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UN sources say Cameroon security forces killed 48 in election protests
Cameroon's security forces killed 48 civilians as they responded to protests against the re-election of President Paul Biya, the world's...
Read moreDetailsNigeria launches $2.25 billion Eurobond sale as it shrugs off US military threat
Nigeria launched the sale of $2.25 billion of Eurobonds on Wednesday, the bookrunner said, after markets largely shrugged off threats from U.S....
Read moreDetailsUS to end protected status for South Sudanese nationals – CBS
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to terminate Temporary Protected Status for nationals of South Sudan imminently, CBS News has exclusively...
Read moreDetailsUS diplomat Landau speaks to Mali’s foreign minister about regional security
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said on Tuesday that he spoke with Mali's foreign minister, Abdoulaye Diop, to...
Read moreDetailsGuinea’s junta leader enters the December presidential race
Guinea’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, will stand as a candidate in the country’s first presidential elections since he seized power...
Read moreDetailsTanzania partially restores internet access, warns against image sharing
The government in Tanzania has warned people not to share photos and videos that may cause panic as the internet...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Tuggar to Trump: state-backed religious persecution impossible under constitution
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Tuesday that state involvement in religious persecution was "impossible" in Nigeria under the...
Read moreDetailsTerrorists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali’s military rulers
A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan president sacks finance minister after only two months in post
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's finance minister just over two months after appointing him, extending a...
Read moreDetailsSADC says Tanzania’s 2025 elections not free and fair
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observation Mission (SEOM) has issued a scathing assessment of Tanzania’s 29 October general...
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