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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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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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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities have barred ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló from returning to the country, days before he was expected to come back from exile and prepare to contest December’s presidential election.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso has marked four years since Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power, with supporters gathering in Ouagadougou to celebrate the military government’s record while the country continues to face a persistent
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President Bola Tinubu’s Independence Day address presents Nigeria as a country moving from painful reform to prosperity. The evidence from insecurity, poverty, food prices and human development suggests that the harder test is still ahead:
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau's ousted former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he will return to the country and contest the presidential election scheduled for December 6, setting up a potentially significant political test as the
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MINNA, Nigeria — Protests erupted in Niger State after at least 33 people detained during raids on suspected illegal gold-mining sites were found dead while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s political parties are turning their attention to younger voters ahead of the September 23 legislative election, placing jobs, affordable housing and living costs at the centre of their campaigns as they
