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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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TSHWANE, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit to fully implement the country’s 2018 peace agreement as South Sudan prepares for general elections scheduled for December
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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
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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal has postponed the reopening of primary and secondary schools nationwide after days of heavy rain caused deadly flooding, damaged infrastructure and disrupted transport across several parts of the country. The academic
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BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military has re-entered the strategic northern city of Kidal after Tuareg separatist fighters withdrew following several days of air and ground operations supported by Russia’s Africa Corps. The development gives Mali’s
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Lagos, Nigeria — The Nigerian Air Force has revised the death toll from Monday’s military aircraft crash in Ondo State to 25, correcting an earlier figure of 32 people believed to have been aboard the
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RABAT, Morocco — Amnesty International has accused Morocco’s domestic intelligence service of operating an extensive surveillance system targeting journalists, human-rights defenders, activists and other government critics. In a report published on October 1, the rights
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CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea has freed opposition politician Aliou Bah after nearly two years in detention, following a presidential pardon that also benefited 216 other prisoners. President Mamadi Doumbouya granted the pardons on October 2
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EL ALAMEIN, Egypt — African leaders, financial institutions and business executives have called for greater investment within the continent as governments seek to reduce reliance on external financing and turn Africa’s economic resources into stronger
