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ALGIERS, Algeria —Algeria’s parliament has approved the deployment of military units to neighbouring Niger to protect energy infrastructure, marking a significant shift in the North African country’s long-standing reluctance to send troops beyond its borders.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Several protesters were arrested in Nairobi’s central business district on Monday as police clashed with demonstrators protesting rising fuel prices and the growing cost of living, in a demonstration that brought renewed
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TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Unity has summoned the United States chargé d’affaires to protest remarks by President Donald Trump describing the North African country as “terror-infested”, escalating diplomatic tensions over
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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.
