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Gabon junta promises free elections in August 2025
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Floods Kill at Least 31 in Somalia as U.N. Releases $25 Million Humanitarian Aid Package
Mogadishu has been ravaged by downpours that.
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Fighting resumes in Mali between army and rebel groups in key northern area
Fighting resumed Sunday between the Malian army and Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in the country's northern region, military officers and elected officials said.
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Kenyan leader accused of breaking de-dollarization promise
South African opposition figure Julius Malema says William Ruto’s actions contradict a proposal to remove the US currency in trade
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King Charles III says 'no excuse' for colonial atrocities during Kenya visit
King Charles III said Tuesday there could be “no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans as he visited the country, but did not offer the apology demanded by some in the East African nation.
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Biden expels four African nations from trade program
The Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger, and Uganda have supposedly violated the terms of America’s flagship initiative
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Liberia ends voting in presidential election with no winner
President George Weah, a former football star, will face main rival Joseph Boakai in a November runoff, the electoral commission has announced
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EU sets up sanctions for Niger coup leaders, while US wants to be “pragmatic”
The punitive measures, the European Union council claims, contribute to efforts to prompt a return to constitutional order in Niamey
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Chad sex tape scandal leads to government resignations
The African nation’s defense minister and the government’s general secretary had to leave their posts over the incident
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Desperate to Flee Africa, Migrants Accidentally Stow Away on Ships to Brazil
African arrivals tricked to believe they were headed for U.S. or Europe
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Wife of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo jailed
The wife of Gabon's deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba, under house arrest since a coup in the central African country in late August, has been jailed, her lawyer said on Thursday.
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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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