JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), launched its manifesto for May's general elections on Saturday with pledges to create jobs and set up an anti-corruption unit.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf was appointed first vice president and will remain the defence minister, the Sudanese presidency said on Saturday.
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - President Muhammadu Buhari and his main challenger, businessman Atiku Abubakar, cast their ballots in Nigeria's presidential election on Saturday as voting began after a week's delay in Africa's biggest economic power.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An African nun scolded Roman Catholic bishops on Saturday for many mistakes in handling the sexual abuse crisis, saying the Church had to acknowledge its "mediocrity, hypocrisy and complacency".
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed travel restrictions on five top officials from Democratic Republic of Congo, including the heads of the country's electoral body and constitutional court, accusing them of corruption during the presidential elections.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country's biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emergency on Friday and called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in a 2020 presidential election.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants on Saturday attacked a northeastern Nigerian town, forcing people to flee hours before presidential election polls were due to open, residents said.
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