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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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'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.
Jailbreak in Mozambique as post-election violence escalates
The African state’s police say protesters have forcibly removed 1,534 prisoners from their cells
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Israel shuts down embassy in EU countru
West Jerusalem has accused Ireland of “crossing every red line” in its stance towards the war in Gaza
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Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty. Faye swept to power in the March elections.
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Can this African nation find balance between BRICS and NATO?
With its economy in crisis, Kenya is now looking beyond the West
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Mali fires prime minister
The military government has named Abdoulaye Maiga as Choguel Kokalla Maiga’s replacement
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Niger bans European NGO
The African state’s interior ministry says it has revoked Acted’s license but has not provided a reason for the action
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