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Kenya's President William Ruto sworn in after divisive vote
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Uhuru Kenyatta: How will Kenya's outgoing president be remembered?
When a student asked Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018 about how he would like to be remembered when he leaves office, he seemed to have been caught off-guard by the question, before singling out two things.
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William Ruto’s election victory upheld by Kenya’s supreme court
Losing candidate had lodged several petitions to have result overturned
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Kenya's Odinga mounts court challenge to presidential poll result
Dozens of boxes of evidence were unloaded from a truck outside the Supreme Court
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Somalia hotel siege: More than 20 die in al-Shabab attack
Somali security forces have said they rescued 106 people who were trapped inside a hotel that had been stormed by militants on Friday night.
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France rejects Mali's accusations that it helped arm Islamist fighters
France on Thursday denied accusations by Mali's foreign minister that the French army has provided support to Islamist groups and violated Malian airspace. Mali's relations with Paris have been deteriorating since a junta took power in an August 2020 coup, eventually culminating in the withdrawal of French troops that was completed on Monday after a nearly decade-long mission.
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Protests in Kenya as Ruto declared winner of presidential race
William Ruto was declared the winner of Kenya's close-fought presidential poll on a day of high drama Monday, with violent protests in his defeated rival's strongholds, claims of rigging and a split in the commission that oversaw the vote.
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Guinea dissolves leading opposition group amid political unrest
Guinea’s junta-appointed government has dissolved the country’s leading opposition movement, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), under a decree authenticated by AFP on Tuesday.
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15 dead in bar shooting in Soweto, say South African police
It's believed more than 1 gunman fired at patrons, police commissioner says
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France captures Islamic State group leader in Mali
French troops in Mali have captured a senior member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group, the French military said Wednesday.
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South Africa: Wealthy Gupta brothers arrested in UAE
Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the South African government has announced.
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Nigeria clash: Abuja mob burns man to death over row with Muslim cleric
Nigerian police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric.
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Protesters from far-left South Africa party tell France to 'get out of Africa'
Hundreds of protesters from a radical leftist party in South Africa marched Wednesday on the French embassy in Pretoria to demand that France leave Africa.
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Guinea to prosecute ousted president Alpha Condé for murder
Guinea said Wednesday it would prosecute former president Alpha Condé, who was toppled in a military coup last September, for murder and other crimes committed during his time in office.
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Opinion: Europe must maintain relations with Mali
The EU's decision to limit the training of Malian soldiers is correct and long overdue. But Europe must not forget Mali and leave it to its own devices, writes Dirke Köpp.
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Ukraine's bid to recruit fighters from Africa sparks uproar
Nigeria, Senegal and Algeria have criticized Ukraine's efforts to enlist international fighters as it resists a Russian invasion. Analysts say those who have responded to the call need to reconsider.
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Burkina Faso junta names prime minister for ‘transition’ period
Burkina Faso strongman Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Thursday named economist Albert Ouedraogo the new prime minister of the West African country.
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Europe's troop withdrawal leaves Mali in limbo
While France has announced the end of its military deployment to Mali, Germany's stance is not yet clear. The withdrawal of European troops increases the security risk for the Sahel region.
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France Eyes Military Withdrawal From Mali That Could Leave African Security Vacuum
European officials rush to determine how to stop the country from becoming a haven for Islamist terror groups
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Burkina Faso coup: Return of the military strongmen to West Africa
Following the military takeover in Burkina Faso, regional analyst Paul Melly considers why West Africa is seeing a new wave of coups after democracy had seemingly become entrenched in the region.
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