Africa News Round Up
Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: After months of on- and-off talks, Sudan's military and opposition leaders sign a power-sharing deal that rotates control of an executive council. Nigerian lawyers stage a protest o…
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Africa news round up
* African nations officially launch a landmark trade agreement at the African Union summit held in Niger, with the long sought-after agreement hailed as a historic step towards peace and prosperity. * People in the Democratic Republic of Congo welcome the International Criminal Court's conviction …
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Africa News Round Up
* The United Nations calls for an independent inquiry into the bombing of a Libyan migrant detention centre that left at least 44 dead and more than 130 severely injured. * Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, reiterates a call for Africa to be self-reliant as the country marks the 25th anniversary of …
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies. Police in Malawi fire teargas at thousands of opposition protestors who are calling for the nullification of the May 21 presidential elec…
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: Liberia's Council of Patriots which organized the anti-government protest last week gives President George Weah a four week deadline to meet its demands which include dismissing Financ…
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: Algeria's constitutional council says it is impossible to hold elections to choose a successor to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika early next month as planned, after the only two …
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Africa News round up
On the programme this week: Malawi's incumbent President Peter Mutharika leads in presidential vote count. Sudan's main protest group calls for a general strike after talks with the country's military rulers stalled on who will lead an agreed three-year transition. Delegates from about 20 African c…
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: South Africans head to the polls, the country's sixth democratic general election since the end of apartheid in 1994. Namibian President, Hage Geingob, declares a state of emergency…
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: With just a few days to go before South Africans head to the polls, the country's electoral commission launches the National Results Operation Centre. As Tuesday marked Internationa…
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Africa News Round Up
Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week. On the programme this week: Malian Finance Minister, Boubou Cisse, appointed the country’s new Prime Minister after the entire government resigned. As mass protests rock some Arab countries, a snap referendum …
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