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Namibia elected its first female leader as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner Tuesday of a presidential election last week that was tarnished by technical glitches that caused a three-day extension to allow votes…

Namibia's Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah could become the country’s first female president if she wins the presidential election on Wednesday. At least 1.4 million people, or about half of the population, have registered to vote…

Sudan's army says a commander from its foe the Rapid Support Forces had defected with some of his troops, the first such move by a senior figure since the two sides went to war more than 18 months ago. Supporters of the army posted…

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said, without specifying which variant had been recorded. The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy who developed symptoms last month after travelling to…

Zambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China to establish the country’s first cholera vaccine manufacturing facility. The project, announced on Monday, aims to strengthen Zambia’s fight against cholera, a disease that…

Davido secures first Billboard Hot 100 entry

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says that his country and Russia are on "a new brilliant page".  He made the comment during a foundation laying ceremony for Egypt's first nuclear plant. El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant will be…

Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the…

African leaders including Rwanda's Paul Kagame, Ghana's Nana Akuffo Adod and the African Union chiarperson Moussa Faki Mahamat attended the inauguration of the first BioNTech site in Rwanda. The German biotechnology firm seeks to set up…

A batch of 331,200 doses of RTS, S - the first malaria vaccine recommended by the UN's World Health Organization arrived at Cameroon's Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport on Tuesday 21 November 2023. Several African countries are…