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Niger appoints new Chief of Staff of Armed Forces after foiled mutiny
Two weeks after a foiled mutiny attempted to oust him from power, the head of Niger’s military regime has appointed...
Read moreDetailsKing Oyo, once world’s youngest monarch, buried in western Uganda
Ugandan king Oyo Nyimba, long the world's youngest monarch, was buried on Saturday among the tombs of his royal forebears...
Read moreDetailsUgandan kingdom gripped by succession battle after monarch’s death
The traditional Ugandan kingdom of Tooro was plunged into a bitter succession battle on Thursday after the family of the...
Read moreDetailsHusband of Tanzania’s president dies while undergoing treatment
The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan died Monday while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Zanzibar, the country’s...
Read moreDetailsUN approves resolution in support of map that shows Africa’s true size
The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately...
Read moreDetailsNiger blames France for inciting soldiers’ mutiny
Niger has blamed France for inciting an attack on a key military airbase by mutinous soldiers last week, according to...
Read moreDetailsKenya’s president orders Tata Chemicals to end operations in the country
Kenya's President William Ruto said on Thursday he had ordered India's Tata Chemicals to stop its operations in Kenya, saying its...
Read moreDetailsMadagascar ex-Senate president sentenced to 10 years over protest crackdown
Madagascar's former Senate president Richard Ravalomanana was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour on Tuesday after being convicted of...
Read moreDetailsVote counting underway in Guinea-Bissau referendum that could expand presidential powers
Ballot counting begins in military-run Guinea-Bissau after voting ended in a referendum that could expand the president's powers, ahead of...
Read moreDetailsCalm returns to Niger’s capital one day after failed army mutiny
Life in Niamey returned to normal on Sunday, one day after Niger’s military regime put down a mutiny by soldiers....
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