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Political war erupts in Senegal between President Faye and PM Sonko
A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking...
Read moreDetailsTanzania president names new prime minister after disputed election
Tanzania's leader chose a longtime loyalist as prime minister on Thursday, after a disputed presidential election in the East African...
Read moreDetailsTotalEnergies’ Mozambique gas ‘fortress’ fuels local anger and insurgency fears
Hotel manager Fernando Cuna waited four years for TotalEnergies to resume construction of its $20 billion liquefied natural gas project on...
Read moreDetailsTerrorist takeover of Mali is far-fetched, foreign minister says
Mali's foreign minister has dismissed as implausible the notion that terrorists could soon take the capital, in the first extensive...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa starts clinical trials on first locally developed oral cholera vaccine
Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday have launched clinical trials on the first domestically manufactured vaccine in over...
Read moreDetailsNigeria, US and UK probe $235m cocaine seizure at Lagos port
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics enforcement agency said on Tuesday it is working with its U.S. and British counterparts to “unravel the cartel...
Read moreDetailsAngola celebrates 50 years of independence with Lourenço calling for “inclusive society”
Angola celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence from Portugal on Tuesday with a military parade in Luanda. Soldiers, marching...
Read moreDetailsGabon: Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo sentenced to 20 years in jail for embezzlement
The wife and son of former Gabonese president Ali Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement of public funds and sentenced...
Read moreDetailsVodacom inks Africa internet deal with Musk’s Starlink
South Africa's largest mobile operator Vodacom Group has signed an agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband internet...
Read moreDetailsUN believes hundreds were killed in Tanzania election protests
The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it believes hundreds of people were killed in Tanzania in protests that...
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