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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
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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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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia has escalated its diplomatic confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea, announcing the closure of its embassy in Asmara and ordering Eritrean diplomats to leave the country, while also expelling an Egyptian diplomat
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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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FORT PORTAL, Uganda — Uganda's Tooro Kingdom has enthroned former television news anchor Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as its new king, bringing a contested succession process to a ceremonial conclusion following the death of King Oyo
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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as its first woman prime minister, marking a historic change in the country's political leadership just days after parliamentary elections that were marked by low
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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
