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Morocco Appoints Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as First Woman Prime Minister

King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first woman prime minister, tasking the 50-year-old lawyer with forming a new government after her Authenticity and Modernity Party…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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DR Congo Politician Killed After Ebola Awareness Campaign in Butembo

A senior member of the ruling Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) has died after being violently attacked shortly after taking part in a radio program about Ebola prevention…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Dangote Says Africa Could Meet Most Refining Needs by 2030 as Kenya Project Begins

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote says Africa could meet most of its refined petroleum needs within the continent by 2030 as construction begins on his planned $16 billion refinery in Kenya.…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Organized Crime Drives Surge in South Africa Mass Shootings, Report Says

Organized crime and competition between criminal networks are driving a wave of mass shootings in South Africa, according to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). GI-TOC data cited…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Ousted Guinea-Bissau President Embalo Plans Return and Presidential Bid

Ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he plans to return to Guinea-Bissau and contest the presidential election scheduled for December 6, 2026, nearly a year after he was removed in…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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UN Experts Warn US Third-Country Deportations Put Migrants at Risk

More than 20 independent UN human rights experts have warned that U.S. agreements to deport migrants to countries other than their own are increasing the risk of serious human rights…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Rome Court Sentences Three Egyptian Officials to 10 Years Over Regeni Abduction

An Italian court has sentenced three Egyptian security officials to 10 years in prison for the aggravated kidnapping of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, who disappeared in Cairo in 2016 and…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Igbo Youths in Abuja Celebrate New Yam Festival, Keep Cultural Heritage Alive

Music, dancing, traditional attire and the aroma of roasted yam filled the air as members of the Igbo community in Abuja gathered to celebrate the New Yam Festival, a tradition…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Sudan Condemns US Visa Decision for Burhan as War Enters Fourth Year

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim has criticised the United States for not issuing Army Chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Tangier Mayor Held Over Suspected Electoral Fraud in Morocco

Tangier Mayor Mounir Limouri has been placed in police custody as part of an investigation into suspected electoral fraud during Morocco’s September 23 parliamentary election, a judicial source told AFP.…

Africa News Now September 29, 2026

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Traoré Marks Four Years in Power as Burkina Faso’s Sankara Comparison Grows

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is marking four years in power, renewing comparisons with revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, who governed the country for roughly the same period before…

Africa News Now September 28, 2026