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'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
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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
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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.
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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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Mali fires prime minister
The military government has named Abdoulaye Maiga as Choguel Kokalla Maiga’s replacement
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Niger bans European NGO
The African state’s interior ministry says it has revoked Acted’s license but has not provided a reason for the action
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Massive sex tape leak could be a ploy for power in central Africa
Dozens of videos involving a senior civil servant in Equatorial Guinea have flooded social media, shocking people in the country.
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Botswana president concedes election, ending governing party's six-decade rule
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded election defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed that his party – which had been in power for 58 years – failed to win enough seats to govern. Masisi’s presidency was marred by high unemployment and allegations of corruption, nepotism and mismanagement.
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Nigerian leader sacks officials in major reshuffle
President Bola Tinubu has also scrapped several ministries, including national sports, as part of cost-cutting measures
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Controversial West African activist Kemi Seba detained in Paris
Kemi Seba, a controversial African activist known for his virulent anti-Western stance, has been arrested in Paris, a source close to the case told AFP Tuesday.
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Egypt supplies more arms to ‘brotherly’ neighbor
Somalia has won Cairo’s support against Ethiopia, which both accuse of threatening regional security
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Inside Somaliland, the state eager to become the world’s next country
As it chases recognition, an uprising in the east has challenged its authority
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Nigerians outraged by president’s new plane
The bodies of a billionaire tech tycoon and his teenage daughter have been pulled from the water after divers discovered them in the wreckage of his superyacht.
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Nigeria sports under scrutiny after 'disastrous' Olympics
Abuja (AFP) – After Nigeria failed to win any medals in the Olympics, sporting officials are under pressure from accusations of incompetence and calls for reform over what the sports minister branded a "disastrous outcome" in Paris.
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