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A military coup declared in Benin on Sunday has failed, the country’s interior minister said, just hours after soldiers took over state television to announce the dissolution of government.

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Once the team’s star forward, Mohamed Salah cast doubt on his future at Liverpool on Saturday, saying he feels like he’s been “thrown under the bus” by the Premier League club.

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[RFI] Benin's interior minister on Sunday said that the army had thwarted an attempted coup by a group of soldiers. President Patrice Talon's entourage said he was safe while the regular army said it had regained control.

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M23 rebels, supported by the Rwandan army are continuing their advice in the South Kivu region of the DR Congo, local sources say. On Saturday, the rebels took control of the strategic town of Luvungi, near the border with Burundi, and several surrounding villages.

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[allAfrica] After 30 years of bloodshed, proxy wars, and political theatre, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace agreement that many are calling historic. But in the Great Lakes region, where hope and disappointment walk side by side, it is fair to ask: Is this the beginning of peace--or another carefully choreographed illusion?

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Tunisia’s main union, the UGTT, has announced a nationwide strike for January 21 to demand wage-increase negotiations and protest an escalating government crackdown on critics.

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[allAfrica] Beninese soldiers appeared on public television early Sunday morning to announce that they had ''removed from office'' Patrice Talon, the head of state.

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A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin 's state television announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.

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A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president.

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Just over a week after seizing power, Guinea Bissau’s military says it has established a National Transitional Council.

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The death toll in Saturday’s shooting at an unlicensed bar near South Africa’s capital Pretoria has risen to 12 after one person died in hospital.

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Mohamed Salah says he has been "thrown under the bus" at Liverpool and his relationship with head coach Arne Slot has broken down.

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Drone strikes on a town in South Kordofan on Thursday are said to have killed at least 50 people.

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The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is once again descending into chaos. Thousands of people are on the move, fleeing the intense fighting.

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The United States and Rwanda have signed a $228 million agreement aimed at strengthening Rwanda’s health sector while promoting long-term financial self-reliance.

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At least 11 people have been killed in a shooting at a hostel in South Africa. Three minors including a 3-year-old boy are among the dead, police say.

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Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé is closing in on the club record for the most goals scored in a calendar year.

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Gunmen stormed a hostel near Pretoria and opened fire, killing 11 people including a three-year-old.

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Police in Tanzania have announced that any protests during next week’s Independence Day would be illegal. The news is raising concerns of further clashes after last month’s post-election violence.

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Hundreds of people took to the streets of Mogadishu on Friday to voice their outrage at US President Trump’s reference to Somali immigrants as “garbage.”

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International football’s governing body FIFA has awarded US President Trump its first ever peace prize for what it says are his efforts to work towards peace around the world.