KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Hundreds of men took to the streets of Kisumu, an opposition stronghold and centre of major political unrest a decade ago, to vent their rage on Wednesday over provisional results that put President Uhuru Kenyatta well ahead in Kenya's election race.
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame won 98.8 percent of the vote in last week's election, more than initially indicated, the central African country's electoral body said on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Jacob Zuma has survived a no-confidence vote in the South African parliament but the episode has exposed rifts in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) that could affect his ability to influence the choice of its next leader.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday the election commission's computers had been hacked and fake results posted online to show President Uhuru Kenyatta with a strong lead in what he described as "massive" fraud.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government plans to build a $1 billion university named after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, the higher education minister said on Wednesday, a move that was quickly cricitised by the opposition as a waste of resources.
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Police in one location of the western Kenyan city of Kisumu fired live rounds on Wednesday to disperse stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who claims this week's elections were rigged, a Reuters witness said.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Twenty people escaped custody after assaulting police officers at the courthouse in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, justice official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on police in the West African country.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for South Africa's parliament to be dissolved and a national election to be held, one day after its no-confidence motion in President Jacob Zuma was defeated.
ACCRA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation fell a third consecutive time this year to 11.9 percent in July from 12.1 percent the previous month as the local cedi currency stabilized, the statistics office said on Wednesday. The major commodity exporter is aiming to narrow inflation to 11.2 percent by the end of the year to restore economic stability under a three-year assistance programme with the International Monetary Fund.
ACCRA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Ghana's annual consumer price inflation fell to 11.9 percent in July from 12.1 percent the previous month, the statistics office said on Wednesday. The major commodity exporter is aiming to narrow inflation to 11.2 percent by the end of the year as part of a drive to restore macroeconomic stability under a three-year assistance programme with the International Monetary Fund. (Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo; Editing by Nellie Peyton and Alison Williams)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Four Egyptian policeman were killed on Wednesday when gunmen fired at a patrol car in the northern Sinai city of al-Arish, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga published his own party's assessment of the count from this week's presidential vote on Wednesday, saying he had a large margin over President Uhuru Kenyatta.
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan police fired tear-gas on Wednesday at a group of 100 chanting supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, shortly after their political leader claimed "massive" fraud in this week's elections, a Reuters witness said.
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian armed forces killed two Islamist militants including a senior commander in a mountain raid near the western border with Algeria late on Tuesday, security sources said.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected early results of a presidential election on Wednesday that showed he was losing to incumbent and long-time rival Uhuru Kenyatta, stoking fears that his disgruntled supporters could take to the streets.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count on Wednesday with 85 percent of polling stations reporting, the election commission said.
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