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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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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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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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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,
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroonians are still waiting for President Paul Biya to announce a government reshuffle and appoint a vice president, weeks after he returned to the country on August 20 following approximately 10 weeks
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau’s military leader, General Horta N’tam, has dismissed Lieutenant-General Sadji Fati, a former defence minister and close associate of ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the latest move to remove officials linked
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Nigeria’s education debate has been jolted by two figures released in recent weeks: about ₦267 billion in previously released basic-education intervention funds remained unutilised as of August 2026, while around 70 per cent of primary-school-age
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ACCRA, Ghana — Ghana is preparing to formally apply for membership of BRICS after President John Dramani Mahama’s Cabinet approved the move, as Accra seeks to diversify its international economic partnerships and expand opportunities for
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OWERRI, Nigeria — Twenty prospective members of Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been rescued after spending a week in captivity following their abduction in southeastern Nigeria, police said. The graduates were kidnapped on
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s medical workers’ union has called for urgent measures to protect health professionals after the country confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease, a form of Ebola, in a Kenyan
