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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso’s army has announced that operations by the army of the former imperialist power France in the crisis-hit West African state are officially over. Senior officers from Burkina Faso and France’s forces in the country held a flag-lowering ceremony to mark the occasion at a camp on the outs...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): The African Union has stressed that it has “zero tolerance” for undemocratic changes of power and vowed to push through a continent-wide free trade deal as it wrapped up a two-day summit. Leaders of the 55-nation bloc met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss a slew of challenges facing [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian groups have hailed the expulsion of an Israeli official from the African Union (AU) summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. “The expulsion is consistent with the AU support for our people and their legitimate rights,” the Fatah movement said in a statement. The group, led by Palestinian President [&...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): Israel accused arch-foe Iran of orchestrating the expulsion of a top diplomat from the African Union summit on Saturday, with the help of Algeria and South Africa. The incident occurred on the first day of the summit, where leaders are discussing a slew of challenges facing the continent, including a record [&helli...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): African leaders met on Saturday in Addis Ababa for an annual summit, aiming to jumpstart a faltering trade deal while also focusing on the continent’s most pressing challenges, including armed conflict and a worsening food crisis. As the continent reels from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly [...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Roads were blocked and businesses shut down by protesters as the police fired teargas to disperse them in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Friday. The protesters were demonstrating against banknote scarcity. Nigeria has been struggling with a shortage of hard cash since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began t...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced the suspension of its work in Burkina Faso after two employees were killed in an attack by armed men. “Following the attack in which two of our staff were killed on 8 February in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, we are suspending all our activities […]
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): Two people were killed in clashes between anti-junta protesters and security forces in Guinea on Thursday, a municipal official and relatives of the deceased confirmed, with the country’s opposition coalition reporting “many arrests” and injuries from live ammunition. Protesters took to the streets to d...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was forcibly removed from his vehicle by security forces after his supporters were dispersed by teargas on Thursday, in a new bout of tension ahead of presidential elections due next year. The incidents took place after the postponement of a politically-charged trial that may...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Dozens of journalists and rights activists staged a protest in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, accusing the state of “repression” and attempts to intimidate the media. The protest, organised by the SNJT journalists’ union, came three days after police arrested Noureddine Boutar, the director of popular...
