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DR Congo's Tshisekedi sworn in for second term after disputed election
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Sierra Leone charges former president Koroma with treason over 'coup attempt'
Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said.
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DR Congo’s President Tshisekedi wins second term with 73% of the vote
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country's election commission said Sunday. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to massive logistical problems that put the validity of the outcome into question.
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Burundi's president says homosexuality 'imported from the West', calls for stoning gays
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of same-sex offences.
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Senegal's jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko files to run for presidency
Jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has submitted his candidacy to contest a February presidential election with the constitutional council despite the state’s refusal to provide him the necessary documents.
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Former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam elected to lead Ivory Coast opposition
Ivorian-French banker Tidjane Thiam was Friday elected leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, a victory which puts him in position to contest the next presidential election in 2025.
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Party paupers: Nigeria’s financial crisis puts the brakes on ‘Detty December’ celebrations
Lagos loves to wine, dine and dance in the month leading up to Christmas, but soaring prices and rampant inflation mean would-be revellers are staying home
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Last French troops leave Niger, ending decade of Sahel missio
The last French troops deployed in Niger left on Friday, an AFP journalist reported, marking an end to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region.
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France plans to close Niger embassy, diplomatic sources say
France is planning to close its embassy in Niger for an indefinite period as it is unable to carry out diplomatic tasks due to restrictions imposed by the ruling junta, a French embassy letter to its Niger staff dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters on Thursday showed.
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Egypt's Sisi sweeps to third presidential term with 89.6% of vote
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the Arab world's most populous country, the national election authority said Monday.
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Kenya's nationwide power blackout sparks KPLC sabotage suspicions
A power blackout that plunged Kenya into darkness on Sunday was a possible act of sabotage, a minister says.
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Mali and Niger accuse Paris of having a “hostile attitude” and violating international cooperation rules
Mali and Niger accuse Paris of having a “hostile attitude” and violating international cooperation rules
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Mauritania's ex-president jailed for corruption
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was charged alongside 10 others for various corruption-related offences.
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Guinea-Bissau president calls deadly violence 'attempted coup', as soldiers ordered back to barracks
Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Saturday said this week's deadly violence involving members of the National Guard was an "attempted coup" as the army ordered them back to barracks.
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Coup attempt in Sierra Leone
Authorities claim armed men, including serving and retired soldiers, tried to illegally overthrow the government on Sunday
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Sierra Leone government says 'calm has been restored' after armed clashes
Sierra Leone's president said most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested and normalcy had returned across the country after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown.
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Sierra Leone declares nationwide curfew after attack on Freetown army barracks
A military armoury in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown came under attack on Sunday, the government announced, as it imposed an immediate national curfew.
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Defeated George Weah hailed for his sportsmanship
Across the divide, there is relief that Liberia's leader and ex-football star conceded to his rival.
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Liberia's George Weah concedes presidential election defeat to Joseph Boakai
Liberian leader and football legend George Weah conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight presidential run-off, saying it was "time to put national interest above personal interest".
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Gabon junta promises free elections in August 2025
Gabon’s military leaders who deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba in August announced on Monday that elections would be held in August 2025 under a timetable that first foresees national dialogue.
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