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Cameroon: dozens dead and injured in attack by Anglophone separatists

At least twenty people, including women and children, have been killed and another ten injured in a dawn raid on a village by Anglophone separatists in western Cameroon, where these rebels and the army have been fighting each other for seven years. The English-speaking gunmen attacked a village in a neighborhood in the town of […]

Chad: experts slam new junta-backed constitution as part of Deby’s ‘long-term power play’

86% of Chadians have voted in favor of a controversial new draft constitution, the government commission that organized it has announced, despite resistance from critics who say the referendum was merely designed to help cement the power of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby. Chad’s military authorities have described the vote as a vital stepping-stone to […]

AU Remedies Biases on Sahara Issue

Morocco is reaping the benefits of its return to the African Union as the continental organization is gradually remedying its past biases in the Sahara issue by affirming that the UN is the sole body that can lead talks for a solution, while calling on Algeria and Mauritania to contribute to find a lasting settlement […]