Nigeria's ruling party names new chief to end disunity

Nigeria's ruling party has appointed a new chair at a national convention meant to end infighting as it prepares to select a candidate to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 election.
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Egypt police abusing Sudanese refugees

Egyptian police have arbitrarily detained at least 30 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers, subjecting some to abuse and "forced physical labour", Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday.
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African mask sold for over R67m in France despite protest

A carved mask from Central Africa, dating from the 19th century, was sold in France for 4.2 million euros (over R67 million) on Saturday, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house calling for the item's "'restitution".
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Tigray conflict: Ethiopia declares 'indefinite humanitarian truce'

Ethiopia's government on Thursday declared "an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately", saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation.
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75% of Tigray population facing severe hunger as war rages in Ethiopia

An estimated 75% of the seven million population in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region have employed extreme coping strategies, with food aid, healthcare and other basic human needs cut off.
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SA students hide in subway as Russian forces pounded Ukraine city Kharkiv

Nkateko Muyimane and six fellow African students hid in a subway while Russian shells pounded Kharkiv, before fleeing on a train to Budapest they very nearly failed to board.
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Battle royale as Zimbabwe holds by-elections on Saturday

After two months of intensive rallies and flashes of political violence that claimed at least one life, Zimbabwe will hold by-elections on Saturday to fill 28 parliamentary and 121 hundred local government seats.
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Robert Mugabe's son endorses Mnangagwa's Zanu PF ahead of by-elections

Robert Junior Mugabe, son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, has come out in support of Zanu PF ahead of by-elections due to be held in the country on Saturday.
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Russia-Ukraine war is hurting Zimbabwe’s struggling economy

While the government has paused its price increases for now, they are still “just exorbitant”, says Kambamura, a father of two who stays in Dangamvura, a high-density suburb in Mutare. At these prices “the taxi business is becoming unprofitable,” he added. But the war is affecting commodities beyond fuel. With Russia and Ukraine exporting about a quarter of the world’s wheat, those prices too have been shooting up globally since the start of the invasion.
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