GABORONE -- Botswana's ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on Saturday confirmed that President Mokgweetsi Masisi will be its presidential candidate in the general elections scheduled for October.

Masisi was nominated during the party's 40th National Congress in Gaborone, the country's capital. (Botswana-Elections)

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DAR ES SALAAM -- Four people were killed, and 16 others injured in a road accident Saturday morning as they returned from a wedding ceremony in Tanzania, police said.

George Katabazi, the Dodoma regional police commander, said the accident occurred in Chamwino District, Dodoma Region at 6 a.m. when a minibus they were traveling in from the wedding collided head-on with a fuel tanker. (Tanzania-Accident-Collision)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on a cargo ship named "Groton" in the Gulf of Aden.

"In support of the Palestinians and Hamas, we carried out a military operation targeting the ship Groton in the Gulf of Aden because of its company's dealings with Israel," Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV. (Yemen-Houthis-Red Sea-Attacks)

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CAIRO -- Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met his Somali counterpart Hamza Abdi Barre here on Saturday to discuss economic and security cooperation, according to a statement from the Egyptian cabinet.

During the meeting, Madbouly emphasized that his government is "moving strongly towards supporting and strengthening economic, trade, and investment relations between Cairo and Mogadishu," read the statement. (Egypt-Somalia-Ties) Enditem

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