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Category: Africa
France to keep its troops in Chad amid apparent pre-election crackdown on opposition
France has said it will keep its 1,000 troops in junta-run Chad amid waning French influence after it was ousted from several African countries over ... Read More
Senegal: govt sets new date for delayed presidential vote for 24 March
Senegal’s delayed presidential election will be held on 24 March, the country’s President Macky Sall has announced, following weeks of political turmoil and violent protests ... Read More
Three Sahel countries to create joint anti-jihadist force amid growing insecurity
Junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have agreed to create a joint force to battle security threats, most notably long-running jihadist rebellions, across their territories. ... Read More
DRC: M23 rebels seize eastern town as armed conflict enters alarming new phase
At least 15 people were killed and thousands displaced as the M23 rebel group on Wednesday (6 March) seized a town in eastern Democratic Republic ... Read More
Nigeria: experts warn govt not to ignore ex-Boko Haram fighters’ threats to re-join insurgency
Former Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria are threatening they may pick up arms again and join the insurgency out of frustration that they have been ... Read More
Boko Haram abducts scores of women in Nigeria’s North-east
An unknown number of people, mainly girls and women, have been abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents on Feb 6 in the Nigerian north eastern ... Read More
Corruption, sluggish growth widen crack in South Africa’s ANC edifice
The ANC which has been ruling south Africa since the end of the Apartheid regime is in tatters. Ahead of general elections in May, senior ... Read More
Princess Lalla Asmae, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire inaugurate audiology centre & launch newborn hearing screening program in Rabat
Princess Lalla Asmae, youngest sister of King Mohammed VI, and the First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, inaugurated, on Wednesday in Rabat, Lalla Asmae ... Read More
Somalia officially joins East African Community
Somalia has finished the process of becoming a fully-fledged member of the East African Community (EAC) after it has ratified the accession treaty to an ... Read More
UK govt. faces five defeats in House of Lords over its Rwanda asylum deal
The UK government's proposal to designate Rwanda as a safe asylum destination was rejected in The House of Lords on Monday (4 March) after the ... Read More