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Ivory Coast's barred opposition leader says is party's only presidential candidate

Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, struck off the electoral list in a row over his nationality, told AFP Wednesday his party would not replace him as its candidate in October's presidential election.

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Niger drops French as official language

The move comes amid increasingly strained relations with Paris

Algeria’s leader holds talks with Macron

The move comes amid strained relations between France and the North African country which began deteriorating last July

South African unity government member threatens to sink budget

The DA party, which shares power with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC, vows to oppose reforms until an official agreement is reached

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Rwanda, Belgium cut ties over DR Congo conflict

Rwanda on Monday severed diplomatic ties with Belgium and expelled all Belgian diplomats from the country. A Rwandan foreign ministry statement said the European nation had "consistently undermined" Kigali "during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo". Belgium called the measure "disproportionate" and expelled Rwandan diplomats in response. 

African nation responds to Trump’s ‘insult’

Lesotho’s foreign minister says the government does not take “lightly” the US president’s comments that the country is unknown

France threatens to review migration pact with former colony

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has accused Algeria of disregarding the terms of the 1968 agreement between the two countries

Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as residents flee by the thousands

People flee or remain indoors as army pulls back from country's 2nd-largest city

The strongman reshaping central Africa

A Rwandan-backed campaign in DR Congo exposes how Paul Kagame turned his genocide-scarred country into a belligerent military force

France’s bitter retreat from west Africa

The danger is a security void now opens up

French foreign ministry says Rwanda fighters must leave DR Congo ‘immediately’

A French government spokesman on Thursday demanded the departure from DR Congo of Rwandan forces and Rwandan-backed M23 fighters from the east of the country. “The sovereignty and territorial integrity of DR Congo are not up for negotiation,” foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said after Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot travelled to the region.

South Africa launches operation at illegal gold mine amid fears many dead

Phone video shared by mining NGO appears to show dozens of wrapped bodies in underground tunnel

South Africa police find 26 naked Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers

Three people arrested after group escapes Johannesburg house by breaking a window and burglar bar

'Time to move on': France faces gradual decline of influence in Africa

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will begin withdrawing in January as part of a shift towards strengthening its own military forces. This move follows broader trends across West Africa, with nations like Senegal and Chad also reevaluating their defence partnerships and asserting greater sovereignty.

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