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Camilla Alhassan alleged without evidence the president had conducted a ritual to help win an election.

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On a sweltering afternoon in the French city of Lyon, around 60 dancers fully ignored the heat to immerse themselves in a festive performance brought to them by Kenyan-American choreographer and dancer Wanjiru Kamuyu.

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Praia earlier this week requested that Bissau swiftly release the country’s main opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira.

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The 2026 World Cup saw Africa send its largest ever contingent to the finals, but five sides were eliminated by late goals as underdogs Cape Verde impressed.

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Nigeria has completed the voluntary repatriation of its citizens from South Africa after weeks of xenophobic attacks and anti-immigration protests, the Nigerian foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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The Trump administration has confirmed tough new rules for foreign students in the US, set to take effect in September.

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Decades ago, in a rural Tanzanian village, a small family shop sold salt by the gram because that's all customers could afford. Nobody at that counter could

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[RFI] G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to halt all actions that could lead to further atrocities or endanger civilians in El-Obeid.

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Picture this: a country of over 50 million people, and fewer than three dozen cardiologists to serve them all. That's Kenya's reality today. Now picture a

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The US ultimatum for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC expired on Wednesday but there’s been no let up in the fighting. Now thousands of displaced families in Uvira are seeing their hopes of returning home slip away.

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[allAfrica] The UK government has confirmed sweeping reductions to its bilateral aid programme. Nine African countries are set to lose more than 80% of direct British assistance by 2029 as overseas development spending is cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of Gross National Income.

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The US ultimatum for Rwandan troops to withdraw from eastern DRC expired on Wednesday but there’s been no let up in the fighting. Now thousands of displaced families in Uvira are seeing their hopes of returning home slip away.

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In an address to the nation, he made unverified claims that Beijing interfered in the 2020 polls which he lost.

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[RFI] Senegal's former president Macky Sall returns home on Friday for the first time since leaving office in April 2024, in a visit tied to his bid to become the next UN secretary-general. But opponents say the violence that marked the final months of his mandate should disqualify him from the role.

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[IPS] Geneva -- Three years into the war in Sudan, survivors and human rights defenders are struggling to respond to overwhelming needs amid widespread violence, displacement, and limited global attention. As horrific violations and abuses intensify and those documenting them become targets, calls for accountability and sustained international engagement grow more urgent.

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Chile's central coast has been hit by an exceptional storm surge that flooded homes and damaged infrastructure. Authorities are urging residents to stay away from the shoreline as dangerous sea conditions continue.

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A growing body of evidence suggests major credit rating agencies—Moody’s, S&P Global, and Fitch—frequently reach starkly different conclusions when

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Currency traders expect Ghana’s cedi, Nigeria’s naira, and Uganda’s shilling to remain under pressure in the coming week, while Kenya’s shilling and Zambia’s

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China’s removal of import tariffs on African goods is creating new export opportunities for West Africa’s cocoa industry, encouraging producers to diversify

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South Africa is proposing its largest expansion of strategic fuel reserves since the apartheid era to reduce vulnerability to global energy disruptions. Under

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Long dominated by multinational corporations, several of Côte d’Ivoire’s key markets are now seeing homegrown companies gain ground. Petro Ivoire, founded in