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DRC court declares Tshisekedi president

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2019

DR Congo’s top court Sunday declared Felix Tshisekedi president after disputed elections, outraging opponents who alleged a stitch-up as an African Union delegation prepared to head to the volatile country. Announcing the final results of the much-delayed poll, the Constitutional Court threw

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Breaking: Attack on UN base in Mali kills eight peacekeepers

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2019

Gunmen killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an attack Sunday on one of their bases in northern Mali, said a source close to the MINUSMA force. “According to a new toll, still provisional, at least eight peacekeepers have been killed,” the source said. The attacked happened early Sunday at the Aguelhok base 200 […]

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World celebrates Kenyan SAS hero who ‘storm hotelon his own to take on terrorists’

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2019

A bold member of Kenyan Special Anti-terrorist Squad, SAS is being celebrated world wide as hero after video and pictures of him emerged storming into a hotel in Kenya alone to save hostages and take on gunmen during a terror attack. READ SUN NEWSPAPER UK While others were seeing taken refuge for safety to first […]

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Breaking: Investigative journalist murdered in Ghana

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2019

A Ghanaian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been shot dead in the capital Accra, police said Thursday. Ahmed Husein was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose probe led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Dozens of football referees and […]

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Breaking: French government activates plan for No-Deal Brexit

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2019

The French government has activated its plans for handling the effects of a no-deal Brexit, which has become “less and less unlikely”, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Thursday. Speaking after a ministerial meeting called to discuss the British parliament’s rejection of the divorce deal negotiated with the EU, Philippe said: “I have taken the decision […]

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Ghana armoury suffers explosion, sends shrapnel into homes

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2019

Ghana’s Base Ammunition Depot, Michel Camp, Tema, early Wednesday witnessed a series of explosions, which sent shrapnel into the homes of residents within its vicinity. The explosion at the armoury, which is the base of the  First Infantry Battalion of the Ghana Armed Forces, was triggered by fire, reports Graphic. Graphic reports that residents of Gbestile, Kakasunanka,