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Senegal kicks off shortened election campaign after vote postponement crisis
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Senegal sets March 24 as new date for delayed presidential election
Senegalese President Macky Sall has scheduled a delayed presidential election for March 24, the government said on Wednesday, after a top court ruled that a proposal to hold the vote after his mandate expires on April 2 was unconstitutional.
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Chad opposition leader killed in army attack on party headquarters, govt says
A leading opponent of Chad's ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
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Thousands of Nigerians protest soaring costs
Abuja (AFP) – Thousands of Nigerians rallied against soaring living costs on Tuesday as the worst economic crisis in a generation leaves many struggling to afford food.
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Senegal's Macky Sall proposes amnesty bill to calm election-linked turmoil
Senegal's President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections.
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Guinea's capital Conakry grinds to a halt as general strike begins
Guinea's capital came to a standstill Monday on the first day of an open-ended general strike in a key test for the junta that seized power in 2021 and banned demonstrations while muzzling critics.
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ECOWAS is internally weak – Kenyan analyst
The bloc has delivered nothing for West Africa, Ken Bosire has told RT
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West African bloc ECOWAS says it is lifting sanctions on Niger
West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS has lifted travel, commercial and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing the coup staged in the country last year, a senior official announced Saturday.
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West African court orders deposed Niger president be freed immediately
Niger's ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held in detention since a July 26 coup, must be freed immediately, the court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, ordered on Friday.
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Senegal's president says he'll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections
Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn't give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday, the delay of which has caused widespread protests in the country.
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Africa's 'flying presidents' under fire for foreign trips
Since Kenya's William Ruto and Nigeria's Bola Tinubu became presidents, they have faced similar criticism over their frequent trips abroad.
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Dakar authorities ban protest march against Senegal's delayed presidential vote
A protest march called on Tuesday against Senegalese President Macky Sall's controversial move to delay this month's presidential poll to December has been postponed after authorities banned it, organisers said.
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CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in helicopter crash
The head of Access Bank Group, Herbert Wigwe, was aboard a helicopter that went down in California in the US on Friday
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Senegal protesters clash with security forces over presidential election delay
Senegalese security forces on Friday used tear gas to disperse people attempting to gather in the capital after being urged to mobilise against a last-minute delay of presidential elections.
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Senegal vote delay not ‘legitimate’, says US
The vote to delay Senegal's presidential election until December "cannot be considered legitimate", the US state department said, after the move plunged the normally stable West African nation into its worst crisis in decades.
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Senegal plunged into crisis as opposition blasts ‘democratic bankruptcy’
Senegal plunged into crisis as opposition blasts 'democratic bankruptcy'
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Kenyan court rules deployment to lead UN mission in Haiti 'illegal'
A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government's plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at restoring order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.
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