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France seeks support for African anti-terror force despite US veto threat
Will the UN Security Council succeed in passing a resolution to create a joint counter-terrorism force by five countries in Africa’s Sahel region? The project, in large part conceived and supported by France, faces steep resistance from Washington.
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Ethiopia’s Civil Society Getting Squeezed
Two laws in particular, the Charities and Societies Proclamation and the Anti-terrorism Proclamation, both passed in 2009, have given the government wide latitude to imprison opposition members and journalists and shut down groups advocating for human rights, Carnegie found.
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Who is Saif al-Islam Gaddafi?
Slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son has been released following nearly six-years of detention.
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DR Congo: 11 dead and 900 escape in jail attack
Eight guards among the dead when armed men attack the central prison of Kangbayi in DR Congo's restive east.
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Son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, released after five years detention
SEIF al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has been released after more than five years in detention.
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Former Premier League footballer Cheick Tiote, 30, collapses & dies in training
Tributes were paid to the midfielder
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South African man ‘drugged’ and ‘raped’ by women during three day ordeal
A SOUTH African man has been left severely traumatised after he was allegedly drugged, kidnapped and raped by a trio of women over a three day rape ordeal.
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Gunmen attack bus carrying Coptic Christians south of Cairo in Egypt
Gunmen opened fire Friday on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of Cairo in Egypt killing 26 people and wounding 25, according to officials.
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At least 34 migrants drown in the Mediterranean
THE bodies of at least 34 migrants, many of them young children, have been recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast.
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Convicted Nigerian fraudster James Ibori wins £1 from UK
Convicted fraudster and former Nigerian state governor James Ibori has been awarded £1 ($1.30) for being unlawfully detained for 42 hours in the UK.
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Ivory Coast: Gunfire erupts in Abidjan, Bouake amid mutiny
Fresh unrest erupts as army press operation aimed at ending a mutiny by soldiers demanding bonus payments.
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Nigeria Chibok girls: At least 80 freed by Boko Haram
Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group have released at least 80 schoolgirls from a group of 276 they abducted in north-eastern Nigeria three years ago, officials say.
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South Africa's Jacob Zuma abandons rally after being booed
South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has abandoned a May Day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation.
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French forces kill militants in Mali forest
France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso.
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Senegal court upholds war crimes ruling against Habré
A special court in Senegal on Thursday upheld former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré's life sentence for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture, but acquitted him of rape.
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French Voters in Africa Back Macron, Reject Le Pen
Six of the seven countries are former French colonies; Rwanda was colonized by Belgium and was mainly French-speaking before the current Rwandan Patriotic Front took power following the 1994 genocide.
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Trump should revoke the visas of corrupt Nigerian rulers
Allen Grane and I have recently written a Council Special Report urging the Trump administration to make support of anti-corruption efforts by the Nigerian and South African governments a priority.
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Nigerian security thwarts Boko Haram plan to target US, UK embassies
The statement said five suspects who had been based in Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory were arrested.
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