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A protester who fell into a coma after being wounded in protests that have shaken northern Morocco died in hospital on Tuesday, a lawyer and a judicial official said. Imad El Attabi, a 22-year-old from the northern city of Al-Hoceima, is

The government of Ghana has said it has no interest in who emerges winner in the ongoing presidential elections in Kenya. In a statement signed by Information minister Mustapha Hamid, the government said who emerges winner the polls is the sole

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived the eighth vote of no confidence – despite the ballot being held in secret. Opposition parties had hoped the secret vote would mean MPs from the governing African National Congress (ANC) might side with

Egypt is looking to reverse a series of bans on its agricultural products that has hit one of its most promising export sectors, Abdel Hamid al-Demerdash, the head of Egypt’s Agriculture Export Council told Reuters. Egyptian crops from strawberries to peppers

The U.S. is sending dozens more Marines to Afghanistan, according to three U.S. defense officials. Task Force Southwest, based in Helmand Province in southwestern Afghanistan, requested the additional Marines to help with internal force protection, the officials said. U.S. Central Command

People are voting in Kenya’s general election amid fears that the result could trigger communal violence. On the eve of the vote, President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for calm in a televised speech. He urged the 19 million registered voters to turn

The European Union Ambassador to Ghana, William Hanna, paid a working visit to Golden Exotic Limited (GEL) last week. The visit was to inspect the progress of the construction of Housing and Social Infrastructure project, in Kasunya, near Asutsuare in the

South Korean authorities told the BBC that its foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke to her North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho on Sunday on the sidelines of a forum in Manila. Tensions have escalated on the Korean peninsula in recent months