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Africa today at a glance

Sunday September 23 2018
Ferry

People carry a coffin on the banks of Lake Victoria as rescue workers search for victims on September 22, 2018, a day after the ferry MV Nyerere capsized, causing the deaths of more than 200 people. PHOTO | AFP

Tanzanians bury kin

Scores of families prepare to bury victims of Tanzania's devastating ferry disaster, with more than 200 confirmed dead after the crowded vessel capsized in Lake Victoria.

Angolan ex-minister held

Angolan former Transport minister Augusto da Silva Tomás held at São Paulo prison awaiting charges over corruption during his tenure in office.

New-look Ethiopia party

Ethiopia's Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO), one of the four member parties of the ruling coalition Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), rebrands itself as the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP).

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Cameroon poll campaigns

Campaigns for Cameroon's October 7 presidential election continue having officially began on Saturday with supporters of incumbent President Paul Biya defying threats from separatists to keep off Bamenda in the crisis-hit Northwest region.

Moukandjo exits the den

Cameroon Indomitable Lions captain Benjamin Moukandjo announces his retirement from the national team weeks after new head coach Clarence Seedorf left him out of his squad.

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