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Africa In June this year, President Emmanuel Macron announced a reduction in France's anti-jihadist Barkhane force in the Sahel after more than eight years of military presence. By MICHELE CATTANI (AFP/File)
French forces kill Islamic State's boss in Sahel 4 HOURS AGO AFRICA

Africa

Algeria Protesters outside the headquarters of French-language newspaper 'Liberte' in April. By - (AFP/File)
Algerian journalist ordered held in custody SEP 15, 2021 ALGERIA

Algeria

Angola Jose Filomeno dos Santos, the son of the former Angolan president, was jailed for five years on graft charges. By Joao da Fatima (AFP)
Angola's ex-president home after two years in Spain SEP 14, 2021 ANGOLA

Angola

Benin The freshwater swamp forest of Hlanzoun is one of the last of its kind in Benin and is at risk of disappearing. By Yanick Folly (AFP)
Benin's rare swamp forest 'at risk of disappearing' JUL 31, 2021 BENIN

Benin

Botswana Botwana Boxing Association Appoints Taolo Tlouetsile as Secretary General
Botwana Boxing Association Appoints Taolo Tlouetsile as Secretary Gene... SEP 15, 2021 BOTSWANA

Botswana

Burkina Faso © UNHCR/Romain Desclous
Hundreds of civilians killed, thousands displaced in jihadist attacks ... SEP 14, 2021 BURKINA FASO

Burkina Faso

Burundi Observers had hoped that Ndayishimiye's government would help the country turn a corner and improve its human rights record. By Brian ONGORO (AFP/File)
Burundi rights abuses worsening under new govt: UN 6 HOURS AGO BURUNDI

Burundi

Cameroon © Wikimedia/CC/Atabong Armstrong
How the water crisis in one town in english speaking Cameroon is hitti... SEP 13, 2021 CAMEROON

Cameroon

Central African Republic Refugees from the CAR city of Bangassou fled to Ndu in neighbouring DR Congo after a rebel offensive in January. By ALEXIS HUGUET (AFP)
UN warns over rights abuses in C.Africa AUG 4, 2021 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Central African Republic

Chad Chad has seen several bouts of unrest since a junta took charge in the April death fighting rebels of former president Idriss Deby Itno. By Djimet WICHE (AFP)
Hundreds demonstrate against Chad junta SEP 11, 2021 CHAD

Chad

Congo This is the latest in a series of allegations of sexual crimes involving peacekeepers. By FLORENT VERGNES (AFP/File)
UN withdraws Gabon peacekeepers from Central Africa over sex abuse cla... 21 HOURS AGO CONGO

Congo

Egypt Ethiopia has been filling the reservoir behind its huge dam on the Blue Nile for the past two years, as talks with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan drag on. By Handout (Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/AFP/File)
Egypt, Sudan back resumed Nile dam talks as UN urges deal 6 HOURS AGO EGYPT

Egypt

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