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Tunisia's Saied set for landslide election win

TUNIS: President Kais Saied was poised on Monday to win Tunisia's election by a huge margin. Exit polls showed Saied, 66, expected to rout his challengers with 89 per cent of the vote. Supporters of Saied, the exit polls...

Officials check the latest updates in the vote count, in Tunis. — AFP

Fuel, cash shortages mar Nigeria's election campaign

A plan to replace old Nigerian naira notes with new ones has caused a shortage of cash and long lines outside banks. -- AFP

Pope wraps up S Sudan trip, urges end to 'blind fury' of violence

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The world’s newest country is broken and forgotten

An outdoor barbershop in Juba, South Sudan on Jan. 29, 2023. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)

Pope arrives in South Sudan for 'pilgrimage of peace'

Pope Francis disembarks a plane at Juba International Airport during his apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Tunisia's leader targeting unions to distract from failures: UGTT

Tunisia's President Kais Saied

Egyptians hope to bag bargains at book fair as crisis bites

A boy carries a load of books at the 54th Cairo International Book Fair in Cairo. - AFP

Pilgrims walk 9 days to see Pope in South Sudan

About 60 young pilgrims and spiritual leaders reach Bori village on the outskirts of Juba after walking most of the way from Rumbek, for peace ahead of Pope Francis' visit to South Sudan. -- AFP

Huge crowds welcome Pope Francis in Congo

Pope Francis boards the papal plane ahead of his apostolic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday. - Reuters

Tunisian activists decry intimidation as vote looms

President of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (Ftdes) Abderrahmane Hedhil, Secretary General, Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboub, President, Tunisian Bar Association Hatem Meziou, and President of the Tunisian Human Rights League Bassem Trifi attend a press conference to present the national rescue initiative in Tunis. - AFP

South Sudan's displaced hope pope's visit will bring peace

Lam Jock in South Sudan compound outside Juba, South Sudan. - Reuters

Tunisia president's former top aide jailed in absentia

Nadia Akacha, senior advisor to the Tunisian President in charge of Legal Affairs. -- AFP File

Al Shabaab launches attack on Somali military base

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attends a rally against the Al Shabaab group in Mogadishu. - AFP

Gas will be needed for a long time: Ministers

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Benin opposition rejects results of parliament vote

The election was marred by deadly clashes in an opposition stronghold, historic low turnout and an internet blackout. -- Reuters

French and German ministers in Ethiopia to back peace process

German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock (L), Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (C) and French Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna (R) pose for a photograph at the Prime Minister office in Addis Ababa. -- AFP
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