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The day, which started with swarms of attacks on critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital, ended with the unveiling of the 12-metre (40-feet) high artificial tree decorated with white peace doves.

Ramaphosa's re-election opens the way to a second term as South Africa's president, as the ANC have an absolute majority in parliament, which selects the head of state.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed on Monday that "explosions" had occurred in the capital.

A British government update posted earlier this month listed teachers who qualified in Zimbabwe as eligible to apply directly for "qualified status" -- allowing succesful candidates to go straight into classrooms without further training.

The engagement was reported around Bwiza, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the provincial capital Goma on M23's western front into Masisi territory.

Central Africa has been battling civil war since 2013 and is at the heart of Russia's bid for strategic influence in Africa.

The move comes as Saied's government negotiates a nearly $2-billion package from the International Monetary Fund to bail out the North African country's crippled public finances.

S.Africa's ruling party votes in tightening race for new leader

In the end, the greatest player of his generation, possibly of all time, bowed out with victory in arguably the greatest World Cup final of them all.

A Tutsi-led group that lay dormant for years, the M23 took up arms again late last year, seizing swaths of territory in North Kivu province.

It remains unclear what caused the incident at the 14-metre (26-foot) high AquaDom aquarium at around 5:50 am (0450 GMT), police said.

Ramaphosa, portraying himself as a graft-busting champion, took control of the ANC in 2017 after his boss Jacob Zuma became mired in corruption affairs.

Ethiopia does not recognise dual nationality, meaning officials there can treat US citizens of Ethiopian descent as Ethiopians, regardless of their passport.

Moscow-allied officials in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, meanwhile said they had come under some of the heaviest shelling in years from Ukrainian forces, leaving one person dead.

Forty-seven troops from a logistical support unit left Bangui airport aboard a C-130 transporter aircraft, becoming the last of a 130-person French contingent to leave the troubled country.

"The United States is all in on Africa and all in with Africa," Biden told nearly 50 African leaders who have spent three days in a wintry Washington summit that featured a gala White House dinner.

Dominic Ongwen, who was abducted aged nine by the rebel group led by the fugitive Joseph Kony, was found guilty last year of murder, rape and sexual enslavement in northern Uganda during the early 2000s.

Tunisia awaits languid election for powerless parliament

Addressing a summit that brought 49 African leaders to the Washington cold, Biden avoided uttering China's name but made clear the United States would take a different approach.

Holders France stayed on course to become the first team in 60 years to successfully defend the trophy thanks to goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani at Al Bayt Stadium.

The case filed in Kenya's High Court on Wednesday by two individuals and a rights group says Meta responded inadequately to hateful content on its platform, especially in relation to the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.

Microsoft president Brad Smith said that the company has been impressed by its engineers in Nairobi and Lagos.

Iranian pro-democracy activists hailed the expulsion of the Islamic republic from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term.

Mirjana Spoljaric, who took over at the ICRC in October, cited Somalia as a country of particular concern.

De Ruyter, a former packaging executive who took over as CEO in 2020, will stay on until the end of March next year to give the firm time to look for a successor, Mpho Makwana, the chairman of Eskom's board said in a statement.

Visiting Washington for a US-Africa summit, Sisi raised the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met a day earlier with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) said the five-year program aimed at bringing electricity as well as internet access to at least 10,000 health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa.

Tedros held a press conference with the UN correspondents' association on Wednesday. At the very end, he revealed he had been on the verge of cancelling the event "because it was a difficult moment for me".

Ghana signed a $3 billion bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday in a bid to shore up public finances, but economic stability is still a way off.