CAPE TOWN, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – South African President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote by secret ballot in parliament Tuesday, with opponents hoping that discontented ANC lawmakers could help oust him from office. Criticism of Zuma from within the African National Congress (ANC) has grown over corruption scandals and economic woes, and the celebrated […]
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S.African MPs to cast secret ballots on Zuma
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Caribbean braces for Tropical Storm Franklin
MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (APP/AFP) – Mexico, Belize and Guatemala braced Monday for Tropical Storm Franklin, expected to make landfall overnight on the southern Mexican coast — possibly at hurricane strength. Packing sustained winds of 95 kilometers (60 miles) per hour, Franklin was heading toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, threatening the Caribbean resort town of Cancun […]
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Polls open in Kenya’s high-stakes general election: AFP
NAIROBI, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Kenyans began voting on Tuesday in general elections with a tight, bad-tempered race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his longtime rival Raila Odinga sparking fears of violence. Polls opened shortly after 6am (0300 GMT) in strongholds of both candidates around the country, according to AFP reporters.
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Kenyans begin voting in tense general elections
NAIROBI, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Kenyans began voting on Tuesday in general elections, with a tight, bad-tempered race between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his longtime rival Raila Odinga sparking fears of violence. Polls opened with varying delays after the official start at 6am (0300 GMT) in strongholds of both candidates around the country, according to […]
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Dinosaurs beheaded at Australian museum
SYDNEY, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Three model raptors at Australia’s national dinosaur museum have been beheaded by mystery vandals who scaled a fence and removed the parts using an angle grinder or hacksaw, police said Tuesday. Investigators are hunting for the attackers after the damage to the dinosaurs — which were in an outside display […]
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Gunmen kidnap 16 from bus near Nigeria’s oil hub
WARRI, Nigeria, Aug 7, (APP/AFP): Gunmen abducted 16 people from a passenger bus near southern Nigeria’s oil city of Port Harcourt on Monday, witnesses told AFP. “They blocked the road and opened fire on the bus as it approached the Emohua area, thereby forcing the driver to a stop,” said witness Tamuno George. “There were […]