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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa to Seek Reelection

By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a former guerrilla fighter and bodyguard who responded to being fired as vice president by unseating Robert Mugabe, his own mentor and one of the world’s longest-ruling leaders, in a coup.

Rights Group and UN Experts Single Out Sudanese Paramilitary With Accusations of Sexual Violence

By Jack Jeffery | Associated Press

A leading rights group and U.N. experts accused Sudan’s powerful paramilitary on Thursday of sexual violence and attacks on women in the restive western Darfur region as the African country entered its fifth month of conflict.

Senegalese Opposition Leader in Intensive Care Nearly Three Weeks Into Hunger Strike

By Zane Irwin | Associated Press

Jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was put in intensive care Thursday, nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest criminal charges brought against him by Senegal’s government, his party said.

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Nigeria’s President Appoints New Cabinet

By Aanu Adeoye | Financial Times

Nigeria’s president on Wednesday evening announced a cabinet of close advisers and political loyalists as he seeks to rejuvenate a faltering economy and respond to a crisis in neighbouring Niger that has dominated the first few months of his term in office.

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