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Following a July coup, the West African regime in mid-March denounced a 2012 cooperation with the US. By - AFP

Thousands protest in Niger for US troops to leave

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Thousands of people in Niger's capital on Saturday protested for the immediate d ...

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Senegal opposition candidate Faye leads initial presidential election tallies

Mar 25, 2024 | Popular News

Supporters of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye were celebrating in the ...

Protesters urge US troops to leave Niger during a demonstration in Niamey on April 13, 2024. By - AFPFile

US agrees to pull troops from key drone host Niger: officials

Apr 20, 2024 | Popular News

The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Nige ...

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Briton set to complete epic Africa run

Apr 7, 2024 | Popular News

A British man on a quest to run the length of Africa is set to complete his mamm ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye was freed from prison just 10 days before the presidential election. By John WESSELS AFP

Senegal's youngest president sworn in, names Sonko as PM

Apr 3, 2024 | Popular News

Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal's young ...

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A court in Galmudug State executes man by firing squad for murdering journalist

Mar 31, 2024 | Popular News

A court in the Galgadud region executed Abdihakin Ahmed Egal on Thursday by f ...

President Macky Sall leaves behind 20 percent unemployment and persistent poverty in Senegal. By SEYLLOU AFP

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Mar 26, 2024 | Popular News

Hunched in his market workshop in a northern Dakar suburb, Cheikh Lo recounted w ...

Angolan soldiers parade at the swearing-in of President Joao Lourenco after his first election victory in 2017. Angolas proposed national security law will allow the military and other security agencies to prohibit radio broadcasts or disrupt telecommunication services under undefined exceptional circumstances. ReutersStephen Eisenhammer

CPJ: Angola’s proposed national security law threatens press freedom, puts journ...

Apr 1, 2024 | Popular News

New York, April 1, 2024 ndash;Angola rsquo;s proposed national security law coul ...

All aboard! A wooden whaler passes by on the Congo River, near the capital Kinshasa. By Arsene Mpiana AFP

Up the Congo River on an eventful voyage aboard 'God's Miracle'

Apr 22, 2024 | Popular News

The flat-bottomed boat Miracle de Dieu (God's Miracle) has left Kinshasa on it ...

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S.African president sends condolences after bus crash kills 45

Mar 29, 2024 | Popular News

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his condolences on Friday over ...

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Burkina Faso expels French diplomats for 'subversive activities'

Apr 19, 2024 | Popular News

Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for subversive activities , ac ...

The Ivory Coast team, winners of the 2024 African Cup of Nations CAN, and supporters on the Alassane Ouattara bridge in Abidjan in February. By Sia KAMBOU AFPFile

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Mali bans media coverage of political parties

Apr 11, 2024 | Popular News

Mali's ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political part ...

Protesters hold banners reading 'Gas, oil, zircon, iron, gold, fish, salt, forest, land, country' during a march in 2019. By Seyllou AFP

Senegal's renegotiation of oil, mining contracts is 'risky': experts

Apr 22, 2024 | Popular News

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