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Sorry, but when I decide who to vote for on Election Day, it will be the person I think can best represent the country, not the candidate that will most impress my boyfriend.

Cairo: 25 killed by bomb blast near St Mark’s Cathedral

Explosion during mass targeted worshippers inside St Peter's Church next to the main Coptic church in central Cairo. A bomb blast has killed at least 25 people during Sunday mass inside a Cairo church near the main Coptic Christian cathedral, according to Egyptian state TV...

African Union Criticizes Gambian President Over Rejected Election Results

The African Union is calling on Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to accept the results of the presidential election earlier this month as he said he would. AU Commission Chairperson Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma said, "The chairperson of the commission strongly urges President Yahya Jammeh to facilitate a...

Obama asks for ‘full review’ of 2016 election cyberattacks

President Barack Obama has requested a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, the White House said Friday, amid allegations of Russian interference. "The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the...

WATCH AU DEBATE: Contesters for AU post plan to move away from foreign funding

Africa’s target of ending violent conflict by 2020 may be a pipedream if member countries do not finance the organisation. Candidates seeking to become the next chairperson for the African Union Commission argued in their first ever pre-election debate that financial constraints facing the continental...

Sweden and the Netherlands partner with UNDP Africa on development response to growth of violent extremism

The Governments of Sweden and the Netherlands have made financial contributions of USD 3.3 million and USD 800,000 respectively towards UNDP’s regional initiative on preventing and responding to the growth of violent extremism in Africa through a development lens. The project also received an earlier...

Gambia’s longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh refuses to bow out, demands fresh polls

BANJUL - Gambia's leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls. Investigations into the December 1 vote have revealed a string...

Ghana:President Mahama concedes defeat to former foreign minister Akufo-Addo

Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the country's national election after President John Mahama conceded defeat. Akufo-Addo said on Twitter that Mahama had called him "congratulating me on winning the 2016 Presidential Election". https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/807319465876721664 Ghana's state television has also confirmed Maham's concession. Crowds of jubilant supporters...

African Governments Urged to Aid Millions Uprooted From Homes in 2015

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 because of conflict and natural disasters and left stranded in their own countries, with many governments overlooking this growing problem, a report released Friday said. Figures...

Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed by cab driver

The nation's first elected Somali-American lawmaker says she was harassed and called "ISIS" by a taxicab driver in Washington, D.C. Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar detailed the incident on her Facebook page on Wednesday. She said the cab driver called her ISIS, lobbed sexist taunts and...

Nigeria:’I do not accept gifts’ – Buhari’s wife declares

Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that she has not accepted gifts since becoming wife of the president and did not have plans to change that position. Mrs Buhari was speaking at the unveiling of a new campaign against corruption tagged,...