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Football legend Weah eyes second presidential term as Liberia votes
Liberians began voting Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.
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France begins withdrawing its troops from Niger
France has begun withdrawing its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the leaders of the July coup that ousted the pro-Paris president, the military said Tuesday.
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Ivory Coast president removes prime minister, dissolves government
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has removed the prime minister and dissolved his government, the presidency's secretary general Aboudramane Cisse said on Friday.
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French army says it will begin withdrawing troops from Niger 'this week'
French troops will begin withdrawing from Niger "this week", Paris said Thursday, after a falling-out with the military junta in power since a July coup.
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Niger has kicked out the French, but Paris isn’t out of imperialist tricks yet
Niamey has won big against neo-colonialism, but its enemies could now resort to a covert technique they've already used in Africa.
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Wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo charged with 'money laundering'
The wife of Gabon’s ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with “money laundering” and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after her husband was toppled in a coup.
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Macron says France to withdraw ambassador and troops from Niger after coup
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country after its democratically elected president was deposed in a coup.
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Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula: 'Why we hate foreigners'
South African anti-migrant group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members of the country's most-prominent anti-migrant street movement.
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Former French colonies create military alliance
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have signed a Sahel security pact
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Libya flood: investigation opened as hopes of finding survivors fade
Prosecutors to investigate collapse of dams as rescue effort continues a week after catastrophic deluge
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Niger holding ambassador ‘hostage’ – France
President Macron lamented that the envoy in Niamey has been reduced to military rations
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Nationwide blackout as Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses again
Nigeria has again been thrown into darkness after the national grid system, operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from Osogbo in Osun State collapsed.
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In Morocco’s quake-decimated villages, rescuers find only bodies
The government was also working on a plan, in line with directives from the Royal Palace, to begin reconstruction efforts and compensate people who lost their homes, a statement read.
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Veteran South African apartheid-era politician and Zulu prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi dies aged 95
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a towering figure in South African politics and outspoken Zulu chief, has died at the age of 95.
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In pictures: Powerful earthquake kills hundreds in Morocco
‘There is no one here to help pull the dead from under the destruction,’ says woman whose house was destroyed
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Over 800 killed in deadliest earthquake to hit Morocco in decades
The magnitude-6.8 quake was the hardest to hit Morocco in 120 years.
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Morocco earthquake: hundreds dead, says government, as buildings fall and people flee homes
Heritage-listed old city in Marrakech among areas hit in quake measuring at least 6.8 and centred in High Atlas mountains
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Mali: At least 49 civilians reported dead in attack on river boat
Islamist militants have attacked a river boat in north-eastern Mali, killing at least 49 civilians, the interim government says.
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Gabon coup leader sworn in as 'transitional' head of state
The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon's President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president by constitutional court judges on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to solidify the junta's grip on power.
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