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Botswana president concedes election, ending governing party's six-decade rule
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded election defeat on Friday after preliminary results showed that his party – which had been in power for 58 years – failed to win enough seats to govern. Masisi’s presidency was marred by high unemployment and allegations of corruption, nepotism and mismanagement.
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Nigerian leader sacks officials in major reshuffle
President Bola Tinubu has also scrapped several ministries, including national sports, as part of cost-cutting measures
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Controversial West African activist Kemi Seba detained in Paris
Kemi Seba, a controversial African activist known for his virulent anti-Western stance, has been arrested in Paris, a source close to the case told AFP Tuesday.
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Egypt supplies more arms to ‘brotherly’ neighbor
Somalia has won Cairo’s support against Ethiopia, which both accuse of threatening regional security
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Inside Somaliland, the state eager to become the world’s next country
As it chases recognition, an uprising in the east has challenged its authority
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Nigerians outraged by president’s new plane
The bodies of a billionaire tech tycoon and his teenage daughter have been pulled from the water after divers discovered them in the wreckage of his superyacht.
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Nigeria sports under scrutiny after 'disastrous' Olympics
Abuja (AFP) – After Nigeria failed to win any medals in the Olympics, sporting officials are under pressure from accusations of incompetence and calls for reform over what the sports minister branded a "disastrous outcome" in Paris.
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African state breaks off diplomatic relations with Ukraine
Mali has accused Kiev of violating its sovereignty and supporting international terrorism
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Nigerian leader demands end to violent protests
Bola Tinubu has warned that his government will not stand idly by while people with a “political agenda” tear the country apart
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East African nation bans Ethiopian Airlines flights
The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority has halted all routes of the neighboring country’s flagship carrier
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Namibia turns the visa tables on Western nations
Why tourists who flock to see the country's beautiful landscapes will have to get a visa from next year.
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East African state’s leader seeking to extend 24-year tenure
Paul Kagame, who has held the presidency in Rwanda since 2000, is expected to win decisively
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Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso: How a triumvirate of military leaders are redrawing West Africa’s map
The military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a treaty of confederation Saturday bringing together 72 million people into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). It’s a decision, they say, that will not only allow the three nations to wipe the scourge of jihadist violence from their countries, but to build a new economic alliance that will reshape West Africa.
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West African bloc finds mediator for talks with Sahel breakaways
The ECOWAS has mandated Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its representative to negotiate with Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso
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Kenyan cult leader faces terrorism charges for mass starvation deaths
Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa on Monday at the start of a high-profile trial over the starvation deaths of more than 400 of his followers. Mackenzie faces terrorism charges and is also accused of murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, and torturing children, along with 94 other defendants.
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Sahel military governments establish confederation
Documents detailing new-level ties between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso were signed at a summit on Saturday
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