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The bodies of 74 migrants have washed ashore in Libya according to Libya’s Red Crescent
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Angola's President Dos Santos anoints deputy Lourenco
Angola's long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August's poll and has announced his likely successor.
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Gambia's new President Adama Barrow arrives home
Gambia's President Adama Barrow has returned to the country to assume power - days after his predecessor Yahya Jammeh left to go into exile.
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Gambia crisis: Senegal troops 'enter' to back new president
Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country's new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said.
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Gambia crisis: Barrow sworn in in Senegal as Jammeh stays put
Adama Barrow, the man who won The Gambia's disputed election, has been sworn in as president.
No word from Gambia leader Jammeh as deadline to cede power passes
After more than two decades in power, Gambian President Yahya Jammeh faced the prospect of a military intervention by regional forces, as the man who once pledged to rule the West African nation for a billion years clung to power.
Gambia's President Jammeh refuses to leave office as deadline passes
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down despite efforts to persuade him to leave office ahead of a deadline set by Senegal.
Nigeria air strike error kills up to 100 in refugee camp
A Nigerian air force jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people near Rann in the north-east, killing up to 100 people and injuring dozens more.
The Gambia's president declares state of emergency
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends.
Amadou Gon Coulibaly named Ivory Coast’s new prime minister
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday named outgoing prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as the country's first vice-president and chose a key aide, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, as the new premier.
Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves government after polls
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday in a move that had been expected following the approval of a new constitution and parliamentary elections last month.
Electoral college voters urged to vote against Trump Monday, but most reluctant to do so
Whether they like Trump or not, and some plainly don't, scores of the Republicans chosen to cast votes in the state-capital meetings told AP they feel bound by history, duty, party loyalty or the law to rubber-stamp their state's results and make him president.
West African leaders aim to enforce Gambia election result
West African leaders promised Saturday to enforce the results of a Gambian election that was won by a little-known businessman backed by an opposition coalition but rejected by the country's longtime coup leader.
Nigeria church roof collapse kills scores of worshippers
Hospital sources said 200 others had been treated for injuries.
Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh rejects election result
Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.
How did fake US embassy operate in Ghana for a decade?
News has travelled the world that an organised gang based in Ghana ran a fake embassy selling real US visas for $6,000 (£4,700) for "about a decade". How did they get away with it for so long?
Astonishment at Gambia election result
Yahya Jammeh, The Gambia's authoritarian president of 22 years, has suffered a surprise defeat in the country's general election.
Guinea-Bissau president dissolves government
Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government on Monday in an attempt to solve a political succession crisis that has paralysed the tiny west African state.
South Africa’s Zuma survives no confidence vote after graft allegations
South African President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday, after the anti-graft watchdog called in a report for a judicial inquiry into allegations of influence-peddling in the government.
Nigerian troops rescue Chibok girl kidnapped by Boko Haram
Nigerian troops rescued a Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists more than two years ago in a raid Saturday. She had a 10-month-old baby boy born to a Boko Haram fighter, said a statement from army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman.
