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Algeria’s leader holds talks with Macron

The move comes amid strained relations between France and the North African country which began deteriorating last July

Latest Africa

France threatens to review migration pact with former colony

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has accused Algeria of disregarding the terms of the 1968 agreement between the two countries

Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as residents flee by the thousands

People flee or remain indoors as army pulls back from country's 2nd-largest city

The strongman reshaping central Africa

A Rwandan-backed campaign in DR Congo exposes how Paul Kagame turned his genocide-scarred country into a belligerent military force

France’s bitter retreat from west Africa

The danger is a security void now opens up

French foreign ministry says Rwanda fighters must leave DR Congo ‘immediately’

A French government spokesman on Thursday demanded the departure from DR Congo of Rwandan forces and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters from the east of the country. “The sovereignty and territorial integrity of DR Congo are not up for negotiation,” foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said after Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot travelled to the region.

South Africa launches operation at illegal gold mine amid fears many dead

Phone video shared by mining NGO appears to show dozens of wrapped bodies in underground tunnel

South Africa police find 26 naked Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers

Three people arrested after group escapes Johannesburg house by breaking a window and burglar bar

'Time to move on': France faces gradual decline of influence in Africa

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards strengthening its own military forces. This move follows broader trends across West Africa, with nations like Senegal and Chad also reevaluating their defence partnerships and asserting greater sovereignty.

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Jailbreak in Mozambique as post-election violence escalates

The African state’s police say protesters have forcibly removed 1,534 prisoners from their cells

Israel shuts down embassy in EU countru

West Jerusalem has accused Ireland of “crossing every red line” in its stance towards the war in Gaza

Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty. Faye swept to power in the March elections. 

Can this African nation find balance between BRICS and NATO?

With its economy in crisis, Kenya is now looking beyond the West

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