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Africa Mali's military government, headed by Colonel Assimi Goita, has adopted a timetable for holding elections. By ANNIE RISEMBERG AFPFile
West African bloc studies sanctions for coup-hit states 10 HOURS AGO AFRICA

Africa

Algeria Young Algerians hang their country's national flag on buildings in the capital on July 6, 1962, a day after the North African country won its independence from France following an eight-year war. By - AFPFile
Independent Algeria turns 60, but colonial-era wounds remain JUL 2, 2022 ALGERIA

Algeria

Angola Dos Santos was taken to a Barcelona hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit. By ALAIN JOCARD AFP
Angola's dos Santos 'critical' after cardiac arrest: family JUL 1, 2022 ANGOLA

Angola

Benin Beninese and international graffiti artists are hoping the mural will become the world's largest. By YANICK FOLLY AFP
Graffiti brings Benin's walls alive with treasures from past MAY 21, 2022 BENIN

Benin

Botswana Security guards arrive for their shift at a power station outside Gaborone, Botswana, on November 23, 2015. Journalists in Botswana said they will remain vigilant after the passage of a new surveillance law in February 2022. ReutersSiphiwe Sibeko
Botswana journalists remain ‘vigilant’ under new surveillance law MAY 5, 2022 BOTSWANA

Botswana

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso journalist Ahmed Newton Barry was recently named in a threatening voice clip circulating online. Photo: Ahmed Newton Barry
Burkina Faso journalist Ahmed Newton Barry threatened JUL 1, 2022 BURKINA FASO

Burkina Faso

Burundi Huge leap: The centuries-old royal drum ritual was given world heritage status by UNESCO in 2014. By Yasuyoshi Chiba AFP
Burundi drummers forced to dance to official beat JUN 22, 2022 BURUNDI

Burundi

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Killings, kidnappings, stripping girls naked part of Cameroon separati... JUN 28, 2022 CAMEROON

Cameroon

Central African Republic The Central African Republic is the second poorest country in the world, according to the UN's Human Development Index. By FLORENT VERGNES AFP
C.Africa's leap into bitcoin leaves its people bemused MAY 8, 2022 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Central African Republic

Chad IOM staff provide food and non-food assistance to mine workers affected by the clashes in Northern Chad. Photo: IOM 2022
Thousands Need Urgent Help as Gold Rush Fuels Clashes in Northern Chad... JUN 23, 2022 CHAD

Chad

Congo The cost of medicine in Africa is a major issue -- everyday drugs are widely imported. By Barbara DEBOUT AFP
DR Congo drug manufacturing plan sparks safety concerns 15 HOURS AGO CONGO

Congo

Egypt Residents of the roughly 30 houseboats that remain moored on the Cairo banks of Egypt's iconic river last week received a notice, giving them less than two weeks to evacuate their homes before they would be ripped away to be demolished. By Khaled DESOUKI AFP
Cairo's floating heritage risks being towed away by grand projects JUN 30, 2022 EGYPT

Egypt

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