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Nigeria’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...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s government responds to Trump’s military action threat
The Trump administration’s announcement that it is planning potential military action in Nigeria and designating the country as a “country...
Read moreDetailsGuinea-Bissau: Presidential campaign kicks off without main opposition party
The presidential campaign in Guinea-Bissau kicked off this weekend without the main opposition party. The country’s 860,000 voters will head...
Read moreDetailsWorld Bank’s investment arm to boost local-currency lending in Africa
The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private investment arm, is expanding its local-currency lending and direct investments into companies...
Read moreDetailsTanzania’s President Hassan sworn in after deadly election violence
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan vowed on Monday to move on from deadly protests set off by last week's disputed election as...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s Dangote refinery ramps up output on back of new fuel import duty
Nigeria's Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa's largest oil refinery, is ramping up output to meet national petrol and diesel demand, it...
Read moreDetailsUN calls for Western Sahara talks based on Morocco’s autonomy plan
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty...
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