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CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea’s former Constitutional Court president, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for corruption-related offences in a high-profile case involving the management of public funds allocated to the
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Nigeria confirmed one imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory on 20 October 2026. The patient is a woman who recently travelled from Uganda. She developed symptoms on 7 October,
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s parliament has unanimously approved a revised penal code reinstating the death penalty for several serious offences, reversing the country’s 2018 abolition of capital punishment and raising fresh concerns about
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From Tunisia to Nigeria, Ghana and Morocco, young Africans are weighing dangerous journeys and uncertain futures abroad against unemployment, weak public services and limited opportunities at home. The figures reveal a retention crisis but they
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MPIGI, Uganda — Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan army sergeant major who became a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame, has been found beheaded in neighbouring Uganda, prompting renewed concerns about the safety of Rwandan
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CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain its leader until 2030 and selected him as its sole presidential candidate for the next election, intensifying debate over the country’s
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BANJUL, The Gambia — The Gambia has adopted its first National Dementia Plan for 2027–2031, establishing a national framework to improve awareness, early diagnosis, care and support for people living with dementia and their families.
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RABAT, Morocco — King Mohammed VI has approved the removal of Madiha Khayr, a minister delegate appointed just two days earlier as part of Morocco’s new government, following a request from Head of Government Fatima
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MBUZINI, South Africa — South Africa and Mozambique are commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Mozambican President Samora Machel, who was killed in a plane crash on South African soil on October 19,
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BAMAKO, Mali — Malian government forces and their Russian paramilitary allies have killed and wounded civilians in operations that allegedly violate international humanitarian law, while Islamist militants and separatist fighters have also committed serious abuses,
