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Ivory Coast leader seeks fourth term after rivals sidelined
Opponents including ex-Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam are barred from standing in October vote
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Muhammadu Buhari failed to build a better Nigeria, twice
A dictator, then a democratic president, he died on July 13th, aged 82
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Congo and Rwanda Sign a Peace Accord in Washington
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace deal, aiming to end one of the world’s most pernicious conflicts and open their shared stretch of East African mineral wealth to U.S. investment.
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Kenyans Return to the Streets a Year After Deadly Tax Protests
The police fired tear gas at demonstrators who were expressing anger at the government over growing economic hardship and a lack of accountability for killings at earlier rallies.
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Four Ivory Coast opposition figures barred from October presidential election
Four major opposition figures will be unable to contest Ivory Coast's October presidential election, the country's electoral commission announced Wednesday, having been struck from the final voter list.
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Nigeria cracks down on ‘spraying’ money at parties to defend currency
Authorities are jailing people for throwing cash at parties after 70% fall in naira’s value over two years
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Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa over genocide claims in testy White House meeting
US President Donald Trump confronted South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with contentious claims that Ramaphosa's government is conducting a "White genocide". A video clip of a fringe group of extremist Black South Africans addressing the land ownership issue was screened at the Oval Office, prompting Ramaphosa to push back against Trump’s accusations, saying his government was opposed to such actions.
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Why South Africa’s president could be walking into an Oval Office ‘buzzsaw’
Cyril Ramaphosa wants to talk trade. But President Trump remains fixated on his country’s racial politics.
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Can Mandela's former negotiator fix fractious relations with Trump?
The South African president will try to reset relations with the US in a high-stakes White House meeting on Wednesday.
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South Africa scraps VAT increase in dramatic U-turn after coalition rift
Finance minister forced into climbdown on tax rise after bitter fight with governing partner
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Ivory Coast's barred opposition leader says is party's only presidential candidate
Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, struck off the electoral list in a row over his nationality, told AFP Wednesday his party would not replace him as its candidate in October's presidential election.
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DR Congo seizes assets of former president
Joseph Kabila has been accused of high treason and direct participation in rebel aggression against the African state’s government
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France expels 12 Algerian diplomats
The tit-for-tat move comes after the North African country accused Paris of “disgraceful” behavior
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Niger drops French as official language
The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris
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