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West African bloc ECOWAS says it is lifting sanctions on Niger
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West African court orders deposed Niger president be freed immediately
Niger's ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, who has been held in detention since a July 26 coup, must be freed immediately, the court of the West African bloc, ECOWAS, ordered on Friday.
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Senegal's president says he'll leave office in April, but gives no date for elections
Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn't give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday, the delay of which has caused widespread protests in the country.
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Congo’s M23 rebellion risks sparking a regional war
Goma is under a terrifying siege
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Africa's 'flying presidents' under fire for foreign trips
Since Kenya's William Ruto and Nigeria's Bola Tinubu became presidents, they have faced similar criticism over their frequent trips abroad.
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Dakar authorities ban protest march against Senegal's delayed presidential vote
A protest march called on Tuesday against Senegalese President Macky Sall's controversial move to delay this month's presidential poll to December has been postponed after authorities banned it, organisers said.
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CEO of major Nigerian bank killed in helicopter crash
The head of Access Bank Group, Herbert Wigwe, was aboard a helicopter that went down in California in the US on Friday
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Senegal protesters clash with security forces over presidential election delay
Senegalese security forces on Friday used tear gas to disperse people attempting to gather in the capital after being urged to mobilise against a last-minute delay of presidential elections.
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Senegal vote delay not ‘legitimate’, says US
The vote to delay Senegal's presidential election until December "cannot be considered legitimate", the US state department said, after the move plunged the normally stable West African nation into its worst crisis in decades.
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Senegal plunged into crisis as opposition blasts ‘democratic bankruptcy’
Senegal plunged into crisis as opposition blasts 'democratic bankruptcy'
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Kenyan court rules deployment to lead UN mission in Haiti 'illegal'
A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government's plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at restoring order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.
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New Liberian president takes office
Joseph Boakai has defeated ex-football star George Weah in a fiercely contested November election in Africa’s oldest republic
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DR Congo's Tshisekedi sworn in for second term after disputed election
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in Saturday following a disputed December election, promising to unite the Central African country during his second five-year term and to protect lives in the conflict-hit eastern region.
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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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