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Spain's World Cup-winning squad received a royal welcome on Monday before meeting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid.

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Senegal has officially thrown its support behind former President Macky Sall's bid to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, marking a dramatic policy shift.

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Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is in France. The three-day state visit by the Gabonese president will focus on economic, cultural and military issues. The lawyers of Gabonese opposition figure Bilie-By-Nze, who has been detained since April, are calling on France to put pressure on the Gabonese head o

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he wants to deepen ties with Algeria as the two countries rebuild relations following a diplomatic rift over Western Sahara.

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed Ghana's petition to the African Union (AU) calling for stronger continent-wide measures

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Nigeria and Ghana have condemned what they called the recent "Afrophobic protests targeting African nationals in South Africa." In a statement, Nigeria's ministry of foreign affairs said the two countries want the issue placed on the agenda at the next African Union summit.

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Pressure is mounting on France to address the detention of Gabonese opposition figure and former Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze as President Brice Oligui Nguema begins a three-day state visit to Paris.

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South Africa has obtained a $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank to fast-track improvements across electricity, freight transport, water supply, and

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A 6,000km pipeline running along the Atlantic coast of 13 countries is to be built starting in 2028.

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The President of São Tomé and Príncipe, Carlos Vila Nova, has been re-elected to a second five-year term, preliminary results show.

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Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is the new Chairman of ECOWAS. The 46-year-old was elected during the regional bloc's summit in Sierra Leone, taking over from President Julius Maada Bio.

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A Ghanaian High Court has sentenced Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison with hard labour for illegal mining.

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Botswana is the latest nation to accuse Moscow of using deceptive tactics to lure foreign recruits to the battlefield. Without saying how many of its citizens were involved, Gaborone's foreign ministry claimed its nationals were duped into going to Russia and then forced into active combat.

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According to the United Nations, Africa hosts more than 40 million forcibly displaced persons, representing around 43 percent of the global total. Refugees

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Andy Burnham is Britain's new prime minister. After meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, Burnham officially took over from Keir Starmer, who stepped down after just two years in office.

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After years of political and economic turmoil, the last fifteen years have seen Ivory Coast return to stability and strong economic growth. Now the government is looking to so-called "national champion" businesses to fuel economic development and small and medium enterprises.

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Rescue teams in northwestern Nigeria were searching Monday for survivors after a boat capsized with dozens of people on board.

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A packed evangelical service in Bujumbura turned deadly on Saturday night, when a crowd crush killed eight people and left nine hurt.

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Canada is tightening its borders over Ebola. Beginning July 20, foreign nationals who've been in the Democratic Republic of Congo within the past 21 days will be denied entry.

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Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have formally endorsed the Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic gas pipeline project. Read more

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Hundreds of lives are lost each year in Nigeria as a result of boat accidents yet nothing seems to change.