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Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabehas reportedly mocked efforts by opposition parties to form a “grand coalition” to contest his Zanu-PF party in next year’s elections, saying this will lead to a “grand defeat”. According to the state-owned broadcaster ZBC, Mugabe, 93, said that the coalition would fail, as the opposition continued to chase “a mirage?”. The veteran leader said this ...

Kampala – Uganda has arrested a prominent academic for criticising the wife of President Yoweri Museveni on social media, police said Saturday. Stella Nyanzi criticised Janet Museveni, who is education minister, on Facebook after the government reneged on a campaign pledge to supply free sanitary pads to schoolgirls struggling to afford hygiene products. Police spokesperson Emilian Kayima confirmed that Nyanzi ...

Once again, there are signs of growing xenophobia in South Africa. Despite the lives lost in previous waves of violence, the country has still not learned this painful lesson. It’s a familiar escalating narrative: vigilante groups accuses foreign migrants of local crime and go on attack, the government blames “criminal elements,” the public marches against xenophobia, and little more is ...

A series of xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa have provoked an angry response in Nigeria, where protesters ransacked the offices of a South African telecoms giant Thursday. A spokesman for South African mobile phone firm MTN said that protesters in the Nigerian capital of Abuja had “vandalized equipment, stole customer phones and iPads” and attacked MTN customers at ...

By LOUIS NELSON 04/05/17 08:42 AM EDT TRUMP’S SCHEDULE: 10 a.m. The president will receive his daily intelligence briefing in the Oval Office. 11:55 a.m. The president and first lady will greet King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife Queen Rania. 12:10 p.m. The president will meet with King Abdullah II in the Oval Office. 12:30 p.m. The president ...