poor quality of services they get.
The head of the UN’s MONUSCO peacekeeping mission to Congo met with the DRC’s former president Joseph Kabila on Tuesday and other leaders of his new coalition.
The transatlantic slave trade was a ‘monstrous injustice,’ Britain’s King Charles III said on Tuesday in a speech to Commonwealth leaders. But he stopped short of an apology.
As voters in Johannesburg ready for Wednesday’s local elections, basic services are top of their concerns. South Africa’s economic capital and largest city, Johannesburg has seen nearly two weeks of disruption to its water supply, with severe outages and low pressure in parts of the city.
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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rescue teams have recovered a second female body from the rubble of the collapsed multi-storey building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, as the search for people trapped beneath the debris continues.
[New Times] Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva has challenged East African Community (EAC) partner states to do more to help small businesses tap into the opportunities offered by regional integration.
[Horn Diplomat] Hargeisa -- Somaliland's police force marked its 33rd anniversary on Tuesday, with President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro pledging investment in training and equipment and urging officers to uphold the law and treat citizens fairly.
[Foroyaa] A former Kanifing Municipal Council procurement manager is to face disciplinary proceedings over gaps in procurement records, while the Government has cleared a former colleague who said she resisted improper instructions.
[CFR] An Islamic preacher's brutal after-dark execution is a tragic reminder of what is at stake in the struggle to vanquish jihadism in northern Nigeria.
The Spanish player had a cardiac arrest after he was struck in the chest when challenging the ball.
A centuries-old Cape Winelands tradition is now on the global culinary map. Mosbolletjies is a traditional brioche made with grape must. Now a recipe for the bread created by a South African baker has won him the title of Bread Sommelier.
The unearthing of his 3,000 year-old tomb and all its treasures is seen as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.
[263Chat] Discriminatory social norms, unequal power relations and growing gender-based violence continue to undermine women's participation in political leadership across Africa, despite progress in representation and the adoption of laws promoting gender equality, United Nations and European Union officials have warned.
[263Chat] The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has delivered more than 187,000 tonnes of summer cereals and 60,529 tonnes of winter wheat to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), as Zimbabwe intensifies efforts to strengthen national food reserves ahead of an anticipated El Niño-induced drought.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's overall governance performance improved modestly over the past decade, but worsening security, rule of law and rights indicators have placed the country on a trajectory marked by "Warning Signs," according to the 2026 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG).
