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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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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.

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

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.

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

France expels 12 Algerian diplomats

The tit-for-tat move comes after the North African country accused Paris of “disgraceful” behavior

Niger drops French as official language

The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris

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

South African unity government member threatens to sink budget

The DA party, which shares power with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC, vows to oppose reforms until an official agreement is reached

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Rwanda, Belgium cut ties over DR Congo conflict

Rwanda on Monday severed diplomatic ties with Belgium and expelled all Belgian diplomats from the country. A Rwandan foreign ministry statement said the European nation had "consistently undermined" Kigali "during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Belgium called the measure "disproportionate" and expelled Rwandan diplomats in response. 

African nation responds to Trump’s ‘insult’

Lesotho’s foreign minister says the government does not take “lightly” the US president’s comments that the country is unknown

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

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