Mai Tadiwa was allegedly killed outside an entry gate as impatient fans pushed to enter the stadium amid poor crowd control for what was a vital match for the home side.
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Nations Cup: Zimbabwe confirm death of fan
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed the death of a female fan in a stampede outside the National Stadium in Harare, ahead of Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo. Media reports said that Mai Tadiwa was killed outside an entry gate as impatient fans pushed to enter the stadium amid poor crowd […]
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Buhari congratulates Tshisekedi on election victory
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated newly elected President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on his victory and inauguration. A statement issued by a presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President commended the Government and people of DRC for their determination and commitment to democratic principles, which resulted in the first peaceful […]
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Congo : Opposition leader challenges election result
FILE PHOTO: Martin Fayulu, Congolese opposition presidential candidate Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu says he will challenge the official election result at the country’s constitutional court, as one of his campaign aides claimed his candidate had won in a landslide. Preliminary results announced early Thursday by Congo’s electoral commission
Defeated Congo presidential candidate to challenge results in high court
The runner-up in DR Congo’s presidential elections said Friday he would appeal to the Constitutional Court for a recount as his bloc claimed he won the poll with 61 percent of the vote.
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Opposition’s Tshisekedi wins historic DRC presidential poll
The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to see its first handover of power in 18 years after opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi was Thursday named by election officials as the provisional winner of an historic presidential poll. The election’s supervisors had faced mounting pressure at home and abroad to publish the results after repeated delays […]
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AUDIO: Listen to live commentary on what led to military coup in Gabon
Violence erupts in Gabon as Ali Bongo elected again Military officers have staged a coup in Gabon, seizing the state radio station as they declared their dissatisfaction with President Ali Bongo, whose family has ruled the country for 50 years. President Ali Bongo who is currently recovering from a stroke in Morocco took over the country’s rulership […]
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UN Security Council beams searchlight on Congo election
An opposition supporter holds up a reading ‘Long live the opposition’ during a rally organised by political opposition parties in KinshasaThe UN Security Council is keeping close watch on vote counting in the presidential election in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following controversies surrounding the poll. France Ambassador to the UN
UN chief sues for peace in DR Congo ahead of polls
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on political actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to work together for a free and fair elections on Sunday. Guterres, in a statement, also encouraged all Congolese citizens to seize “this historic opportunity” to participate in the consolidation of the country’s democratic institutions. The UN […]
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Patients flee after Ebola holding centre attacked in DR Congo
Patients being monitored as possible Ebola patients fled a camp in eastern DR Congo on Thursday after it was attacked by demonstrators protesting further delays to the country’s election, the health ministry said.
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