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The announcement comes as the country's energy sector faces serious challenges, including frequent power outages.

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[ISS] How Benin's new president ensures inclusive growth, opens civic and political space and rebuilds regional ties will define his term.

This Is Africa  

From Sylvanus Olympio's murder to Farida Nabourema's resistance, sixty years of monetary politics in one West African country, and what bitcoin has changed.

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Pix of the Day, 6 May 2026

BBC News Africa  

While passengers onboard the MV Hondius say the situation is calm, they face days at sea as officials warn the disease may have spread.

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[RFI] Following a recent visit to Algeria, Patrick Martin - the head of France's main employers' union (Medef) - talks to RFI about economic diplomacy at a time of strained relations between Paris and Algiers, Chinese competition in Africa and what he calls the "savagery" of the current tariff war.

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[Vanguard] Diplomatic pressure on South Africa is mounting as more African countries threaten retaliatory measures over renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals, particularly Nigerians.

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China has erected a monument to the World War II Cairo Declaration at the historic Mena House hotel where the document was signed.

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Burkina Faso's authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international advocacy group said Wednesday, in the latest crackdown on political dissent in the West African nation.

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[HRW] Concerned Governments Should Not Overlook Dire Rights Record

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China has erected a monument to the World War 2 Cairo Declaration at the historic Mena House hotel where the document was signed.

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According to several ANE employees, IT specialists at the institution’s data processing centre are refusing to release the results of the second round of municipal, regional and parliamentary elections held on April 26.

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[RFI] France's judiciary is set to rule on Wednesday in a long-running investigation linked to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, as prosecutors and civil parties seek the indictment of Rwanda's former first lady Agathe Habyarimana.

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[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) has said its grievance redress mechanism is playing a central role in building trust with host communities as Uganda moves closer to first oil.

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[Scrolla] Floods have cut off nearly two thousand families in the Northern Cape and destroyed homes in the Free State today. Authorities locked the doors of over one hundred schools in the Western Cape to keep children safe from rising waters.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi has attributed the recent fuel shortages reported at select petrol stations to a technical and administrative hitch, assuring Kenyans that the disruption is being resolved and normal supply will be restored within hours.

Africanews  

According to several ANE employees, IT specialists at the institution’s data processing centre are refusing to release the results of the second round of municipal, regional and parliamentary elections held on April 26.

Africanews  

Cape Verde says it's getting ready to offer further medical assistance to the Dutch cruise ship moored off its coast as it battles a suspected outbreak of hantavirus. The Canary Islands on Wednesday rejected a Spanish proposal to allow the boat to dock there, citing public health concerns.

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Army sources say 46 troops were wounded in the raid at the Barka Tolorom military base on Lake Chad late on Monday.

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In the Central African Republic's Haute-Kotto prefecture, the NGO Esperance supporting former child soldiers by providing them with vocational training.

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A ceasefire between Iran and the United States seemed to be holding on Tuesday in spite of missile and drone attacks against vessels and an emirati port on Monday