Congress certifies Joe Biden’s victory after deadly attack at Capitol.
US lawmakers have certified Joe Biden’s election victory, hours after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an attack that saw four people die.
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Cabo Delgado residents decry rise in attacks
People in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado are complaining that the security forces are not doing enough to protect them from Islamist attacks.
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Donald Trump is first US president to be impeached twice
President Trump's trial in the Senate will not take place until after Joe Biden is inaugurated as the new US president next week, but...
Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey targets Commonwealth Secretary-General job
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, to contest the position of Secretary-General...
US ‘to buy 500 million Covid vaccine doses for world’
US President Joe Biden’s administration will provide 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to about 100 countries over the next two years,...
Kamala Harris visits US border amid migrant crisis
Kamala Harris has made her first trip as vice-president to the nation's southern border as the White House grapples with political pressure over a...
How Gambia is grappling with gruesome past under Yahya Jammeh
The 'peace-loving' country grappling with a gruesome past
Gambia's truth commission has revealed tales of murder and torture that jar with Gambians' self image.
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Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni declared election winner
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote fraud by his main rival Bobi Wine.
Mr Museveni won...
Niger’s Mahamadou Issoufou – why he won a $5m prize
To win the 2020 Ibrahim award for African leadership, and the $5m (£3.6m) prize attached to it, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou had to leave...
Nigeria kidnappings: The Chibok captive who defied Boko Haram
Mass kidnappings of children in Nigeria have been making global headlines recently and this has been hard to watch for a young woman who...
