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African postcolonial critic Mbembe tries fresh start with France

Johannesburg (AFP) – Cameroonian postcolonial scholar Achille Mbembe raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France’s President Emmanuel... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

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Anerood Jugnauth, former Mauritius leader, dead at 91

Port Louis (Mauritius) (AFP) – The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the... Read more

4 Jun, 2021

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11 dead in fresh violence in eastern DR Congo

Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) – At least 11 people were killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo,... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

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MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria

Abuja (AFP) – Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

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More than two billion Covid vaccines given: AFP

Paris (AFP) – More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

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Nigeria state in talks to free 136 abducted children

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – A Nigerian state government said it was negotiating with gunmen who seized 136 children from... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

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Papers reveal UK royals' ban on 'coloured' office staff: report

London (AFP) – Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of “coloured immigrants or foreigners” in office... Read more

3 Jun, 2021

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Ivory Coast in talks over Gbagbo return

Abidjan (AFP) – Ivory Coast’s government was to meet with the party of former president Laurent Gbagbo on Wednesday... Read more

2 Jun, 2021

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Polisario leader leaves Spain, flies to Algeria

Madrid (AFP) – The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic... Read more

2 Jun, 2021

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Families appeal for aid freeing kidnapped Nigerian school kids

Tegina (Nigeria) (AFP) – Relatives of scores of schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from an Islamic seminary over the weekend... Read more

2 Jun, 2021