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Nigerian currency crisis: What is pushing Naira to record lows?
Nigeria's naira is on the brink of breaching 1,000 per dollar after falling to an official record low of 999...
Read moreNew effort to create the largest database on the African genome
People of African descent are poorly represented in genetic studies. A new effort would change that. Scientists plan to collect...
Read moreCameroon: Paris delivers classified colonisation files to historians
In a recent turn of events, Paris willingly delivered its classified files to a commission of historians from both countries...
Read moreThese are the Western countries that have foreign forces in West Africa
France will pull its troops out of Niger by the end of the year following a coup in the West African country...
Read moreA structure dating back almost half a million years discovered in Zambia
This is the remains of a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of...
Read moreGoma massacre casts shadow over DR Congo elections – ICG
The International Crisis Group warns that the latest massacre in Goma clouds DR Congo’s elections and the future of the UN...
Read moreList of Recent Coups in West and Central Africa
A group of senior military officers in Gabon announced on national television on Wednesday they had taken power and election results were...
Read moreRussia, China look to advance agendas at BRICS summit in South Africa
Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in...
Read moreECOWAS says ‘we are going into Niger’ if all else fails
The West African bloc ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in Niger should diplomatic efforts to reverse a coup there...
Read moreRwanda welcomes medical students fleeing Sudan war
A group of medical students from Sudan has been welcomed to Rwanda to continue their studies after a civil war...
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