Hillary Orinde

Loves news. I love what I do. Southern Africa reporter @AFP. Ex Nairobi. Powered by milk 🥛 and chapati.

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

Let me fall if I must fall. The person I become will catch me.

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

@PolyniPolycarp @pepeta_bet 😞😥

[Jeanette Chabalala 🇿🇦 @J_chabalala]

The ANC's worst election result ever. Just 30.76%. What a drop. #LGE2026Results

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

South Africa's @MYANC slumps to 30.76% of votes in worst-ever election result: electoral commission

[Modern Ghana @modernghanaweb]

Five takeaways from South Africa municipal vote https://t.co/uVCAuxE5RS

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

Cinq enseignements à tirer des élections municipales en Afrique du Sud

@afpfr

https://t.co/I7622yC4tU

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

Here are five things to know from from South Africa's municipal vote which have proved a pivotal test for @MYANC.

✍🏾 by your truly and @J_chabalala for @AFP.

#LGE2026 #wozalge2026

https://t.co/ZBwLF4YDEq

[Bloomberg @business]

Kenya allegedly spent $900 million more than it should have for a Chinese-built railway because of rampant corruption, fraud and graft https://t.co/m3ImGNT5lV

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

South African President @CyrilRamaphosa has said that Democrats' routing of Republicans in the US midterm elections could help thaw strained relations between Pretoria and Washington.

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

Go out and vote South Africa! #LGE2026

[Jeanette Chabalala 🇿🇦 @J_chabalala]

Guys, not voting is nothing to be proud of. You can't keep complaining about the state of your municipalities, the lack of service delivery and things not working, but then choose not to vote. Please DO BETTER!!!!! Go out and vote.

#LGE2026

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

South Africans vote today in a closely watched #LGE2026, with parties battling for control of major cities in a contest expected to offer a measure of the national mood before the next national polls.

@AFP is on the ground in every major city, covering every moment of the vote.

[Hillary Orinde @OrindeHillary]

#BREAKING US to exclude South Africa and Rwanda from AGOA.

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Africa's latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 5,300 people, the vast majority of them in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to @AfricaCDC.

[Aly-Khan Satchu @alykhansatchu]

Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, will all house more than 10 million people, the generally accepted definition of a megacity. Luanda’s population may top 20 million.
https://t.co/0V72przFWn

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US has approved the generic version of breakthrough HIV prevention shot lenacapavir

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Kenya’s year-on-year inflation rose to 7.3% in October, up from 6.8% in September. The last time inflation reached this level was in July 2023.

https://t.co/ovetQc4o8p

[Bronwen Roberts @BronwenAFP]

Service delivery failures are a major theme of South Africa's November 4 local government elections @afp
https://t.co/zyKTu8THxb

[Dylan Gamba @dylangamba]

Au moins 14 personnes ont été tuées, dont des enfants, dans plusieurs frappes de drones jeudi sur un camp de déplacés situé à environ 400 km de la capitale éthiopienne, Addis Abeba, dans la région de l'Amhara (nord), ont affirmé vendredi trois témoins #AFP

[Jeanette Chabalala 🇿🇦 @J_chabalala]

Gen Fannie Masemola says they have identified 331 high-risk voting stations across the country. KwaZulu-Natal has the highest number of high-risk voting stations, with 165 identified across the province. #Elections #KZN

[Jeanette Chabalala 🇿🇦 @J_chabalala]

JUST IN: Acting Police Minister has submitted a Cabinet memorandum proposing the appointment of Lieut-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as the national head of the Hawks.

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Volkswagen makes 5.8-bn-euro loss as Chinese competition bites