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Shock at $100,000 fee to contest Guinea elections to replace junta

Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a deposit of 875m…

Nicolas Negoce Nicolas Negoce

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate…

Farouk Chothia Farouk Chothia

Two Ghanaian ministers die in helicopter crash, along with six others

Ghana's ministers of defence and environment and six other people have died when a military helicopter crashed in the central…