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Algeria elects parliament amid ‘repression’ of protest movement

Algeria voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has... Read more

12 Jun, 2021

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South Africa agrees to privatise troubled SAA airline

The South African government announced on Friday it would sell a majority stake in cash-strapped flag carrier SAA to... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Egypt eyes Gaza reconstruction to boost regional clout

Egypt is banking on a $500 million Gaza reconstruction project to shore up its influence in the Middle East,... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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What’s at stake in the homecoming of I Coast’s Gbagbo

Ivory Coast’s former president, Laurent Gbagbo, returns home next week after almost a decade in which he was tried... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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The ‘inconvenient’ Mrs Habyarimana straining France-Rwanda ties

Paris  – The fate of an elderly Rwandan widow, who has spent decades trying to avoid a trial for... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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30 000+ children risk death in famine-hit Tigray, says UN

Tens of thousands of malnourished children risk dying in hard-to-reach areas of Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked Tigray region, now hit by... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Use force wisely to tackle insurgency, Mozambique told

Johannesburg – Mozambique should combine its military response to a spiralling jihadist insurgency with aid to disenchanted communities and... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Cyril Ramaphosa to meet G7 leaders in UK

Carbis Bay – G7 leaders meet on Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Macron announces Sahel troop drawdown, calls for new force

Paris (AFP) – President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced a major drawdown of France’s military presence in the Sahel... Read more

11 Jun, 2021

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Thousands of women and children flee Burkina Faso massacre

Ouagadougou (AFP) – Burkina Faso said Tuesday that more than 7,000 people had fled the country’s volatile north following... Read more

10 Jun, 2021