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Angolan parties wrap up campaigning as tense election nears
Angolan presidential candidates on Monday wrapped up a month-long campaign ahead of this week’s election which is likely to be a tense standoff between a ruling party in power for decades and an opposition with growing appeal among youth. The MPLA, led by João Lourenço since 2017, has governed Africa’s second-biggest oil producer since independence from Portugal in 1975. But…
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Stability of Chad in our interest, says Buhari
The stability of Chad Republic, and, indeed, all neighboring countries, is in Nigeria’s interest, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Friday at State House, Abuja, while receiving a Special Envoy from the Transitional President of Chad, General Mahamat Idris Derby. Chad holds a Sovereign National Dialogue August 20, 2022, and according to the Special Envoy, Mr Brah Mahamat…
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Biden signs $740bn health, climate, tax ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
US President Joe Biden has signed a $740bn climate change, healthcare and tax bill into law, handing the Democratic Party a much-needed win ahead of the November midterm elections. In a signing ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Biden heralded the Inflation Reduction Act for its record investment towards cutting carbon emissions. The bill includes nearly $370bn meant to…
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Floundering, not drowning’: Russia’s economy is withstanding sanctions onslaught — for now
Russia’s economy contracted in the second quarter – the first full three months since the country’s invasion of Ukraine – and economists are divided over whether it can continue to weather the onslaught of international sanctions in the long term. The Russian economy shrunk by 4% year-on-year over the second quarter, although this was less sharp than the 5% expected…
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US urges China not to overreact to ‘peaceful visits’ by US lawmakers to Taiwan
The United States said American lawmakers’ visits to Taiwan are in line with Washington’s long-standing and bipartisan policy, urging China not to overreact to the “peaceful visits” by members of the Congress or to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. Monday, China’s military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan’s Penghu islands as a group of…
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Iran submits ‘written response’ to EU nuclear deal draft
Iran has submitted a “written response” to a new nuclear deal proposed by the European Union, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday. IRNA hasn’t offered any details on the substance of the response, saying only that there were differences on three issues. “The differences are on three issues, in which the United States has expressed its verbal flexibility in…
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Putin says Russia and North Korea will ‘expand bilateral relations’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the two countries will “expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts,” Pyongyang’s state media has reported. In a letter to Mr Kim for Korea’s liberation day, Mr Putin said closer ties would be in both countries’ interests, and would help strengthen the security and…
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William Ruto wins Kenya presidential poll
Deputy President William Ruto has won Kenya’s presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.4% of the vote. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by members of Mr Odinga’s campaign. Four of the seven members of the electoral commission refused to endorse the announcement, saying the results…
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Kenya electoral officials blame presidential candidates’ agents for results delay
Kenya’s electoral officials on Friday blamed the delay in announcing the result of the country’s presidential election on candidates’ agents for slowing down the national tally of votes. The chair of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) accused party agents of approaching the process like a “forensic audit,” saying they were disrupting the process. “Please don’t interrogate the returning…
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Once a U.S. darling, Rwanda’s Kagame hears concerns amid Blinken visit
Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Rwanda’s president Thursday to end support for rebels in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo and halt repression of critics of his longtime rule, warning of mounting U.S. opposition to a leader who once ranked among America’s preferred partners in Africa. Blinken’s visit to the Rwandan capital of Kigali, the final destination on a trip…
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