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Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s ending of protections for Somalis
Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to stop U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from next week ending legal protections...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s economy grows 1.1% in 2025, below government estimates
South Africa's economy grew 1.1% in 2025, slower than the country's central bank and National Treasury had forecast, statistics agency...
Read moreDetailsCongo Republic’s Sassou set to extend long rule, focus on succession
Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso looks set to extend his decades-long rule in elections on Sunday, even as his...
Read moreDetailsGabon’s uncertain push for IMF loan leads regional return to Fund
Following a coup, a contentious election and four different finance ministers - all within the past three years - Gabon...
Read moreDetailsKenya evacuates tourists as death toll from flooding rises
Tourists and staff were airlifted from a national reserve in Kenya following severe flooding in the east African country. “A...
Read moreDetailsSenegal divided over former president Macky Sall’s candidacy for UN chief
Macky Sall to succeed United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres? Not everyone in Senegal likes the idea. Victims of the...
Read moreDetailsCocoa crash leaves West African farmers struggling despite global chocolate demand
There is something quietly devastating about watching food rot. For cocoa farmers in parts of Ghana and Ivory Coast, that...
Read moreDetailsGhana to introduce new gold royalty regime on Tuesday despite opposition, regulator says
Ghana will press ahead on Tuesday with a new sliding‑scale gold royalty regime that links state revenues to rising bullion...
Read moreDetailsDRC: armed forces find secret weapons stash in Ituri province
The Congolese armed forces made an unexpected discovery this week: buried in a mining site in Noro, a secret weapons...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s junta dissolves 40 political parties with late-night decree
Guinea has dissolved 40 political parties, including its three main opposition groups, via a late-night decree, in the latest crackdown...
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