BLANTYRE, MALAWI Malawi’s High Court has ordered the electoral commission not to announce presidential results until ballots from a third of the voting districts have been recounted, after complaints of vote rigging.Vote tallies from three-quarters o…
Day: May 25, 2019
South Africa’s Ramaphosa Sworn Into Office
Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn into office Saturday as South Africa’s president before regional leaders and some 30,000 spectators in Pretoria, the capital.”I am humbled by the trust you have bestowed upon me,” Ramaphosa said, “and I am also aware of the ch…
Militants Kill 25 Nigerian Soldiers, Some Civilians, Sources Report
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA Islamist insurgents killed at least 25 soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in northeast Nigeria on Saturday morning, two security sources said, the second deadly attack on the army this week. Militants opened fire as th…
UN Strengthens Measures to Combat Ebola Epidemic in DR Congo
GENEVA The United Nations has drawn up new measures to strengthen its response to the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and put an end to the spread of this deadly virus, which already has claimed more than 1200 lives.The plan is…