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Benin police offer €30,000 reward for information leading to alleged coup plotters
Benin's Republican Police issue wanted notice for suspected coup leaders and hefty reward for information to help locate them. Almost...
Read moreDetailsUS struggling to de-risk Congo’s ‘war zone minerals’ even after pact, sources say
The U.S. has made progress in its push to prise Congo's strategic minerals from China's orbit, but conflict, contested licences...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe releases over 4,000 prisoners under presidential amnesty
Zimbabwe on Monday began releasing nearly 4,000 inmates under a presidential amnesty in a bid to ease overcrowding in the...
Read moreDetailsConservative Anglicans to pick rival leader, widening Church rifts
A grouping of conservative Anglican churches will meet in Nigeria this week to elect a leader to rival the Archbishop...
Read moreDetailsCongo-Zambia copper corridor to reopen Tuesday after road damage, minister
The main corridor for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper, cobalt and other mineral exports is expected to reopen on...
Read moreDetailsFormer Senegalese president enters UN Secretary-General race
Former Senegalese president, Macky Sall, has officially entered the race to become the United Nations’ new Secretary-General. The world body...
Read moreDetailsCongo-Brazzaville president says he will not ‘remain in power forever’
Congo-Brazzaville’s 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso says he is preparing the ground for a new generation of leaders as he...
Read moreDetailsNigeria, AFC sign $1.3 billion deal to build alumina refinery
Nigeria has signed a $1.3 billion investment deal with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to build an alumina refinery and fund...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo’s Kisangani airport attacked by suspected rebel drones, authorities say
Drones have attacked the airport serving Kisangani, a strategic city in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo far from active front...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau’s main opposition urges dialogue with military rulers
In Guinea-Bissau, the country’s two principal opposition parties have made a public appeal for dialogue with the military junta that...
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